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Should I ship a Level Editor Turn-Based Combat game?
Level Editor + Turn-Based Combat
Of 20 developers who shipped a Level Editor Turn-Based Combat game 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.. 32 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×3.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $410k, ×653 the market median. Revenue is up 380% on the market; 32 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) |
| Top 25% | $33k (exactly $33,278) |
| Top 5% | $410k (exactly $410,086) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 69 |
| Announced | 32 |
| 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 up 380% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Level Editor, Turn-Based Combat; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 1,136 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 7 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
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Solasta: Crown of the Magister 2021 · $18M 
Legends of Eisenwald 2015 · $836k 
Field of Glory II 2017 · $634k 
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No Plan B 2024 · $342k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Solasta: Crown of the Magister | older | $29.99 | 19,680 87% | 590k | $18M (exactly $17,706,096) | Tactical Adventures |
| | Legends of Eisenwald | older | $19.99 | 1,394 76% | 42k | $836k (exactly $835,982) | Aterdux Entertainment |
| | Field of Glory II | older | $29.99 | 705 87% | 21k | $634k (exactly $634,288) | Byzantine Games |
| | Warside | $24.99 | 547 68% | 16k | $410k (exactly $410,086) | LAVABIRD | |
| | No Plan B | older | $14.99 | 761 86% | 23k | $342k (exactly $342,222) | GFX47 |
 | Soulash | older | $14.99 | 513 69% | 15k | $231k (exactly $230,696) | Artur Smiarowski |
 | Winter Falling: Battle Tactics | · EA older | $14.99 | 448 90% | 13k | $201k (exactly $201,466) | Rarykos, 7A Games |
 | Variables 2 | older | $14.99 | 418 90% | 13k | $188k (exactly $187,975) | Asteroid Game Studio |
 | Knights of the Chalice 2 | older | $44.99 | 117 70% | 3.5k | $158k (exactly $157,915) | Heroic Fantasy Games Dot Com |
 | Valor & Victory | older | $19.99 | 163 69% | 4.9k | $98k (exactly $97,751) | Yobowargames |
 | Shields of Loyalty | $19.99 | 140 77% | 4.2k | $84k (exactly $83,958) | Mosaic Mask Studio | |
 | Dark Quest 4 | $19.99 | 136 75% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | Brain Seal Ltd | |
 | Together in Battle | $19.99 | 134 90% | 4.0k | $80k (exactly $80,360) | Sinister Design | |
 | Earth vs Mars | $14.99 | 74 85% | 2.2k | $33k (exactly $33,278) | Relic Entertainment | |
 | Tactical Annihilation | $15.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $27k (exactly $26,863) | B.G. Game Studio | |
 | AI Games | $59.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | SUNYU Games | |
 | UniWar | $7.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | Spooky House | |
 | Banana Kingdom | · EA | $3.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $3.0k (exactly $2,992) | Midori Games / みどりげーむず |
 | War Pawns | · EA | $9.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | SOKILL |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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