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Should I ship a Logic Tactical game?
Tactical + Logic
Of 249 developers who shipped a Logic Tactical 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.. 291 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 154 developers shipped in the last year and 291 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) |
| Top 5% | $19k (exactly $19,190) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 249 |
| Released games | 700 |
| Announced | 291 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 down 35% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Tactical, Logic; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Puzzle, Turn-Based Tactics
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 15,893 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. Nearly all of the 124 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 291 games are announced against 154 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
XCOM® 2 2016 · $48M 
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator 2026 · $8.0M 
Cobalt Core 2023 · $2.4M 
Tower! Simulator 3 2022 · $1.9M 
GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena 2019 · $380k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | XCOM® 2 | older | $19.99 | 79,998 84% | 2.4M | $48M (exactly $47,974,801) | Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Mac),… (Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)) |
| | IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator | $19.99 | 13,278 97% | 398k | $8.0M (exactly $7,962,817) | Nick Nieuwoudt, Dominik Latos | |
| | Cobalt Core | older | $19.99 | 4,067 95% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,438,980) | Rocket Rat Games |
| | Tower! Simulator 3 | older | $59.99 | 1,047 67% | 31k | $1.9M (exactly $1,884,286) | FeelThere |
| | GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena | older | $14.99 | 846 87% | 25k | $380k (exactly $380,446) | GFX47 |
 | Worldwide Rush | $19.99 | 559 77% | 17k | $335k (exactly $335,232) | Memel Games | |
 | Microcosmum: survival of cells | older | $7.99 | 1,117 80% | 34k | $268k (exactly $267,745) | Satur Entertainment |
 | Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics | older | $19.99 | 358 75% | 11k | $215k (exactly $214,693) | Tortuga Team |
 | Rise of Industry 2 | $34.99 | 154 55% | 4.6k | $162k (exactly $161,654) | SomaSim | |
 | Delivery INC | older | $14.99 | 257 71% | 7.7k | $116k (exactly $115,573) | DIGIFOX |
 | BroomSweeper | $17.99 | 193 75% | 5.8k | $104k (exactly $104,162) | BandsWithLegends | |
 | 小小侠客模拟器 | $2.99 | 1,103 86% | 33k | $99k (exactly $98,939) | 小小游戏 | |
 | 868-BACK | $19.99 | 122 98% | 3.7k | $73k (exactly $73,163) | Michael Brough | |
 | SkyShard: City Battler | · EA | $14.99 | 106 97% | 3.2k | $48k (exactly $47,668) | ItsBen321 |
 | Loophole | $9.99 | 154 99% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $46,154) | Levi Pinkert | |
 | Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy | $9.99 | 138 60% | 4.1k | $41k (exactly $41,359) | QuadCom Interactive | |
 | Emergency Call 112 - The Attack Squad | $14.99 | 86 48% | 2.6k | $39k (exactly $38,674) | Crenetic |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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