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Should I ship a Turn-Based Strategy FPS?
FPS + Turn-Based Strategy
Only 8 developers shipped a Turn-Based Strategy 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, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240, ×0.2 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 14 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 5% | $2.4k (exactly $2,422) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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 Strategy
- 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, Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $2.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 13,696 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 14 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Yarimono 2024 · $3.0M 
The Arrogant Kaiju Princess and The Detective Servant 2023 · $1.6M 
Wild Bastards 2024 · $647k 
Jerez's Arena 2020 · $389k 
Home Wars 2017 · $342k | 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 |
| | The Arrogant Kaiju Princess and The Detective Servant | older | $14.99 | 3,468 96% | 104k | $1.6M (exactly $1,559,560) | ARTcelerator, PantyParrot |
| | Wild Bastards | older | $34.99 | 616 74% | 18k | $647k (exactly $646,615) | Blue Manchu |
| | Jerez's Arena | older | $19.99 | 648 80% | 19k | $389k (exactly $388,606) | 永恆艾莉絲工坊, 樂磚Joy Brick |
| | Home Wars | older | $9.99 | 1,141 78% | 34k | $342k (exactly $341,958) | Insane Dreamers |
 | Lost: Find | older | $3.99 | 1,988 87% | 60k | $238k (exactly $237,964) | DSGame |
 | Police Shootout | older | $14.99 | 449 55% | 13k | $202k (exactly $201,915) | Games Incubator, Hypnotic Ants |
 | Queen's Glory | older | $6.99 | 624 68% | 19k | $131k (exactly $130,853) | BananaKing, 台灣香蕉王 |
 | 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 |
 | Silent | $2.99 | 27 44% | 810 | $2.4k (exactly $2,422) | GenemesicX | |
 | The Panopticon | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | ATLANTION | |
 | Tactical Pulse | $0.99 | 12 16% | 360 | $356 (exactly $356) | Zero Degree Studio | |
 | Reality Rifts | $3.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Infinity Requiem Studio | |
 | Battle Alien | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | log_gry | |
 | RouletteCircus | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | StudioMohaji |
 | Buttons Deathline | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Blackblood Games | |
 | Stab Club | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Monokrom Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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