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Should I ship a Dystopian Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Dystopian
Only 13 developers shipped a Dystopian Strategy RPG 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, Q-UP, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 58 more are announced, ×6.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.4k, ×8.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $330k, ×537 the market median. Revenue is up 770% on the market; 58 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,158) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $17,800) |
| Top 5% | $337k (exactly $337,462) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 58 |
| 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 up 770% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Dystopian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy RPG; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, CRPG
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Dark
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 1,499 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SportsFair
- + SwordplayFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + EconomyFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + ConspiracyFair
- + Shop KeeperFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster 2021 · $6.0M 
Obenseuer 2018 · EA · $1.0M 
Capes 2024 · $535k 
Q-UP 2025 · $337k 
Black & White 2023 · $275k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster | older | $49.99 | 3,989 87% | 120k | $6.0M (exactly $5,982,303) | ATLUS |
| | Obenseuer | · EA older | $19.99 | 1,684 94% | 51k | $1.0M (exactly $1,009,895) | Loiste Interactive |
| | Capes | older | $39.99 | 446 67% | 13k | $535k (exactly $535,066) | Spitfire Interactive |
| | Q-UP | $9.99 | 1,126 93% | 34k | $337k (exactly $337,462) | Everybody House Games | |
| | Black & White | older | $14.99 | 612 71% | 18k | $275k (exactly $275,216) | 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame) |
 | Mary Skelter Finale | older | $49.99 | 118 70% | 3.5k | $177k (exactly $176,965) | Compile Heart, Idea Factory, Ghostlight… (Compile Heart, Idea Factory, Ghostlight LTD) |
 | This Is the President | older | $14.99 | 359 67% | 11k | $161k (exactly $161,442) | SuperPAC |
 | EVOTINCTION | older | $29.99 | 173 86% | 5.2k | $156k (exactly $155,648) | Spikewave Games |
 | Vigilantes | older | $14.99 | 276 80% | 8.3k | $124k (exactly $124,117) | Timeslip Softworks |
 | Moves Of The Diamond Hand | · EA | $19.99 | 105 100% | 3.2k | $63k (exactly $62,968) | Cosmo D Studios |
 | Tarnished Blood 🩸 [Tactic RPG] | · EA | $19.99 | 87 88% | 2.6k | $52k (exactly $52,174) | Juggler Games, Nakayama Games |
 | Joy Malignant | $8.99 | 66 100% | 2.0k | $18k (exactly $17,800) | Petros Anastasiadis | |
 | Statecraft: Corrupted Democracy | $9.99 | 33 90% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | Engincan Çiçek, Bad Engine Studio | |
 | Egglets - The Long 10 Days | $8.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $5.7k (exactly $5,664) | wieLuft | |
 | Hostile Takeover | $11.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Whispering Spider Games | |
 | Meridian | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Turn Based Hedgehog | |
 | Voyna | $12.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.2k (exactly $1,169) | HellYeah! | |
 | Rise of the Successor | $0.99 | 39 87% | 1.2k | $1.2k (exactly $1,158) | Studio Six |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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