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Should I ship a Futuristic Party-Based RPG?
Party-Based RPG + Futuristic
Of 23 developers who shipped a Futuristic Party-Based RPG in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 49 more are announced, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×225 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 49 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) |
| Top 5% | $141k (exactly $141,206) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 62 |
| Announced | 49 |
| 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 down 35% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party-Based RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Futuristic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Party-Based RPG; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Turn-Based Combat, Character Customization
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 901 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party-Based RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + IncrementalPoor odds
Comparable games
SWORD ART ONLINE Last Recollection 2023 · $810k 
Every Day We Fight 2025 · EA · $346k 
Deathbound 2024 · $194k 
Beyond Galaxyland 2024 · $141k 
Mato Anomalies 2023 · $59k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SWORD ART ONLINE Last Recollection | older | $59.99 | 450 58% | 14k | $810k (exactly $809,865) | AQURIA Co., Ltd. |
| | Every Day We Fight | · EA | $29.99 | 385 72% | 12k | $346k (exactly $346,384) | Signal Space Lab |
| | Deathbound | older | $29.99 | 216 68% | 6.5k | $194k (exactly $194,335) | Trialforge Studio |
| | Beyond Galaxyland | $14.99 | 314 85% | 9.4k | $141k (exactly $141,206) | Sam Enright | |
| | Mato Anomalies | older | $14.99 | 131 70% | 3.9k | $59k (exactly $58,911) | Arrowiz |
 | Project Afterfall | · EA | $19.99 | 80 75% | 2.4k | $48k (exactly $47,976) | MuHa Games, Eerie Forest Studio |
 | False Skies | older | $8.99 | 104 91% | 3.1k | $28k (exactly $28,049) | Feenicks |
 | Strike Team Gladius | older | $24.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $21k (exactly $20,992) | Wave Light Games Inc. |
 | A Timely Intervention | older | $9.99 | 58 84% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,383) | Aldorlea Games |
 | Nomads of the Fallen Star | older | $12.99 | 37 70% | 1.1k | $14k (exactly $14,419) | Huy Phan |
 | Frameland: A Binary Tale | $9.99 | 48 97% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,386) | Team Frameland | |
 | G-MODEアーカイブス+ ゼノサーガ パイドパイパー | $15.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $11k (exactly $11,033) | G-MODE, Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. | |
 | Fractured Core | $14.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Engram Interactive | |
 | Journey of Resurgence | · EA | $17.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $5.9k (exactly $5,937) | Stellar Realms Network |
 | Twilight Epoch | $13.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.6k (exactly $4,617) | chimp | |
 | Elohim Eternal II: Son of Man | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | George Alexandros | |
 | Jerico Proxyma - Zsivanyur | $7.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Steel Widow Klan |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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