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Should I ship a Real Time Tactics Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Real Time Tactics
Only 9 developers shipped a Real Time Tactics Hero Shooter 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, Just Skill Shooter 4, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $120 over 4, against a market of $1.3k for a 9 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 5% | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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: revenue down 90% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hero Shooter
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus hero balance and content cadence
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Real Time Tactics
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $7.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 875 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. 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hero Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + Boomer ShooterLong shot
- + MedievalLong shot
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + SuperheroPoor odds
- + Battle RoyalePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
Comparable games
Eximius: Seize the Frontline 2021 · $306k 
OTTTD 2014 · $46k 
Desert Special Forces 2024 · $12k 
The Mythical City 2023 · $11k 
Timewell: Trail of Celestes 2022 · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Eximius: Seize the Frontline | older | $19.99 | 511 74% | 15k | $306k (exactly $306,447) | Ammobox Studios |
| | OTTTD | older | $7.99 | 190 78% | 5.7k | $46k (exactly $45,543) | SMG Studio |
| | Desert Special Forces | older | $19.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Gamesforgames |
| | The Mythical City | older | $9.99 | 38 60% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | Gamesforgames |
| | Timewell: Trail of Celestes | older | $17.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $11k (exactly $10,794) | OZBER CIN |
 | Devader | older | $7.99 | 32 93% | 960 | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) | Falkenbrew |
 | Just Skill Shooter 4 | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Skeletos Sword | older | $8.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $4.6k (exactly $4,585) | Gamesforfarm |
 | Danger Drone | older | $9.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames |
 | War Of Gold | older | $4.99 | 16 62% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software |
 | MEMOLOGY: ITALIAN MEME WAR | $0.99 | 45 97% | 1.4k | $1.3k (exactly $1,336) | Piece Of Voxel, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Remnants Of Eden | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Red Sunset Productions | |
 | Brawl Arena Shooter | $0.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $208 (exactly $208) | Yusuf Islam Seyhan, Samet Acar | |
 | Math4TopDogs | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Mathsandcau | |
 | Earth’s Last Defense Idle Fleet | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Jimmy Wilson, Colton Wilson, Hunter Wil… (Jimmy Wilson, Colton Wilson, Hunter Wilson, Julie A Wilson, Baylee Wilson, Jolie Wilson, Julie Wilson) | |
 | POPOLOGIST® Camera Slinger | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Joe Rey, POPOLOGY® Networks | |
 | Task Code Foolish | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bgame | |
 | Battleship 2 | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Priyam Jain, Matthew Lalande |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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