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Should I ship a Real Time Tactics CRPG?
CRPG + Real Time Tactics
Only 11 developers shipped a Real Time Tactics 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, Age of Reforging: The Freelands, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×7.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $90 against a market of $1.5k. 23 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) |
| Top 5% | $2.1M (exactly $2,061,213) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Real Time Tactics
- 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, Real Time Tactics
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 71% positive over 3,383 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
CRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + 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
Comparable games
Blackthorn Arena 2020 · $2.6M 
Age of Reforging: The Freelands 2025 · $2.1M 
Tower of Time 2018 · $1.7M 
Dark Envoy 2023 · $704k 
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged 2024 · $661k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Blackthorn Arena | older | $24.99 | 3,477 69% | 104k | $2.6M (exactly $2,606,707) | PersonaeGame Studio |
| | Age of Reforging: The Freelands | $29.99 | 2,291 71% | 69k | $2.1M (exactly $2,061,213) | PersonaeGame Studio | |
| | Tower of Time | older | $24.99 | 2,322 82% | 70k | $1.7M (exactly $1,740,803) | Event Horizon |
| | Dark Envoy | older | $29.99 | 783 69% | 23k | $704k (exactly $704,465) | Event Horizon |
| | Blackthorn Arena: Reforged | $24.99 | 882 66% | 26k | $661k (exactly $661,235) | PersonaeGame Studio | |
 | Dwerve | older | $19.99 | 426 70% | 13k | $255k (exactly $255,472) | Half Human Games |
 | Bahamut2-dragon's bride | older | $9.99 | 584 97% | 18k | $175k (exactly $175,025) | 王韋 |
 | 巴哈姆特1-REMAKE(BAHAMUT1-REMAKE) | $9.99 | 170 95% | 5.1k | $51k (exactly $50,949) | 王韋 | |
 | Cyber Ops | older | $14.99 | 108 42% | 3.2k | $49k (exactly $48,568) | Octeto Studios |
 | Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent | older | $39.99 | 34 26% | 1.0k | $41k (exactly $40,790) | ACQUIRE Corp. |
 | Warlordocracy | $4.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Sof… (Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Software) | |
 | Grand Fantasy Heroes | $9.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | R J L Jones | |
 | Desert Mercenary corps | $8.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | CXCY CO.,LTD | |
 | 仙途 | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | EighteenPluser | |
 | Knight Legion: Rpg Strategy | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Manushart | |
 | Dimensional illusion | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | pullluo | |
 | 破法神谕 | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ShenRui |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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