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Should I ship a Gambling Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Gambling
Only 10 developers shipped a Gambling Real Time Tactics 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, Dice People, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 10 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,507) |
| Top 5% | $64k (exactly $64,494) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 36%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Gambling
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, Gambling
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 88% positive over 806 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
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Comparable games
Dice People 2025 · $64k 
CUBE ROYALE 2023 · EA · $14k 
Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss 2025 · $13k 
Blood Poker 2024 · $4.0k 
GILTSTEADER - Tower Defense 2024 · $2.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dice People | $2.99 | 719 90% | 22k | $64k (exactly $64,494) | Mateusk2m, Manodeix | |
| | CUBE ROYALE | · EA older | $9.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | Creature Factory |
| | Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss | $19.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Polyarc | |
| | Blood Poker | older | $4.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Roeb |
| | GILTSTEADER - Tower Defense | older | $5.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | Lessermore |
 | Peak | $1.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $2.5k (exactly $2,507) | Three Hands Co | |
 | ホロライブオールスター バトルタイルズ | $3.99 | 20 25% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | BG2研 | |
 | Idle Percent | older | $1.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $418 (exactly $418) | Pixel Fox |
 | THE BEST INVESTOR | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | THE FRENCH GRINDER | |
 | TOSS | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | SolitaryStudios | |
 | Battle Alien | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | log_gry | |
 | Money Block | · EA | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Freya Games |
 | Dealer Bust! | Roguelike BlackJack | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Destina Games | |
 | Gambling Simulator | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Fato Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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