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Should I ship a Resource Management CRPG?
CRPG + Resource Management
Only 18 developers shipped a Resource Management 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, Big Ambitions, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 48 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $12k, ×7.9 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $10M, ×7288 the market median. Revenue is up 1735% on the market; 48 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) |
|---|---|
| Median | $12k (exactly $11,860) |
| Top 25% | $58k (exactly $58,461) |
| Top 5% | $11M (exactly $10,918,139) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 48 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 1735% on the market, supply as many developers as 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
- Resource Management
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- CRPG, Resource Management; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Simulation, Economy
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 15,040 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 7 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 48 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 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
Big Ambitions 2026 · $11M 
Vagrus - The Riven Realms 2021 · $1.6M 
Immortal Family 2024 · $509k 
Robber Knight 2022 · EA · $341k 
A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator 2024 · $120k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Big Ambitions | $25.99 | 14,003 92% | 420k | $11M (exactly $10,918,139) | Hovgaard Games | |
| | Vagrus - The Riven Realms | older | $29.99 | 1,746 84% | 52k | $1.6M (exactly $1,570,876) | Lost Pilgrims Studio |
| | Immortal Family | older | $13.99 | 1,213 54% | 36k | $509k (exactly $509,096) | 一起来修仙工作室 |
| | Robber Knight | · EA older | $39.99 | 284 64% | 8.5k | $341k (exactly $340,715) | Sartorian |
| | A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator | $24.99 | 160 67% | 4.8k | $120k (exactly $119,952) | Vanargand Games | |
 | Latex & Tentacles | $10.99 | 343 67% | 10k | $113k (exactly $113,087) | ZXC, GODNASK | |
 | 大衍江湖 - Evolution Of JiangHu | older | $4.99 | 688 60% | 21k | $103k (exactly $102,994) | SourceIn Games |
 | Music Band Manager | older | $7.99 | 339 52% | 10k | $81k (exactly $81,258) | Hamsters Gaming |
 | REAL ESTATE Simulator - FROM BUM TO MILLIONAIRE | older | $12.99 | 175 44% | 5.3k | $68k (exactly $68,198) | Geekon |
 | Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall | · EA | $19.99 | 111 71% | 3.3k | $67k (exactly $66,567) | A Memory of Eternity |
 | PuPu's Adventure Park | $14.99 | 130 64% | 3.9k | $58k (exactly $58,461) | 西梅树工作室 | |
 | Herbals tycoon | · EA | $9.99 | 123 76% | 3.7k | $37k (exactly $36,863) | Orange Paper Studio |
 | Joy Malignant | $8.99 | 66 100% | 2.0k | $18k (exactly $17,800) | Petros Anastasiadis | |
 | The Traveller Tale | $19.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $16k (exactly $15,592) | Mystic Dream Studio's | |
 | AFKandia - Epoch of Idle | $5.99 | 66 45% | 2.0k | $12k (exactly $11,860) | Yang++ Game Studio | |
 | DROD RPG 2: A Courageous Rescue | $24.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Caravel Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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