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Should I ship a Tactical RPG FPS?
FPS + Tactical RPG
Only 13 developers shipped a Tactical 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, Silent North, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 42 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150, ×0.1 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 42 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper, while revenue is up 50% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 5% | $60k (exactly $59,970) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 70 |
| Announced | 42 |
| 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 up 50% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Tactical 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, Tactical RPG; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 8 games average 48% positive over 183 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Brigand: Oaxaca 2017 · $165k 
Fantasy of Caocao 2 2023 · $78k 
Prime & Load : 1776 2020 · $75k 
Silent North 2025 · EA · $60k 
World Titans War 2022 · EA · $30k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Brigand: Oaxaca | older | $9.99 | 551 94% | 17k | $165k (exactly $165,135) | Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Sof… (Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Software) |
| | Fantasy of Caocao 2 | older | $8.99 | 290 83% | 8.7k | $78k (exactly $78,213) | 桑尼游戏(Sunny Game) |
| | Prime & Load : 1776 | older | $7.99 | 313 76% | 9.4k | $75k (exactly $75,026) | Radio Silence Entertainment |
| | Silent North | · EA | $19.99 | 100 29% | 3.0k | $60k (exactly $59,970) | Combat Waffle Studios |
| | World Titans War | · EA older | $14.99 | 67 55% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $30,130) | PROMVI GAMES |
 | Outbreak: Contagious Memories | older | $29.99 | 30 63% | 900 | $27k (exactly $26,991) | Dead Drop Studios LLC |
 | Code 3: Police Response | · EA older | $14.99 | 36 63% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | 109 Below |
 | Deal & Wheeler | · EA older | $9.99 | 40 40% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | ArtNeronDevelopment |
 | Survival Africa | older | $16.99 | 22 36% | 660 | $11k (exactly $11,213) | MeanDean |
 | Just Skill Shooter | older | $9.99 | 36 47% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Gamesforgames |
 | ASHWAKE | · EA | $14.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Ghost Development |
 | 鬼灵的冒险GUILING's Adventure | $1.99 | 54 94% | 1.6k | $3.2k (exactly $3,224) | 硅晶石工作室Sicrystal Studio | |
 | Bigfoot Hunting | · EA | $7.99 | 5 0% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | VRCFORGE STUDIOS |
 | Tactical Pulse | $0.99 | 12 16% | 360 | $356 (exactly $356) | Zero Degree Studio | |
 | Drone:Modern Warfare | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | AndyKwok008 | |
 | Black Signal | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Matthew Lalande | |
 | Last Gate | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Village Wind | |
 | Enosis | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Studio Platinwolf | |
 | motorcycle combat | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | QplusQ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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