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Should I ship a Dynamic Narration Turn-Based Strategy?
Turn-Based Strategy + Dynamic Narration
Only 10 developers shipped a Dynamic Narration Turn-Based Strategy 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, Empire of Vice : Chicago, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 27 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $105 (exactly $105) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) |
| Top 5% | $4.6k (exactly $4,587) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Strategy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Dynamic Narration
- 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 Strategy, Dynamic Narration
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 82% positive over 40 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $110. 27 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Curious Expedition 2 2021 · $2.3M 
Curious Expedition 2016 · $1.8M 
AETHERIS 2023 · $124k 
Wizards and Warlords 2020 · $76k 
Heroes of Three Kingdoms 2020 · EA · $57k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Curious Expedition 2 | older | $19.99 | 3,861 88% | 116k | $2.3M (exactly $2,315,442) | Maschinen-Mensch |
| | Curious Expedition | older | $14.99 | 3,951 91% | 119k | $1.8M (exactly $1,776,765) | Maschinen-Mensch |
| | AETHERIS | older | $24.99 | 166 75% | 5.0k | $124k (exactly $124,450) | WILD WITS |
| | Wizards and Warlords | older | $9.99 | 253 82% | 7.6k | $76k (exactly $75,824) | Valravn Games |
| | Heroes of Three Kingdoms | · EA older | $9.99 | 190 49% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $56,943) | Wuwei |
 | The Trasamire Campaigns | older | $12.99 | 20 70% | 600 | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) | Gemcutter Games |
 | Ceaseless Night | older | $14.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | JABDP Studio |
 | Empire of Vice : Chicago | · EA | $16.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $4.6k (exactly $4,587) | Artifex Parvus |
 | The Beat: A Glam Noir Game | older | $11.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | Up Multimedia |
 | It Returned To The Desert | older | $4.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Tim Rachor |
 | Cataclysm Wars | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Chicken Cabal Games | |
 | Fate’s Theater | $2.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | Totally Normal Creature | |
 | SIM Election USA | $10.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $989 (exactly $989) | SunsixStudios | |
 | Fading Voices | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Mad Harter Studio | |
 | Intermundia: Dungeons, Polygons & Magic | · EA | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Trinity Team, Excaliber |
 | Endless Roll | $3.49 | 1 100% | 30 | $105 (exactly $105) | Hermit Hollow | |
 | Chaos of Destiny Remake | · EA | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Klayerama |
 | Absolutes Akestas Tournament | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | KingS001 | |
 | Beyond the Fracture | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Turning Rook Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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