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Should I ship a Dystopian Turn-Based Combat game?
Turn-Based Combat + Dystopian
Of 32 developers who shipped a Dystopian Turn-Based Combat game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 100 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×5.7 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $800k, ×1687 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 100 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 25% | $52k (exactly $52,174) |
| Top 5% | $801k (exactly $801,199) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 95 |
| Announced | 100 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 down 95% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Dystopian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based Combat; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Difficult, 3D, Isometric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 10,589 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 7 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 100 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Combat with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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