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Should I ship a Crime Turn-Based Combat game?
Turn-Based Combat + Crime
Only 13 developers shipped a Crime Turn-Based Combat game 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.. 37 more are announced, ×4.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240, ×0.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90. 37 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper, while revenue is down 90% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $240 (exactly $240) |
| Top 25% | $4.3k (exactly $4,316) |
| Top 5% | $39k (exactly $39,398) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 37 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 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
- Turn-Based Combat; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Tactical RPG
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Dark Humor
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 235 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 37 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Combat with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Persona 5 Royal 2022 · $165M 
Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2020 · $17M 
Empire of Sin 2020 · $5.5M 
This Is the Police 2 2018 · $2.4M 
Omerta - City of Gangsters 2013 · $718k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Persona 5 Royal | older | $59.99 | 91,682 96% | 2.8M | $165M (exactly $165,000,095) | ATLUS |
| | Yakuza: Like a Dragon | older | $19.99 | 28,036 93% | 841k | $17M (exactly $16,813,189) | RGG Studio |
| | Empire of Sin | older | $39.99 | 4,544 49% | 136k | $5.5M (exactly $5,451,437) | Romero Games |
| | This Is the Police 2 | older | $14.99 | 5,330 77% | 160k | $2.4M (exactly $2,396,901) | Weappy Studio |
| | Omerta - City of Gangsters | older | $14.99 | 1,597 67% | 48k | $718k (exactly $718,171) | Haemimont Games |
 | Sunday Gold | older | $21.99 | 687 77% | 21k | $453k (exactly $453,214) | BKOM Studios |
 | Police Shootout | older | $14.99 | 449 55% | 13k | $202k (exactly $201,915) | Games Incubator, Hypnotic Ants |
 | Vigilantes | older | $14.99 | 276 80% | 8.3k | $124k (exactly $124,117) | Timeslip Softworks |
 | Didnapper 2 | older | $19.99 | 184 96% | 5.5k | $110k (exactly $110,345) | DID Games |
 | Company of Crime | older | $19.99 | 143 51% | 4.3k | $86k (exactly $85,757) | Resistance Games |
 | 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 | |
 | Prison Notes | $9.99 | 38 94% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | 闻岚工坊（Vinland Studio） | |
 | Muffles' Life Sentence | $11.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $4.3k (exactly $4,316) | BossyPino | |
 | Seven Sinners | $7.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | BillysBones, Grable Team | |
 | Bratki | $5.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | VZLab | |
 | Dream City Fugitive | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | DC Inspiration | |
 | Splimbo City | · EA | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Splimbo Works |
 | Pimpalot | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | EgoTrip Media | |
 | Tactical Roulette | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | AlbertFreeman |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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