Should I ship a Stealth JRPG?
JRPG + Stealth
Only 7 developers shipped a Stealth 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, Human Farm : Investigation :, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.0 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $900. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,292) |
| Top 5% | $30k (exactly $30,397) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 500% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- JRPG, Stealth
- 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 94,540 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 12 games are announced against 6 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
Persona 5 Royal 2022 · $165M 
Shadow Corridor 2 雨ノ四葩 2024 · $486k 
Claire's Quest: GOLD 2021 · EA · $337k 
LoveKami -Divinity Stage- 2016 · $213k 
Didnapper 2 2021 · $110k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Persona 5 Royal | older | $59.99 | 91,682 96% | 2.8M | $165M (exactly $165,000,095) | ATLUS |
| | Shadow Corridor 2 雨ノ四葩 | older | $18.99 | 853 87% | 26k | $486k (exactly $485,954) | Space Onigiri Game LLC |
| | Claire's Quest: GOLD | · EA older | $19.99 | 562 85% | 17k | $337k (exactly $337,031) | Dystopian Project |
| | LoveKami -Divinity Stage- | older | $12.99 | 547 83% | 16k | $213k (exactly $213,166) | MoeNovel |
| | Didnapper 2 | older | $19.99 | 184 96% | 5.5k | $110k (exactly $110,345) | DID Games |
 | Embarrassed Shina-chan~ the Naked Wandering College Girl | older | $19.99 | 167 60% | 5.0k | $100k (exactly $100,150) | かわいそうなのは抜ける |
 | Fleshlight Squad - Fleshlightize - | older | $14.99 | 178 75% | 5.3k | $80k (exactly $80,047) | ちゃおいずむ |
 | Human Farm - Rehabilitation - | older | $8.99 | 196 79% | 5.9k | $53k (exactly $52,861) | とっくり海月 |
 | The Chronicles of Nyanya | older | $19.99 | 79 92% | 2.4k | $47k (exactly $47,376) | hamstercube |
 | Phantom Thief Effie | older | $14.99 | 92 90% | 2.8k | $41k (exactly $41,372) | Yamanashi Musume |
 | Human Farm : Investigation : | $12.99 | 78 80% | 2.3k | $30k (exactly $30,397) | とっくり海月 | |
 | Loli Ninja Village | $6.99 | 92 80% | 2.8k | $19k (exactly $19,292) | PAON, 072 Localize | |
 | Assassin's Shadows | $14.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Noxurtica | |
 | Busty Beast-Ear Airi's Hentai Escape | $5.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | でぃぱるちゃ | |
 | Dream Dazia | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | CosmoRetro Studios LLC | |
 | ClockOut | $2.49 | 7 100% | 210 | $523 (exactly $523) | f8game.studio | |
 | Agents of Shadow | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Hoffnung Haydn |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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