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Should I ship a Real Time Tactics JRPG?
JRPG + Real Time Tactics
Only 9 developers shipped a Real Time Tactics JRPG 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, Fox Sex Farm, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×8.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $22k against a market of $630. 24 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $22k (exactly $22,189) |
| Top 25% | $51k (exactly $50,949) |
| Top 5% | $223k (exactly $222,896) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- JRPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- JRPG, Real Time Tactics
- Price point
- $14.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 6,025 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
JRPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Mystery DungeonStrong odds
- + NinjaFair
- + RomanceFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + ManagementFair
- + Souls-likeFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + LootFair
- + RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
The DioField Chronicle 2022 · $1.2M 
Legend of Mana 2021 · $1.0M 
Cavalry Girls 2023 · $675k 
Fox Sex Farm 2025 · $223k 
Bahamut2-dragon's bride 2021 · $175k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The DioField Chronicle | older | $59.99 | 685 49% | 21k | $1.2M (exactly $1,232,794) | Square Enix, LANCARSE Ltd. |
| | Legend of Mana | older | $29.99 | 1,132 78% | 34k | $1.0M (exactly $1,018,460) | Square Enix, M2 Co., Ltd. |
| | Cavalry Girls | older | $11.99 | 1,877 88% | 56k | $675k (exactly $675,157) | 中子星游戏研究所 |
| | Fox Sex Farm | $17.99 | 413 82% | 12k | $223k (exactly $222,896) | R's | |
| | Bahamut2-dragon's bride | older | $9.99 | 584 97% | 18k | $175k (exactly $175,025) | 王韋 |
 | Dream Hacker | older | $6.99 | 518 84% | 16k | $109k (exactly $108,625) | Playmeow |
 | Uncharted Ocean | older | $4.99 | 563 70% | 17k | $84k (exactly $84,281) | HiRabbitgame |
 | Touhou Spell Carnival | $49.99 | 49 77% | 1.5k | $73k (exactly $73,485) | Idea Factory, Compile Heart, STING | |
 | 巴哈姆特1-REMAKE(BAHAMUT1-REMAKE) | $9.99 | 170 95% | 5.1k | $51k (exactly $50,949) | 王韋 | |
 | Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent | older | $39.99 | 34 26% | 1.0k | $41k (exactly $40,790) | ACQUIRE Corp. |
 | Necro Story | $14.99 | 73 89% | 2.2k | $33k (exactly $32,828) | Rablo Games | |
 | UltraGirl Alters | $19.99 | 37 64% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | FutureInvention | |
 | Demon Princess Retreat | $3.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) | OneShotStudio, SamAFEI | |
 | Dark SlayeR | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Funchgame | |
 | poker dungeon | $3.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | LcsStudio | |
 | Last Wave | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Novae Interactive LTD |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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