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Should I ship a Logic Hack and Slash game?

Hack and Slash + Logic

Only 2 developers shipped a Logic Hack and Slash game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 10 did: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×14 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

Only 0 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.1k against a market of $630. 14 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 1.7 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 14 announced, ×14 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Hack and Slash + Logic
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 4 yr n = 10

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Hack and Slash + Logic: Plate 1 · outcomes, 4 yr, n = 10
Bottom 30% $748 (exactly $748)
Median $1.1k (exactly $1,079)
Top 25% $1.2k (exactly $1,198)
Top 5% $202k (exactly $201,915)
Developers, 4 yr 10
Released games 29
Announced 14
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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: too few recent games to read.

Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Hack and Slash
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Logic
effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Hack and Slash, Logic
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.

The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 93% positive over 17,587 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 4 years by share: 3 in 10 under $750, median $1.1k, 1 in 4 over $1.1k, 1 in 20 over $200k.

3 in 10 developers made under $750. 14 games are announced against 0 developers who shipped in the last year, ×14 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Hack and Slash with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Turn-BasedStrong odds8 devs · median $14k · 1 announced
  2. + Turn-Based CombatStrong odds28 devs · median $3.7k · 27 announced
  3. + VampiresFair32 devs · median $7.2k · 37 announced
  4. + ModernFair13 devs · median $7.2k · 20 announced
  5. + IdlerFair32 devs · median $6.4k · 50 announced
  6. + IncrementalFair40 devs · median $1.7k · 57 announced
  7. + RomancePoor odds11 devs · median $119k · 25 announced
  8. + Visual NovelPoor odds11 devs · median $85k · 22 announced
  9. + Character Action GamePoor odds27 devs · median $58k · 80 announced
  10. + DestructionPoor odds19 devs · median $43k · 57 announced
  11. + LGBTQ+Poor odds17 devs · median $33k · 20 announced
  12. + AutomationPoor odds12 devs · median $21k · 26 announced

All 175 pairs on the Hack and Slash page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Judgment 2022 · $11M Lost Judgment 2022 · $9.0M ABRISS - build to destroy 2023 · $202k Jam Jump 2024 · $107k Rabbit Riot 2021 · $59k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Judgment older $39.99 9,407 93% 282k $11M (exactly $11,285,578) RGG Studio
Lost Judgment older $39.99 7,461 93% 224k $9.0M (exactly $8,950,962) RGG Studio
ABRISS - build to destroy older $14.99 449 82% 13k $202k (exactly $201,915) Randwerk
Jam Jump older $39.99 89 86% 2.7k $107k (exactly $106,773) Galactic Geckon
Rabbit Riot older $39.99 49 87% 1.5k $59k (exactly $58,785) Reactor Studios
DOLPHIN HUSTLE older $24.99 16 75% 480 $12k (exactly $11,995) Gamesforgames
Active Neurons - Puzzle game older $4.99 43 95% 1.3k $6.4k (exactly $6,437) Nikolai Usachev
ANCIENT EVIL older $4.99 16 68% 480 $2.4k (exactly $2,395) PhoenixFire Games
Active Neurons 2 older $4.99 15 93% 450 $2.2k (exactly $2,246) Nikolai Usachev
VILLAGE THE SIBERIA older $0.99 42 64% 1.3k $1.2k (exactly $1,247) VikTor
THE NAUGHTY LIST CURSE $8.99 4 50% 120 $1.1k (exactly $1,079) ZOMBIEDOG
Dungeon Shifters · EA $4.99 5 80% 150 $748 (exactly $748) Shifting Realms

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.