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Level Editor + Tactical RPG
Only 5 developers shipped a Level Editor Tactical RPG 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, Together in Battle, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×16 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $28k against a market of $630. 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
|---|---|
| Median | $28k (exactly $28,059) |
| Top 25% | $38k (exactly $38,062) |
| Top 5% | $80k (exactly $80,360) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 75% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Tactical RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Level Editor, Tactical RPG
- 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 $44.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 2,884 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×16 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Level Editor with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Score AttackFair
- + AutomationLong shot
- + TransportationPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
Comparable games
Legends of Eisenwald 2015 · $836k 
Dustwind 2018 · $256k 
Winter Falling: Battle Tactics 2022 · EA · $201k 
Knights of the Chalice 2 2022 · $158k 
Together in Battle 2025 · $80k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Legends of Eisenwald | older | $19.99 | 1,394 76% | 42k | $836k (exactly $835,982) | Aterdux Entertainment |
| | Dustwind | older | $24.99 | 341 75% | 10k | $256k (exactly $255,648) | Dustwind Studios |
| | Winter Falling: Battle Tactics | · EA older | $14.99 | 448 90% | 13k | $201k (exactly $201,466) | Rarykos, 7A Games |
| | Knights of the Chalice 2 | older | $44.99 | 117 70% | 3.5k | $158k (exactly $157,915) | Heroic Fantasy Games Dot Com |
| | Together in Battle | $19.99 | 134 90% | 4.0k | $80k (exactly $80,360) | Sinister Design | |
 | Telepath Tactics Liberated | older | $19.99 | 120 85% | 3.6k | $72k (exactly $71,964) | Sinister Design |
 | 战棋三国英雄 | older | $16.99 | 105 86% | 3.2k | $54k (exactly $53,518) | Dreamers Studio |
 | WARBORN | older | $24.99 | 51 76% | 1.5k | $38k (exactly $38,235) | Raredrop Games Ltd |
 | Athena Crisis | $9.99 | 127 77% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $38,062) | Nakazawa Tech | |
 | Dustwind: Resistance | $19.90 | 47 80% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $28,059) | Dustwind Studios, Z-Software | |
 | Tide Of Tactics | $14.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Lyrical Games | |
 | Shuffled Sky | · EA | $14.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Voided Sun |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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