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Should I ship a Historical Party-Based RPG?
Party-Based RPG + Historical
Of 23 developers who shipped a Historical Party-Based RPG in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 46 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.8k, ×9.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×182 the market median. Revenue is up 140% on the market; 46 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,086) |
| Top 5% | $114k (exactly $114,262) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 64 |
| Announced | 46 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 140% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party-Based RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Historical
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Party-Based RPG; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Hand-drawn, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 968 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 46 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party-Based RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + IncrementalPoor odds
Comparable games
Expeditions: Rome 2022 · $7.0M 
Lost Eidolons 2022 · $1.8M 
Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Scar of Sky 2021 · $730k 
Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains 2023 · $487k 
Expeditions: Samurai 2026 · EA · $240k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Expeditions: Rome | older | $44.99 | 5,156 86% | 155k | $7.0M (exactly $6,959,053) | Logic Artists |
| | Lost Eidolons | older | $34.99 | 1,727 69% | 52k | $1.8M (exactly $1,812,832) | Ocean Drive Studio, Inc. |
| | Xuan-Yuan Sword: The Scar of Sky | older | $9.99 | 2,437 93% | 73k | $730k (exactly $730,369) | DOMO Studio, SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
| | Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains | older | $13.99 | 1,161 84% | 35k | $487k (exactly $487,272) | DOMO Studio, SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
| | Expeditions: Samurai | · EA | $29.99 | 267 59% | 8.0k | $240k (exactly $240,220) | Campfire Cabal |
 | Circus Electrique | older | $19.99 | 258 74% | 7.7k | $155k (exactly $154,723) | Zen Studios |
 | Legends of the Round Table | $29.99 | 127 89% | 3.8k | $114k (exactly $114,262) | Artifice Studio | |
 | 吞食天地之乱舞三国 | $13.99 | 271 92% | 8.1k | $114k (exactly $113,739) | FC Maker | |
 | Uncharted Ocean | older | $4.99 | 563 70% | 17k | $84k (exactly $84,281) | HiRabbitgame |
 | 秦殇 (Prince of Qin) | older | $0.99 | 2,489 78% | 75k | $74k (exactly $73,923) | 北京目标在线科技有限公司 |
 | The Hidden Scrolls | $9.99 | 94 69% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $28,172) | Red Dragon Studio | |
 | RAVENSBURG | $14.99 | 45 95% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Lilian Duleroux | |
 | 戦国英雄譚-Samurai Heroes- | $9.99 | 47 89% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | hizaniya games | |
 | Animal Simulator | $8.99 | 39 30% | 1.2k | $11k (exactly $10,518) | Imperian Online - Core | |
 | Netoria Tactics 2 | · EA | $14.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) | Apollo Seven Games |
 | Beggar's Road | $7.99 | 37 72% | 1.1k | $8.9k (exactly $8,869) | Coldframe Studios | |
 | Three Kingdoms: Shu-Han Chronicles | $12.99 | 20 45% | 600 | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) | QianFan Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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