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Should I ship a Crime Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Crime
Only 17 developers shipped a Crime Turn-Based Tactics 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, Rina's Undercover Train Operation, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×191 the market median. Revenue is up 315% on the market; 29 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,775) |
| Top 5% | $120k (exactly $120,034) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 up 315% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- 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
- Turn-Based Tactics; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Turn-Based Strategy, RPG, Roguelike
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 758 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Tactics with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Empire of Sin 2020 · $5.5M 
This Is the Police 2 2018 · $2.4M 
Omerta - City of Gangsters 2013 · $718k 
Rebel Cops 2019 · $469k 
Police Shootout 2022 · $202k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | Rebel Cops | older | $9.99 | 1,564 76% | 47k | $469k (exactly $468,731) | Weappy Studio |
| | Police Shootout | older | $14.99 | 449 55% | 13k | $202k (exactly $201,915) | Games Incubator, Hypnotic Ants |
 | Mohism: Battle of Words | older | $9.99 | 570 76% | 17k | $171k (exactly $170,829) | 玄镜工作室 |
 | This Is the President | older | $14.99 | 359 67% | 11k | $161k (exactly $161,442) | SuperPAC |
 | The DeLuca Family - Season 1 | older | $15.99 | 301 75% | 9.0k | $144k (exactly $144,390) | MemoGaming |
 | Vigilantes | older | $14.99 | 276 80% | 8.3k | $124k (exactly $124,117) | Timeslip Softworks |
 | Rina's Undercover Train Operation | $13.99 | 286 70% | 8.6k | $120k (exactly $120,034) | Metamorphose | |
 | The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike | $9.99 | 240 91% | 7.2k | $72k (exactly $71,928) | MONO ENTERTAINMENT | |
 | Liar Game | $2.99 | 109 82% | 3.3k | $9.8k (exactly $9,777) | Kark Project | |
 | Paracom | $10.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) | Steel Widow Klan | |
 | Roulette Heist | $6.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $3.8k (exactly $3,775) | DreamArk Lab | |
 | Seven Sinners | $7.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | BillysBones, Grable Team | |
 | Blackjack Roulette | $2.99 | 30 83% | 900 | $2.7k (exactly $2,691) | DreamArk Lab | |
 | Bratki | $5.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | VZLab | |
 | Дейтсим Говна | $2.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Traxmaster Productions | |
 | Convict Team Tactics | $2.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Asocial Guarantee |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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