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Should I ship a Dog Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Dogs
Only 11 developers shipped a Dog 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, DOG WITCH, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $630 against a market of $630. 12 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $14,840) |
| Top 5% | $97k (exactly $96,803) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 45% fewer 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
- Dogs
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 90% positive over 479 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Tactics with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2021 · $1.4M 
DOG WITCH 2025 · $97k 
TunTown 2024 · $42k 
Pup Champs 2025 · $39k 
Doll Explorer 2023 · $29k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fuga: Melodies of Steel | older | $39.99 | 1,181 93% | 35k | $1.4M (exactly $1,416,846) | CyberConnect2 |
| | DOG WITCH | $9.99 | 323 89% | 9.7k | $97k (exactly $96,803) | Heckmouse | |
| | TunTown | older | $4.99 | 278 98% | 8.3k | $42k (exactly $41,617) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT, DOMO Studio |
| | Pup Champs | $12.99 | 101 98% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $39,360) | Afterburn | |
| | Doll Explorer | older | $9.99 | 96 91% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $28,771) | Pico Games |
 | The Black Cat Magician | older | $3.99 | 224 90% | 6.7k | $27k (exactly $26,813) | cryhades |
 | Kemono Mahjong | older | $4.99 | 142 89% | 4.3k | $21k (exactly $21,257) | Cyberdog Software |
 | Roguematch : The Extraplanar Invasion | $14.99 | 33 84% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Starstruck Games | |
 | Defend The Bits TD | · EA older | $12.99 | 34 76% | 1.0k | $13k (exactly $13,250) | PlaySide North |
 | Steam Tactics | older | $4.99 | 51 88% | 1.5k | $7.6k (exactly $7,635) | Igor Rashkuev |
 | Kemotaku | $15.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) | Kojika Games | |
 | FightCum - Furry & Hentai | $2.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | Sensational | |
 | Bobo in Hell | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Arcana Rebels | |
 | Fur and Void | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | DFS | |
 | 포포의 모험 (The Adventures of Popo) | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | 토파가넷 | |
 | Paw Paw Death Festival | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Daiyu.studio | |
 | Dog Gone Cats: Tail of 300 Days (Pawlike Edition) | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Team Pueo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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