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Should I ship a Futuristic Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Futuristic
Of 36 developers who shipped a Futuristic Strategy 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.. 86 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $340k, ×552 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 86 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $418 (exactly $418) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,756) |
| Top 5% | $346k (exactly $346,384) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 36 |
| Released games | 120 |
| Announced | 86 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Futuristic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy RPG; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, RPG, Character Customization
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 65% positive over 3,801 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 8 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 86 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SportsFair
- + SwordplayFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + EconomyFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + ConspiracyFair
- + Shop KeeperFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
SCARLET NEXUS 2021 · $25M 
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters 2022 · $15M 
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II 2026 · $2.5M 
Star Renegades 2020 · $2.0M 
Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless 2023 · $1.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SCARLET NEXUS | older | $59.99 | 13,749 81% | 412k | $25M (exactly $24,744,075) | BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters | older | $44.99 | 11,426 76% | 343k | $15M (exactly $15,421,672) | Complex Games |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II | $39.99 | 2,088 53% | 63k | $2.5M (exactly $2,504,974) | Bulwark Studios | |
| | Star Renegades | older | $24.99 | 2,673 82% | 80k | $2.0M (exactly $2,003,948) | Massive Damage, Inc. |
| | Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless | older | $59.99 | 913 74% | 27k | $1.6M (exactly $1,643,126) | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., Systemsoft… (Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., Systemsoft beta, Inc.) |
 | Red Solstice 2: Survivors | older | $14.99 | 2,585 70% | 78k | $1.2M (exactly $1,162,474) | Ironward |
 | Dust to the End | older | $11.99 | 1,076 78% | 32k | $387k (exactly $387,037) | Haojoy Game, Zjoy Game |
 | Every Day We Fight | · EA | $29.99 | 385 72% | 12k | $346k (exactly $346,384) | Signal Space Lab |
 | Base One | older | $24.99 | 458 36% | 14k | $343k (exactly $343,363) | PixFroze |
 | Templar Battleforce | older | $9.99 | 931 92% | 28k | $279k (exactly $279,021) | Trese Brothers |
 | Big Winner | $12.99 | 550 82% | 17k | $214k (exactly $214,335) | iFAction Studio | |
 | LUNA | $12.99 | 526 78% | 16k | $205k (exactly $204,982) | Hypnosis Lab, WorkNite Games | |
 | Moves Of The Diamond Hand | · EA | $19.99 | 105 100% | 3.2k | $63k (exactly $62,968) | Cosmo D Studios |
 | Project Afterfall | · EA | $19.99 | 80 75% | 2.4k | $48k (exactly $47,976) | MuHa Games, Eerie Forest Studio |
 | WarOS | · EA | $19.99 | 29 72% | 870 | $17k (exactly $17,391) | The7 Studio |
 | Journey of Resurgence | · EA | $17.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $5.9k (exactly $5,937) | Stellar Realms Network |
 | Expedition: Shadow World | $15.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.8k (exactly $5,756) | Pavel Tanonov | |
 | Hostile Takeover | $11.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Whispering Spider Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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