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Should I ship a Resource Management JRPG?
JRPG + Resource Management
Of 36 developers who shipped a Resource Management JRPG 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.. 27 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×4.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is flat on the market; 27 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $360 (exactly $360) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 25% | $54k (exactly $54,315) |
| Top 5% | $590k (exactly $589,505) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 36 |
| Released games | 59 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Resource Management
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- JRPG, Resource Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Simulation, Adventure
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, 2D, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 6,545 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
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 Censor DX Edition 2025 · $792k 
The Shimmering Horizon and Cursed Blacksmith 2025 · $590k 
Crusaders Quest : Hero Town 2026 · $538k 
Immoral-Bathhouse 2026 · $128k 
TK Punk Gold 2026 · $105k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Censor DX Edition | $17.99 | 1,467 82% | 44k | $792k (exactly $791,740) | Tiramisu, Big S Studio | |
| | The Shimmering Horizon and Cursed Blacksmith | $19.99 | 983 58% | 29k | $590k (exactly $589,505) | Ason | |
| | Crusaders Quest : Hero Town | $6.99 | 2,564 76% | 77k | $538k (exactly $537,671) | CQ LABS | |
| | Immoral-Bathhouse | $8.99 | 476 80% | 14k | $128k (exactly $128,377) | 奶油貓工作室, バター貓スタジオ | |
| | TK Punk Gold | $11.99 | 291 87% | 8.7k | $105k (exactly $104,673) | 桑尼游戏(Sunny Game) | |
 | Farmagia | $49.99 | 63 46% | 1.9k | $94k (exactly $94,481) | Marvelous Inc. | |
 | Femdom University 0 | older | $34.99 | 86 73% | 2.6k | $90k (exactly $90,274) | SaliaCoel |
 | Syn-Chorus 01: The New Life | · EA | $10.99 | 269 83% | 8.1k | $89k (exactly $88,689) | PrisMaze棱镜迷阵 |
 | Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 2 | older | $19.99 | 97 55% | 2.9k | $58k (exactly $58,171) | Agate |
 | BM game Co. | $7.99 | 236 75% | 7.1k | $57k (exactly $56,569) | zzzgame | |
 | Novice Dungeon Master | · EA | $11.99 | 151 88% | 4.5k | $54k (exactly $54,315) | LazyCnD |
 | Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire | $24.99 | 45 64% | 1.4k | $34k (exactly $33,736) | Octeto Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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