Should I ship a Fishing JRPG?
JRPG + Fishing
Only 13 developers shipped a Fishing JRPG 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, Sea Fantasy, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $5.4k against a market of $630. 16 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $327 (exactly $327) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.4k (exactly $5,398) |
| Top 25% | $47k (exactly $46,792) |
| Top 5% | $263k (exactly $263,074) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 4685% on the market, supply 70% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- JRPG, Fishing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Character Customization
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $59.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,241 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $330. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
JRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Mystery DungeonStrong odds
- + NinjaFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + ManagementFair
- + Souls-likeFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LootFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
Battle Chasers: Nightwar 2017 · $5.0M 
Potion Permit 2022 · $2.6M 
Rune Factory 5 2022 · $2.3M 
Rune Factory 4 Special 2021 · $1.9M 
Phoenotopia: Awakening 2021 · $1.7M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Battle Chasers: Nightwar | older | $29.99 | 5,573 87% | 167k | $5.0M (exactly $5,014,028) | Airship Syndicate |
| | Potion Permit | older | $19.99 | 4,358 78% | 131k | $2.6M (exactly $2,613,493) | MassHive Media |
| | Rune Factory 5 | older | $39.99 | 1,940 76% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,327,418) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Rune Factory 4 Special | older | $29.99 | 2,070 88% | 62k | $1.9M (exactly $1,862,379) | Marvelous Inc. |
| | Phoenotopia: Awakening | older | $19.99 | 2,755 82% | 83k | $1.7M (exactly $1,652,173) | Cape Cosmic |
 | Rune Factory 3 Special | older | $39.99 | 734 94% | 22k | $881k (exactly $880,580) | Marvelous Inc. |
 | Sea Fantasy | $14.99 | 585 86% | 18k | $263k (exactly $263,074) | METASLA | |
 | LEGRAND LEGACY: Tale of the Fatebounds | older | $19.99 | 300 67% | 9.0k | $180k (exactly $179,910) | SEMISOFT |
 | Dragon Song Tavern: Cozy & Adventurous | $19.90 | 274 71% | 8.2k | $164k (exactly $163,578) | Etherous Games Limited | |
 | Summer Beach | $24.99 | 181 66% | 5.4k | $136k (exactly $135,696) | Sakura Cat | |
 | Shujinkou | $59.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $47k (exactly $46,792) | Rice Games Inc | |
 | Dosa Divas | $19.99 | 56 94% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $33,583) | Outerloop Games | |
 | Monmusu Paradise ~Visitors~ | $4.99 | 66 74% | 2.0k | $9.9k (exactly $9,880) | Siluman Soft | |
 | Reel Fishing: Days of Summer | $29.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $5.4k (exactly $5,398) | Tachyon Inc., Natsume Inc. | |
 | You reincarnated into the game world and fucked the NPCs!-Animation- | $4.99 | 34 64% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | Peperoon | |
 | The Farming Frontier | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Cuneyt Aliustaoglu | |
 | A Fishy RPG | $0.99 | 11 45% | 330 | $327 (exactly $327) | LGV |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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