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Should I ship a Detective Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Detective
Only 8 developers shipped a Detective Real Time 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, DeTechtive 2112, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $120 against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $19,782) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 9 |
| 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 95% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 27%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Detective
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 64% positive over 307 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Outbreak SimFair
- + HackingFair
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- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
Comparable games
City Eye 2022 · $22k 
DeTechtive 2112 2025 · $20k 
It Is Ticking 2023 · $12k 
Augmented Empire 2025 · $6.0k 
VOENKOMAT 2023 · $2.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | City Eye | older | $9.99 | 73 32% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,878) | · |
| | DeTechtive 2112 | $10.99 | 60 46% | 1.8k | $20k (exactly $19,782) | M11 Studio | |
| | It Is Ticking | older | $6.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $12k (exactly $12,372) | YenThe Studio |
| | Augmented Empire | $7.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Coatsink | |
| | VOENKOMAT | older | $1.99 | 46 91% | 1.4k | $2.7k (exactly $2,746) | pvt. Singer |
 | Catch the Vandal | older | $2.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Doorway Mountain Studios |
 | Spyer | older | $19.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | GamesBraz |
 | Primasia (Chapter One) | older | $17.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Prime8 International Limited |
 | DON'T SHOOT US | older | $4.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | WGI GAMING |
 | Divine Stone | older | $0.99 | 18 61% | 540 | $535 (exactly $535) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | Hello Operator | $7.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Leapfrog Studio LLC | |
 | Silent Howl | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Yorbi | |
 | Break Through The Door | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 美慢慢 | |
 | BETRAYED | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Almost Good Games |
 | Amber of Jinn | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Stixor |
 | Shifted | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Petar Kozomora |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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