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Should I ship a Turn-Based Tactics Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Turn-Based Tactics
Of 43 developers who shipped a Turn-Based Tactics Immersive Sim 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.. 56 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. 56 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper, while revenue is down 20% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $20,992) |
| Top 5% | $757k (exactly $757,042) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 130 |
| Announced | 56 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Turn-Based Tactics
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Turn-Based Tactics; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Strategy, Management
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 9,451 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Immersive Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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