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Should I ship a Martial-Arts CRPG?
CRPG + Martial Arts
Only 13 developers shipped a Martial-Arts CRPG 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, Beast Saga, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $26k, ×18 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $6.2k. Revenue is up 375% on the market; 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) |
|---|---|
| Median | $26k (exactly $26,422) |
| Top 25% | $70k (exactly $69,830) |
| Top 5% | $1.7M (exactly $1,709,006) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 375% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- CRPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Martial Arts
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- CRPG; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Combat
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $20.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $20.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 6,097 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $6.2k. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
CRPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + IncrementalLong shot
- + FMVPoor odds
- + Card BattlerPoor odds
- + Grid-Based MovementPoor odds
- + SpacePoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + DeckbuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Gujian3(古剑奇谭三) 2018 · $37M 
Sword and Fairy 7 2021 · $14M 
侠客风云传(Tale of Wuxia) 2016 · $3.3M 
江湖十一 2023 · $2.9M 
Beast Saga 2026 · $1.7M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gujian3(古剑奇谭三) | older | $29.99 | 40,829 85% | 1.2M | $37M (exactly $36,733,851) | 上海烛龙信息科技有限公司, Aurogon Shanghai |
| | Sword and Fairy 7 | older | $29.99 | 15,567 72% | 467k | $14M (exactly $14,005,630) | 软星科技(SoftStarlight) |
| | 侠客风云传(Tale of Wuxia) | older | $16.99 | 6,501 76% | 195k | $3.3M (exactly $3,313,560) | Heluo Studio |
| | 江湖十一 | older | $17.99 | 5,385 42% | 162k | $2.9M (exactly $2,906,284) | 万象皆春 |
| | Beast Saga | $20.99 | 2,714 80% | 81k | $1.7M (exactly $1,709,006) | 嘉兴黑曜石(Jiaxing Obsidian) | |
 | 侠客风云传前传(Tale of Wuxia:The Pre-Sequel) | older | $16.99 | 2,505 79% | 75k | $1.3M (exactly $1,276,798) | Heluo Studio |
 | Psychic Kung Fu Master | $19.99 | 1,723 60% | 52k | $1.0M (exactly $1,033,283) | 金十四工作室 | |
 | Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Gate of Firmament | older | $14.99 | 1,301 71% | 39k | $585k (exactly $585,060) | DOMO Studio, SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
 | Immortal Family | older | $13.99 | 1,213 54% | 36k | $509k (exactly $509,096) | 一起来修仙工作室 |
 | Swords and Sandals Immortals | older | $11.99 | 1,056 84% | 32k | $380k (exactly $379,843) | Whiskeybarrel Studios |
 | Weird RPG 2 | $9.99 | 795 92% | 24k | $238k (exactly $238,262) | yuzhen | |
 | Swords and Sandals 3 Redux | $9.99 | 233 87% | 7.0k | $70k (exactly $69,830) | Whiskeybarrel Studios | |
 | Elder Ring | · EA | $9.99 | 230 40% | 6.9k | $69k (exactly $68,931) | Funny as Hell |
 | Twelves:Shadow | $12.99 | 154 35% | 4.6k | $60k (exactly $60,014) | JuLu Studio | |
 | Three Kingdoms Heroes | $6.99 | 126 81% | 3.8k | $26k (exactly $26,422) | 青衣工作室 | |
 | Magissy | $14.99 | 52 46% | 1.6k | $23k (exactly $23,384) | Bit Fat Games | |
 | 小小无常 Little Wu Chang | $12.99 | 36 88% | 1.1k | $14k (exactly $14,029) | 小小无常游戏工作室 | |
 | 鸿运修仙传 | $5.99 | 34 76% | 1.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) | 玉米工作室 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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