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Should I ship a Fantasy Real-Time game?
Real-Time + Fantasy
Only 10 developers shipped a Fantasy Real-Time game 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, Tower of Mask, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $9.0k against a market of $630. 17 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $28,058) |
| Top 5% | $118k (exactly $117,703) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 77 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 2525% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real-Time
- Price point
- $10.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 94% positive over 709 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.0k. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real-Time with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationStrong odds
- + RogueliteFair
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + Action RTSPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + RTSPoor odds
Comparable games
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition 2014 · $29M 
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) 2009 · $12M 
Curse of the Dead Gods 2021 · $4.7M 
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic) 2007 · $4.0M 
Legend of Grimrock 2012 · $2.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Age of Mythology: Extended Edition | older | $29.99 | 31,869 93% | 956k | $29M (exactly $28,672,539) | SkyBox Labs, Ensemble Studios, Forgotte… (SkyBox Labs, Ensemble Studios, Forgotten Empires) |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) | older | $49.99 | 8,084 85% | 243k | $12M (exactly $12,123,575) | Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive… (Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux)) |
| | Curse of the Dead Gods | older | $19.99 | 7,807 84% | 234k | $4.7M (exactly $4,681,858) | Passtech Games |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic) | older | $14.99 | 8,812 94% | 264k | $4.0M (exactly $3,962,756) | Relic Entertainment |
| | Legend of Grimrock | older | $14.99 | 4,844 93% | 145k | $2.2M (exactly $2,178,347) | Almost Human Games |
 | Tower of Time | older | $24.99 | 2,322 82% | 70k | $1.7M (exactly $1,740,803) | Event Horizon |
 | Shadows: Awakening | older | $29.99 | 1,535 75% | 46k | $1.4M (exactly $1,381,040) | Games Farm |
 | Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition | older | $14.99 | 2,297 87% | 69k | $1.0M (exactly $1,032,961) | Firefly Studios |
 | Circle Empires | older | $8.99 | 3,739 89% | 112k | $1.0M (exactly $1,008,408) | Luminous |
 | Godsworn | · EA older | $29.99 | 805 93% | 24k | $724k (exactly $724,258) | Thunderoak Interactive |
 | Tower of Mask | $10.99 | 357 95% | 11k | $118k (exactly $117,703) | Papertip Studio | |
 | Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Gold Edition (Classic) | $14.99 | 188 96% | 5.6k | $85k (exactly $84,544) | Black Hole Entertainment | |
 | Gem Miner TD | $12.99 | 72 97% | 2.2k | $28k (exactly $28,058) | iFeral Games | |
 | Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard | $9.99 | 45 80% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | Liquid Entertainment | |
 | Eclipse Breaker | $11.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) | Lunar Workshop, Jorge Rodriguez | |
 | Warsong | · EA | $14.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Windforce |
 | TechnoSorcery | $7.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | The Ancient Arcanum | |
 | Kraktures | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Deggy | |
 | Yagazem Elements | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | CirilXD | |
 | Edge Of Extinction | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Azulon Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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