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Should I ship an Investigation Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Investigation
Only 9 developers shipped an Investigation 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, Paracom, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $210, ×0.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60. 29 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 5% | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 700% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Investigation
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based Tactics, Investigation
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,515 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
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Supercow 2022 · $44k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mohism: Battle of Words | older | $9.99 | 570 76% | 17k | $171k (exactly $170,829) | 玄镜工作室 |
| | Lost Dimension | older | $24.99 | 221 72% | 6.6k | $166k (exactly $165,684) | FURYU Corporation |
| | Midnight Protocol | older | $14.99 | 237 87% | 7.1k | $107k (exactly $106,579) | LuGus Studios |
| | The Magister | older | $14.99 | 103 91% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $46,319) | Nerdook Productions |
| | Supercow | older | $7.99 | 183 97% | 5.5k | $44k (exactly $43,865) | Nevosoft |
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 | Paracom | $10.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) | Steel Widow Klan | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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