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Should I ship a Logic Turn-Based Strategy?
Turn-Based Strategy + Logic
Of 150 developers who shipped a Logic Turn-Based Strategy 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.. 210 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $27k, ×44 the market median. Revenue is up 15% on the market; 210 games are announced against 91 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $535 (exactly $535) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $27,432) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 150 |
| Released games | 388 |
| Announced | 210 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 15% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Strategy
- 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 Strategy, Logic; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics, Roguelike
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 2,683 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 71 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 210 games are announced against 91 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + WuxiaFair
- + Cold WarFair
- + RomeFair
- + LootFair
- + MiningFair
- + DwarvesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + TanksFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Top-Down ShooterFair
- + SpaceFair
Comparable games
XCOM® 2 2016 · $48M 
Dorfromantik 2022 · $12M 
Cobalt Core 2023 · $2.4M 
Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition 2018 · $1.6M 
TerraScape 2024 · $930k | 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)) |
| | Dorfromantik | older | $13.99 | 27,441 96% | 823k | $12M (exactly $11,516,988) | Toukana Interactive |
| | Cobalt Core | older | $19.99 | 4,067 95% | 122k | $2.4M (exactly $2,438,980) | Rocket Rat Games |
| | Clue/Cluedo: Classic Edition | older | $16.99 | 3,096 88% | 93k | $1.6M (exactly $1,578,031) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
| | TerraScape | older | $14.99 | 2,068 88% | 62k | $930k (exactly $929,980) | Bitfall Studios |
 | GWENT: Rogue Mage (Single-Player Expansion) | older | $9.99 | 1,266 54% | 38k | $379k (exactly $379,420) | CD PROJEKT RED |
 | Hasbro's BATTLESHIP | older | $12.49 | 828 82% | 25k | $310k (exactly $310,252) | Marmalade Game Studio Ltd |
 | Quantum Protocol | older | $12.99 | 625 90% | 19k | $244k (exactly $243,562) | Kaio Meris |
 | Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics | older | $19.99 | 358 75% | 11k | $215k (exactly $214,693) | Tortuga Team |
 | Let's! Revolution! | older | $19.99 | 317 92% | 9.5k | $190k (exactly $190,105) | BUCK Games, Antfood |
 | Master of Chess | $19.99 | 290 83% | 8.7k | $174k (exactly $173,913) | BRANE | |
 | Passant: A Chess Roguelike | $11.99 | 363 79% | 11k | $131k (exactly $130,571) | Marc Makes Games | |
 | Wordatro! | $9.99 | 401 85% | 12k | $120k (exactly $120,180) | Le Poulet | |
 | 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 | |
 | Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy | $9.99 | 138 60% | 4.1k | $41k (exactly $41,359) | QuadCom Interactive | |
 | Dice Tavern: Farkle Roguelike | $9.99 | 112 90% | 3.4k | $34k (exactly $33,566) | Cavi Studio | |
 | Islantiles | $14.99 | 61 90% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | Thunderrock Innovations | |
 | Dimwood | $14.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Inkspun LLC | |
 | Azoove | $14.99 | 46 91% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | Timeless Toucan |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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