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Should I ship a Logic Turn-Based game?
Turn-Based + Logic
Of 26 developers who shipped a Logic Turn-Based 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.. 31 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $58k, ×94 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 31 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $13,786) |
| Top 5% | $59k (exactly $58,911) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 104 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 down 95% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based, Logic; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Puzzle, Grid-Based Movement
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 739 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerStrong odds
- + DragonsStrong odds
- + Hack and SlashStrong odds
- + SandboxFair
- + HorrorFair
- + CraftingFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + ChessFair
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
XCOM® 2 2016 · $48M 
Mars Horizon 2020 · $1.7M 
Quilts and Cats of Calico 2024 · $243k 
Picross Fairytale - nonogram: Red Riding Hood secret 2018 · $106k 
Sagrada 2020 · $95k | 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)) |
| | Mars Horizon | older | $19.99 | 2,757 84% | 83k | $1.7M (exactly $1,653,373) | Auroch Digital |
| | Quilts and Cats of Calico | older | $19.99 | 405 93% | 12k | $243k (exactly $242,878) | Monster Couch |
| | Picross Fairytale - nonogram: Red Riding Hood secret | older | $14.99 | 235 73% | 7.1k | $106k (exactly $105,680) | Somer Games |
| | Sagrada | older | $9.99 | 317 94% | 9.5k | $95k (exactly $95,005) | Dire Wolf |
 | River Towns | $14.99 | 184 89% | 5.5k | $83k (exactly $82,745) | Frogsong Studios | |
 | Bean and Nothingness | older | $11.99 | 212 98% | 6.4k | $76k (exactly $76,256) | RBOR Games |
 | Hive | older | $9.99 | 244 83% | 7.3k | $73k (exactly $73,127) | BlueLine Games |
 | Puddle Knights | older | $9.99 | 219 98% | 6.6k | $66k (exactly $65,634) | Lockpickle |
 | Mahjong Magic Journey | older | $14.99 | 136 80% | 4.1k | $61k (exactly $61,159) | Creobit |
 | Lord Ambermaze | $14.99 | 131 91% | 3.9k | $59k (exactly $58,911) | Potata Company | |
 | Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy | $9.99 | 138 60% | 4.1k | $41k (exactly $41,359) | QuadCom Interactive | |
 | Azoove | $14.99 | 46 91% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | Timeless Toucan | |
 | Prickle | $6.99 | 87 100% | 2.6k | $18k (exactly $18,244) | Sunbird Studio | |
 | Shrink Rooms | $14.99 | 34 91% | 1.0k | $15k (exactly $15,290) | Mat-Rix, Pone Games | |
 | NET.CRAWL | $9.99 | 46 95% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $13,786) | Everyone is Solid | |
 | Mycelium Heaven | $9.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | 3DGoblinDev | |
 | Kiko's Apple Adventure | $5.99 | 38 94% | 1.1k | $6.8k (exactly $6,829) | PawPaw Games | |
 | Dominocalypse | $11.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) | Barely Cohesive Games, LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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