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MOBA + Hack and Slash
Only 5 developers shipped a paid Hack and Slash MOBA 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, Shape of Dreams, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 19 more are announced, ×19 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $230 against a market of $1.3k. 19 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $225 (exactly $225) |
| Top 25% | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 5% | $12M (exactly $11,822,019) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.50 |
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 75% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 51%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- MOBA
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus a balanced hero roster
- Hack and Slash
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MOBA, Hack and Slash
- Price point
- $2.50 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 126,527 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×19 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MOBA with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterDead
- + SurvivalDead
Comparable games
FOR HONOR™ 2017 · $98M 
Shape of Dreams 2025 · $12M 
Bleeding Edge 2020 · $1.3M 
GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE- 2016 · $255k 
The Chronicles of Dragon Wing - Reborn 2017 · $95k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FOR HONOR™ | older | $29.99 | 108,492 69% | 3.3M | $98M (exactly $97,610,252) | Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubiso… (Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Toronto, Blue Byte) |
| | Shape of Dreams | $24.99 | 15,769 89% | 473k | $12M (exactly $11,822,019) | Lizard Smoothie | |
| | Bleeding Edge | older | $29.99 | 1,411 66% | 42k | $1.3M (exactly $1,269,477) | Ninja Theory |
| | GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE- | older | $19.99 | 426 76% | 13k | $255k (exactly $255,472) | Arc System Works |
| | The Chronicles of Dragon Wing - Reborn | older | $19.99 | 158 77% | 4.7k | $95k (exactly $94,753) | Dragon Wing Studio |
 | Bloodsports.TV | older | $9.99 | 255 83% | 7.7k | $76k (exactly $76,424) | Toadman Interactive, Fatshark |
 | ball heroes | · EA older | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Chengdu Haowanyou Technologies Co., Ltd |
 | Roguenarok | older | $4.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Fishbump Games |
 | Soulfire : Weapon Master | · EA older | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | AyDream Co., Ltd. |
 | Guardians Of Gaia | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Handmade Games | |
 | FastMoBa | $2.50 | 3 100% | 90 | $225 (exactly $225) | Nguyen Thanh Chinh | |
 | click frenzy | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | bulbafan | |
 | Capsule Carnage: Don't Press That | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gold Capsule |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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