Games › Grid-Based Movement › Grid-Based Movement + Mythology
Should I ship a Mythological Grid-Based Movement game?
Grid-Based Movement + Mythology
Only 17 developers shipped a Mythological Grid-Based Movement game 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, Mythmatch, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×3.8 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 $1.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $74k, ×118 the market median. Revenue is down 15% on the market; 30 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.0k (exactly $5,032) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,587) |
| Top 5% | $74k (exactly $74,363) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 15% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Grid-Based Movement
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Grid-Based Movement; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Puzzle
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 545 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 6 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Grid-Based Movement with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + HistoricalFair
- + EconomyFair
- + AutomationFair
- + MiningFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + BuildingFair
- + HackingFair
- + SokobanFair
- + ProgrammingFair
- + DogsFair
- + PlatformerFair
- + Puzzle PlatformerFair
Comparable games
King Arthur: Knight's Tale 2022 · $9.1M 
Operencia: The Stolen Sun 2020 · $483k 
King Arthur: Legion IX 2024 · $464k 
Tiny Tactics 2022 · $198k 
Islands of the Caliph 2023 · $82k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | King Arthur: Knight's Tale | older | $44.99 | 6,722 83% | 202k | $9.1M (exactly $9,072,683) | NeocoreGames |
| | Operencia: The Stolen Sun | older | $29.99 | 537 76% | 16k | $483k (exactly $483,139) | Zen Studios |
| | King Arthur: Legion IX | older | $19.99 | 774 72% | 23k | $464k (exactly $464,168) | NeocoreGames |
| | Tiny Tactics | older | $9.99 | 661 82% | 20k | $198k (exactly $198,102) | Tiny Forge Gaming |
| | Islands of the Caliph | older | $9.99 | 272 88% | 8.2k | $82k (exactly $81,518) | Schmidt Workshops |
 | Mythmatch | $19.99 | 124 98% | 3.7k | $74k (exactly $74,363) | Team Artichoke | |
 | Touhou Spell Carnival | $49.99 | 49 77% | 1.5k | $73k (exactly $73,485) | Idea Factory, Compile Heart, STING | |
 | Guards II: Chaos in Hell | $15.99 | 125 96% | 3.8k | $60k (exactly $59,962) | Battlecruiser Games | |
 | Chrysalis | $9.99 | 118 84% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,365) | Metamorph Games | |
 | Skyward Collapse | older | $4.99 | 184 49% | 5.5k | $28k (exactly $27,545) | Arcen Games |
 | Vinecard | $9.99 | 42 95% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | SiriusStudio | |
 | Areteion | $19.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | juxtapositioned | |
 | Sokobos 2 | $9.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Martin Games | |
 | Navigating The Labyrinth | $14.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Dragon Dropper | |
 | Trolls vs Vikings: Reborn | $5.99 | 28 92% | 840 | $5.0k (exactly $5,032) | Megapop | |
 | Twilight of Bronze | $15.00 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,700) | NonAverageStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
Your address goes to Buttondown, which sends the letter, and nowhere else. Every issue has an unsubscribe link. No tracking beyond the open count Buttondown keeps.