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Should I ship a Gothic Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Gothic
Only 10 developers shipped a Gothic Strategy RPG 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, Atre: Dominance Wars, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.0k, ×8.0 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $25k, ×41 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 32 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.0k (exactly $5,033) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $13,941) |
| Top 5% | $25k (exactly $25,490) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 300% 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
- Gothic
- 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
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 66% positive over 237 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 32 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters 2022 · $15M 
Rogue Lords 2021 · $1.1M 
Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars 2020 · $367k 
BEAST: False Prophet 2023 · EA · $142k 
Stones Keeper: Director's Cut 2022 · $54k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters | older | $44.99 | 11,426 76% | 343k | $15M (exactly $15,421,672) | Complex Games |
| | Rogue Lords | older | $24.99 | 1,442 71% | 43k | $1.1M (exactly $1,081,067) | Leikir Studio, Cyanide Studio |
| | Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars | older | $29.99 | 408 62% | 12k | $367k (exactly $367,078) | Palindrome Interactive |
| | BEAST: False Prophet | · EA older | $24.99 | 189 64% | 5.7k | $142k (exactly $141,693) | False Prophet |
| | Stones Keeper: Director's Cut | older | $16.99 | 105 71% | 3.2k | $54k (exactly $53,518) | SK Team |
 | Atre: Dominance Wars | · EA | $24.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $25k (exactly $25,490) | Ironward |
 | The Dream Labyrinth | $14.99 | 44 81% | 1.3k | $20k (exactly $19,787) | GGG`s | |
 | Lord of the Dark Castle | older | $4.99 | 110 73% | 3.3k | $16k (exactly $16,467) | Craze Creative Studios |
 | Deathblight Jormungandr | $14.99 | 31 48% | 930 | $14k (exactly $13,941) | Projekt Wolfenstahl | |
 | NightMare King | $4.99 | 59 83% | 1.8k | $8.8k (exactly $8,832) | Starmoon Cat | |
 | Queen Slayer | $6.99 | 24 54% | 720 | $5.0k (exactly $5,033) | Mantaray161 | |
 | Dark Fairy Tale | $3.99 | 34 38% | 1.0k | $4.1k (exactly $4,070) | Fun Workshop | |
 | Magic Cauldron - Dungeons | $4.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Manuel Schenk Games | |
 | Roll & Slay : Dice Caster | · EA | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | ProjectSODA |
 | The Bone Crypt | $4.49 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | T-Squared Conglomerate | |
 | Ironwake | · EA | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Seahorse Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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