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Should I ship a Turn-Based Hack and Slash game?
Hack and Slash + Turn-Based
Only 8 developers shipped a Turn-Based Hack and Slash 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, Dungeon Antiqua 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 1 more is announced.
Verdict: strong odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $14k, ×22 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 7 in 10 cleared $5.9k. Revenue is up 320% on the market; 1 game is announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×0.2 per shipper.
| Bottom 30% | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) |
|---|---|
| Median | $14k (exactly $14,086) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,181) |
| Top 5% | $77k (exactly $76,595) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 1 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 320% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Turn-Based
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Hack and Slash, Turn-Based
- Price point
- $14.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 49,392 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $6.0k. 1 game is announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Hack and Slash with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + RomancePoor odds
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
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Swords and Sandals Classic Collection 2019 · $871k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Transistor | older | $19.99 | 27,993 93% | 840k | $17M (exactly $16,787,402) | Supergiant Games |
| | LIGHTNING RETURNS™: FINAL FANTASY® XIII | older | $19.99 | 4,107 78% | 123k | $2.5M (exactly $2,462,968) | Square Enix |
| | Dragon Cliff | older | $9.99 | 7,679 88% | 230k | $2.3M (exactly $2,301,396) | Meta Interaction |
| | Dice & Fold | older | $12.99 | 3,491 83% | 105k | $1.4M (exactly $1,360,443) | Tinymice Entertainment |
| | Swords and Sandals Classic Collection | older | $9.99 | 2,905 92% | 87k | $871k (exactly $870,628) | Whiskeybarrel Studios |
 | Wizardry: The Five Ordeals | older | $39.99 | 520 85% | 16k | $624k (exactly $623,844) | 59 Studio |
 | 道衍诀 | · EA older | $11.99 | 988 49% | 30k | $355k (exactly $355,384) | 宁德动游网络科技有限公司 |
 | The World is Your Weapon | older | $9.99 | 646 97% | 19k | $194k (exactly $193,606) | kagaya |
 | Swords and Sandals 2 Redux | older | $9.99 | 552 78% | 17k | $165k (exactly $165,434) | Whiskeybarrel Studios |
 | Dark Bestiary | older | $8.99 | 511 88% | 15k | $138k (exactly $137,817) | Qd |
 | Dungeon Antiqua 2 | $8.99 | 284 95% | 8.5k | $77k (exactly $76,595) | Shiromofu Factory | |
 | Arashi Gaiden | $9.99 | 64 95% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $19,181) | Statera Studio, Wired Dreams Studio | |
 | モンカルファンタ ～勇者と水晶の少女～ | $34.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $15k (exactly $14,696) | Experience Inc. | |
 | 戦国英雄譚-Samurai Heroes- | $9.99 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | hizaniya games | |
 | Monochrome Echoes - black - | · EA | $15.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $6.2k (exactly $6,236) | Thousand Games |
 | Princess of Destruction | 滅ぼし姫 | $4.99 | 40 95% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Steppers' Stop | |
 | Navigating The Labyrinth | $14.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Dragon Dropper | |
 | Toward The Ice | $14.99 | 12 41% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Dragon Dropper | |
 | The Dreamers Foresight | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | The Random Generator Expert |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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