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Should I ship a Gun Customization Turn-Based Tactics?
Gun Customization + Turn-Based Tactics
Only 10 developers shipped a Gun Customization Turn-Based 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, Nightmare Frontier, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.3 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. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 18 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $31k (exactly $30,786) |
| Top 5% | $140k (exactly $140,194) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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 Tactics
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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 Tactics
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 68% positive over 316 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 18 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
No Plan B 2024 · $342k 
Nightmare Frontier 2026 · $140k 
Cossacks: Art of War 2011 · $49k 
BURNED HORIZONS 2026 · EA · $39k 
Cosmos point 2026 · $31k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | Cosmos point | $12.99 | 79 79% | 2.4k | $31k (exactly $30,786) | Anatoliy Sidorov | |
 | Deadly Land | · EA older | $5.99 | 104 77% | 3.1k | $19k (exactly $18,689) | SchmidtGames |
 | Precursors: Armored Angels | older | $14.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $11k (exactly $11,242) | Artificial Worlds |
 | 8 | older | $12.88 | 29 96% | 870 | $11k (exactly $11,206) | Thales Caus |
 | Bloody Rampage City | older | $4.99 | 37 70% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Crimson Chaos Studios |
 | 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 | |
 | Cluster - Roguelike Tower Defense | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Sector Five | |
 | Chaos of Destiny Remake | · EA | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Klayerama |
 | Stumblepath | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Baiumka |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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