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Turn-Based Tactics + Dynamic Narration
Only 11 developers shipped a Dynamic Narration 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, Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 22 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper, while revenue is down 100% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 5% | $62k (exactly $62,012) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 22 |
| 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 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- 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 Tactics, Dynamic Narration
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 77% positive over 131 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Invincible Presents: Atom Eve 2023 · $165k 
AETHERIS 2023 · $124k 
Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG 2024 · EA · $62k 
Heroes of Three Kingdoms 2020 · EA · $57k 
Supercow 2022 · $44k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Invincible Presents: Atom Eve | older | $9.99 | 550 96% | 17k | $165k (exactly $164,835) | Terrible Posture Games |
| | AETHERIS | older | $24.99 | 166 75% | 5.0k | $124k (exactly $124,450) | WILD WITS |
| | Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG | · EA | $21.99 | 94 71% | 2.8k | $62k (exactly $62,012) | Innervoid Interactive |
| | Heroes of Three Kingdoms | · EA older | $9.99 | 190 49% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $56,943) | Wuwei |
| | Supercow | older | $7.99 | 183 97% | 5.5k | $44k (exactly $43,865) | Nevosoft |
 | Once Upon a Rogue's Tale | · EA older | $12.49 | 65 92% | 2.0k | $24k (exactly $24,356) | PolyPirates UG, Lizard Child |
 | 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 |
 | Neverspring Chronicles | $7.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Durance Gaming | |
 | PAGO FOREST: DRAGON'S REVENGE | older | $5.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $4.3k (exactly $4,313) | Futurtech |
 | Cataclysm Wars | $9.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Chicken Cabal Games | |
 | Null State | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Triple Eye Games | |
 | SIM Election USA | $10.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $989 (exactly $989) | SunsixStudios | |
 | 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 |
 | Gully Champ | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Studio Innovate Private Limited | |
 | Absolutes Akestas Tournament | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | KingS001 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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