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Should I ship a Gun Customization Turn-Based Combat game?
Gun Customization + Turn-Based Combat
Only 11 developers shipped a Gun Customization Turn-Based Combat 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, Nightmare Frontier, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×223 the market median. Revenue is up 315% on the market; 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) |
| Top 5% | $140k (exactly $140,194) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 up 315% on the market, supply 165% 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.
- Gun Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Turn-Based Combat
- 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
- Gun Customization, Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 67% positive over 286 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
RESONANCE OF FATE™/END OF ETERNITY™ 4K/HD EDITION 2018 · $1.0M 
Spellmasons 2023 · $673k 
No Plan B 2024 · $342k 
Nightmare Frontier 2026 · $140k 
Cossacks: Art of War 2011 · $49k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | RESONANCE OF FATE™/END OF ETERNITY™ 4K/HD EDITION | older | $34.99 | 983 80% | 29k | $1.0M (exactly $1,031,855) | tri-Ace |
| | Spellmasons | older | $19.99 | 1,122 91% | 34k | $673k (exactly $672,863) | Octavia Blue |
| | No Plan B | older | $14.99 | 761 86% | 23k | $342k (exactly $342,222) | GFX47 |
| | Nightmare Frontier | $24.99 | 187 69% | 5.6k | $140k (exactly $140,194) | Ice Code Games | |
| | Cossacks: Art of War | older | $4.99 | 330 83% | 9.9k | $49k (exactly $49,401) | GSC Game World |
 | BURNED HORIZONS | · EA | $44.99 | 29 34% | 870 | $39k (exactly $39,141) | BURNED HORIZONS STUDIO |
 | For a Vast Future | older | $9.99 | 39 94% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | Retreaux Games |
 | Precursors: Armored Angels | older | $14.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $11k (exactly $11,242) | Artificial Worlds |
 | Get To The Gate | older | $19.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Maximan |
 | Last Bullet | $6.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | ToxicByteGames | |
 | RolemIAster | · EA | $5.99 | 23 56% | 690 | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) | ABAFE |
 | Arch Legends | $7.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.2k (exactly $2,157) | WKM Studios | |
 | Assault Commander Rearmed | $11.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | VTDev Informatikai Kft. | |
 | The Elquest | The Legend of Immortal Dremond | $7.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Domax Games | |
 | Shell of the coward | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Jacquey Arthur | |
 | Chaos of Destiny Remake | · EA | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Klayerama |
 | Warden of the Crypt | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Felipe de Sousa |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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