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Should I ship a Strategy RPG FPS?
FPS + Strategy RPG
Only 11 developers shipped a Strategy RPG FPS 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, WARSHIFT 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 34 more are announced, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.3 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. 34 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper, while revenue is flat on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) |
| Top 5% | $32k (exactly $32,384) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FPS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Strategy RPG
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 64% positive over 109 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Ancient Warfare 3 2024 · $1.0M 
Jerez's Arena 2020 · $389k 
Brigand: Oaxaca 2017 · $165k 
Queen's Glory 2020 · $131k 
Prime & Load : 1776 2020 · $75k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ancient Warfare 3 | older | $12.99 | 2,659 95% | 80k | $1.0M (exactly $1,036,212) | JNI Games |
| | Jerez's Arena | older | $19.99 | 648 80% | 19k | $389k (exactly $388,606) | 永恆艾莉絲工坊, 樂磚Joy Brick |
| | Brigand: Oaxaca | older | $9.99 | 551 94% | 17k | $165k (exactly $165,135) | Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Sof… (Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Software) |
| | Queen's Glory | older | $6.99 | 624 68% | 19k | $131k (exactly $130,853) | BananaKing, 台灣香蕉王 |
| | Prime & Load : 1776 | older | $7.99 | 313 76% | 9.4k | $75k (exactly $75,026) | Radio Silence Entertainment |
 | Pirates Journey | older | $12.99 | 93 53% | 2.8k | $36k (exactly $36,242) | 2MEDYA |
 | WARSHIFT 2 | $19.99 | 54 70% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $32,384) | Cyril Megem | |
 | Scrapping Simulator | · EA older | $12.99 | 59 93% | 1.8k | $23k (exactly $22,992) | DefectGaming |
 | Deal & Wheeler | · EA older | $9.99 | 40 40% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | ArtNeronDevelopment |
 | Inheritors2078 | older | $11.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $6.8k (exactly $6,834) | Elhaitham Ashmawy, Mohamed Eshmawy, Nou… (Elhaitham Ashmawy, Mohamed Eshmawy, Nour Ashmawy) |
 | NO STRANGERS | $4.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Xeirel Software | |
 | QIMEN Tower Defense | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Tianjin Wuhua Network Technology Co., L… (Tianjin Wuhua Network Technology Co., Ltd.) | |
 | Rise Of Transport | · EA | $2.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Softdimension Games |
 | 乾坤玺•明 | $8.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | 玉刃工作室 | |
 | Prison Cook Simulator | · EA | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Alpak Games |
 | The Last Hope: Exodus | $5.00 | 2 0% | 60 | $300 (exactly $300) | Shaheer Saleem | |
 | Mother Bunker VR | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Rook Gaming, LLC | |
 | Black Signal | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Matthew Lalande | |
 | Creeps: Halls of Insanity | · EA | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Steve Pill |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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