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Should I ship a Turn-Based Combat FPS?
FPS + Turn-Based Combat
Only 6 developers shipped a Turn-Based Combat 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, Nightmare Knight ~Sacred Maiden & Fallen Magic~, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×6.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $180 against a market of $1.5k. 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 5% | $301k (exactly $300,613) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 13 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 7,097 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 13 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.5 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Yarimono 2024 · $3.0M 
Nightmare Knight ~Sacred Maiden & Fallen Magic~ 2024 · $301k 
UndercoverAgent 2021 · $225k 
Police Shootout 2022 · $202k 
异常情绪回收组 2024 · $130k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Yarimono | older | $24.99 | 4,011 86% | 120k | $3.0M (exactly $3,007,047) | にゅう工房 |
| | Nightmare Knight ~Sacred Maiden & Fallen Magic~ | $17.99 | 557 86% | 17k | $301k (exactly $300,613) | orzPINEz | |
| | UndercoverAgent | older | $7.99 | 940 81% | 28k | $225k (exactly $225,318) | AleCubicSoft |
| | Police Shootout | older | $14.99 | 449 55% | 13k | $202k (exactly $201,915) | Games Incubator, Hypnotic Ants |
| | 异常情绪回收组 | older | $10.99 | 393 80% | 12k | $130k (exactly $129,572) | 墨元素 |
 | Deep Space Battle Simulator | older | $9.99 | 358 78% | 11k | $107k (exactly $107,293) | yeswecamp |
 | The Bluecoats: North & South | older | $14.99 | 176 61% | 5.3k | $79k (exactly $79,147) | Appeal Studios |
 | Gloomgrave | older | $4.99 | 183 87% | 5.5k | $27k (exactly $27,395) | Netmancer |
 | 故鄉戰爭 HOMETOWN WAR | older | $7.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Coral Dream Studio |
 | Their Land | older | $2.99 | 13 61% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Thomas Förg Media |
 | Rabbits Hunt | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Usagi Lab | |
 | Drone Fire | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | QplusQ | |
 | GGO 枪战火线 | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | 布工作室, Cloth Studio | |
 | Emoji Puzzle Action - Codename: ManKun | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | nps努力 | |
 | RouletteCircus | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | StudioMohaji |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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