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Should I ship a Steampunk JRPG?
JRPG + Steampunk
Only 7 developers shipped a Steampunk 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, Spellpowder: Uprising, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×10.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.1k against a market of $630. 20 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,109) |
| Top 25% | $5.5k (exactly $5,458) |
| Top 5% | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 20 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $14.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 26,175 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×10.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
JRPG with a different setting or mood, 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
FINAL FANTASY IX 2016 · $7.8M 
Battle Chasers: Nightwar 2017 · $5.0M 
Gestalt: Steam & Cinder 2024 · $1.1M 
RESONANCE OF FATE™/END OF ETERNITY™ 4K/HD EDITION 2018 · $1.0M 
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise 2022 · $977k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FINAL FANTASY IX | older | $20.99 | 12,447 95% | 373k | $7.8M (exactly $7,837,876) | Square Enix |
| | Battle Chasers: Nightwar | older | $29.99 | 5,573 87% | 167k | $5.0M (exactly $5,014,028) | Airship Syndicate |
| | Gestalt: Steam & Cinder | older | $19.99 | 1,850 79% | 56k | $1.1M (exactly $1,109,445) | Metamorphosis Games |
| | RESONANCE OF FATE™/END OF ETERNITY™ 4K/HD EDITION | older | $34.99 | 983 80% | 29k | $1.0M (exactly $1,031,855) | tri-Ace |
| | Little Noah: Scion of Paradise | older | $14.99 | 2,172 92% | 65k | $977k (exactly $976,748) | Cygames, Inc., Grounding Inc. |
 | Detective Girl of the Steam City | older | $14.99 | 1,894 91% | 57k | $852k (exactly $851,732) | Clymenia |
 | Skyborn | older | $14.99 | 553 88% | 17k | $249k (exactly $248,684) | Dancing Dragon Games |
 | 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan | older | $12.99 | 442 78% | 13k | $172k (exactly $172,247) | Hongyuan Game |
 | Echoes of Aetheria | older | $14.99 | 143 82% | 4.3k | $64k (exactly $64,307) | Dancing Dragon Games |
 | Souls of Chronos | older | $15.99 | 118 72% | 3.5k | $57k (exactly $56,605) | FUTU Studio |
 | Spellpowder: Uprising | $14.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Rogandir Studio | |
 | VOID SOUL | $25.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $5.5k (exactly $5,458) | OWLOGUE Co., Ltd. | |
 | Neverspring Chronicles | $7.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Durance Gaming | |
 | Elysium | $0.99 | 71 94% | 2.1k | $2.1k (exactly $2,109) | YvelRevo | |
 | Bereaved: Soldiers of Fate | · EA | $10.00 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Lost Gear Productions |
 | How to Write a Book without Getting Killed | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Blue Sword Gaming | |
 | Cogfall | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Nodding Panda Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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