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Hack and Slash + Turn-Based Tactics
Only 17 developers shipped a Hack and Slash 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, Labyrinth of Touhou Tri -The Dreaming Girls & The Mysterious Orbs-, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.8k, ×4.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $360k, ×588 the market median. Revenue is up 90% on the market; 23 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.8k (exactly $2,848) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) |
| Top 5% | $369k (exactly $369,415) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 79 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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 Tactics
- 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 Tactics; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Dungeon Crawler, RPG, Strategy
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,443 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.4k. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 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 
Labyrinth of Touhou Tri -The Dreaming Girls & The Mysterious Orbs- 2026 · $369k 
Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure 2 2022 · $256k 
Menherarium: Deadly Dice 2026 · $180k 
Swords and Sandals 2 Redux 2017 · $165k | 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 |
| | Labyrinth of Touhou Tri -The Dreaming Girls & The Mysterious Orbs- | $19.99 | 616 82% | 18k | $369k (exactly $369,415) | Nise-Eikoku Studio | |
| | Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure 2 | older | $24.99 | 342 89% | 10k | $256k (exactly $256,397) | NEKOTOKAGE GAMES |
| | Menherarium: Deadly Dice | $8.99 | 669 92% | 20k | $180k (exactly $180,429) | テスカトリポカ | |
| | 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 |
 | Jam Jump | older | $39.99 | 89 86% | 2.7k | $107k (exactly $106,773) | Galactic Geckon |
 | The Chronicles of Dragon Wing - Reborn | older | $19.99 | 158 77% | 4.7k | $95k (exactly $94,753) | Dragon Wing Studio |
 | Hot Spring Hero | older | $18.99 | 148 83% | 4.4k | $84k (exactly $84,316) | EXAMGAMES |
 | Heroes of Three Kingdoms | · EA older | $9.99 | 190 49% | 5.7k | $57k (exactly $56,943) | Wuwei |
 | Arashi Gaiden | $9.99 | 64 95% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $19,181) | Statera Studio, Wired Dreams Studio | |
 | Everfall 2: Idle Dungeon RPG | $9.99 | 42 76% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | GameDevJoey | |
 | METRO QUESTER | $19.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) | Thousand Games | |
 | Nyaz | $7.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | Altoterras Corporation | |
 | Abyss Rebirth | $7.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | すずりん | |
 | 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 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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