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Hack and Slash + Turn-Based Strategy
Only 16 developers shipped a Hack and Slash Turn-Based Strategy 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, Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure Remastered Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×4.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $30k, ×49 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 25% | $6.5k (exactly $6,473) |
| Top 5% | $31k (exactly $30,869) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 64 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 down 20% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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 Strategy
- 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 Strategy
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 334 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hack and Slash with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Turn-BasedStrong odds
- + Turn-Based CombatStrong odds
- + VampiresFair
- + ModernFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + RomancePoor odds
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
Comparable games
Dice & Fold 2024 · $1.4M 
Munchkin Digital 2023 · $608k 
Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure 2 2022 · $256k 
Swords and Sandals 2 Redux 2017 · $165k 
Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics 2018 · $115k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dice & Fold | older | $12.99 | 3,491 83% | 105k | $1.4M (exactly $1,360,443) | Tinymice Entertainment |
| | Munchkin Digital | older | $14.99 | 1,352 76% | 41k | $608k (exactly $607,994) | Dire Wolf |
| | Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure 2 | older | $24.99 | 342 89% | 10k | $256k (exactly $256,397) | NEKOTOKAGE GAMES |
| | Swords and Sandals 2 Redux | older | $9.99 | 552 78% | 17k | $165k (exactly $165,434) | Whiskeybarrel Studios |
| | Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics | older | $24.99 | 153 68% | 4.6k | $115k (exactly $114,704) | Auroch Digital |
 | HAITENAI RPG | older | $24.99 | 138 65% | 4.1k | $103k (exactly $103,459) | Yellow Gem |
 | The Chronicles of Dragon Wing - Reborn | older | $19.99 | 158 77% | 4.7k | $95k (exactly $94,753) | Dragon Wing Studio |
 | Heroes of Three Kingdoms | · EA older | $9.99 | 190 49% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $56,943) | Wuwei |
 | Swords and Sandals 5 Redux: Maximus Edition | older | $6.99 | 205 60% | 6.2k | $43k (exactly $42,988) | Whiskeybarrel Studios |
 | 百煉登神 Immortal Tales of Rebirth | older | $14.99 | 82 36% | 2.5k | $37k (exactly $36,875) | Bandage and Go Studio |
 | Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure Remastered Edition | $9.99 | 103 94% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,869) | NEKOTOKAGE GAMES | |
 | Bobo's Big Tower | $9.99 | 93 92% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,872) | SillyKitty | |
 | Arashi Gaiden | $9.99 | 64 95% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $19,181) | Statera Studio, Wired Dreams Studio | |
 | Misty Land | $8.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $6.5k (exactly $6,473) | Branches Games | |
 | METRO QUESTER | $19.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) | Thousand Games | |
 | Novel Rogue | $19.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) | Exe Create Inc. | |
 | METRO QUESTER | OSAKA | $19.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) | Thousand Games | |
 | Fantasy Classic: Dungeon Crawler | · EA | $18.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $2.8k (exactly $2,848) | Eternal Play Office |
 | DarkBlood -ReVerse- | · EA | $9.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Toihaus |
 | Landonia | · EA | $4.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Landonia RPG |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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