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Should I ship a Crime Tactical RPG?
Tactical RPG + Crime
Only 10 developers shipped a Crime Tactical RPG in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Neon Blood, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.9k, ×11 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $39k, ×63 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 18 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,389) |
| Top 5% | $39k (exactly $39,398) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue down 80% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Crime
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Tactical RPG
- Price point
- $10.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 77% positive over 254 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Tactical RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + Space SimFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Sunday Gold 2022 · $453k 
Gone Rogue 2023 · $127k 
Vigilantes 2018 · $124k 
Midnight Protocol 2021 · $107k 
Fleshlight Squad - Fleshlightize - 2024 · $80k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sunday Gold | older | $21.99 | 687 77% | 21k | $453k (exactly $453,214) | BKOM Studios |
| | Gone Rogue | older | $14.99 | 282 87% | 8.5k | $127k (exactly $126,815) | AskaLot Games |
| | Vigilantes | older | $14.99 | 276 80% | 8.3k | $124k (exactly $124,117) | Timeslip Softworks |
| | Midnight Protocol | older | $14.99 | 237 87% | 7.1k | $107k (exactly $106,579) | LuGus Studios |
| | Fleshlight Squad - Fleshlightize - | older | $14.99 | 178 75% | 5.3k | $80k (exactly $80,047) | ちゃおいずむ |
 | Neon Blood | $17.99 | 73 60% | 2.2k | $39k (exactly $39,398) | ChaoticBrain Studios | |
 | Lustpunk 69 | $8.99 | 83 87% | 2.5k | $22k (exactly $22,385) | Kinky Business Group | |
 | Police Response VR : Disturbance | older | $4.99 | 93 88% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $13,922) | Caltain VR Ltd |
 | Prison Notes | $9.99 | 38 94% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | 闻岚工坊（Vinland Studio） | |
 | New Citizen - Alpha | · EA older | $24.99 | 14 28% | 420 | $10k (exactly $10,496) | Specpixel Entertainment |
 | Cult Leader Simulator | $17.99 | 16 50% | 480 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | Nhneno | |
 | Paracom | $10.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) | Steel Widow Klan | |
 | Convict Team Tactics | $2.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Asocial Guarantee | |
 | Pretty Agent 2 | $4.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | MC GAME | |
 | Steal Shift | · EA | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Fusion Iconic |
 | Pity Please! | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | RebelMedia Interactive | |
 | Mortal Destiny | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Raick |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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