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Should I ship a Magic Turn-Based game?
Turn-Based + Magic
Of 36 developers who shipped a Magic 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.. 59 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $13k, ×20 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $3.3k; 1 in 20 cleared $3.8M, ×6127 the market median. Revenue is up 390% on the market; 59 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) |
|---|---|
| Median | $13k (exactly $12,592) |
| Top 25% | $71k (exactly $71,349) |
| Top 5% | $3.8M (exactly $3,847,759) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 36 |
| Released games | 203 |
| Announced | 59 |
| 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 390% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Magic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Turn-Based Combat, JRPG
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $59.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 14,286 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.3k. 8 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 59 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based with a different setting or mood, 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
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II 2023 · $24M 
Sora no Kiseki the 1st 2025 · $9.4M 
Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition 2015 · $9.1M 
WitchSpring R 2023 · $7.2M 
Might & Magic® Heroes® VII 2015 · $6.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | OCTOPATH TRAVELER II | older | $59.99 | 13,407 93% | 402k | $24M (exactly $24,128,578) | Square Enix, ACQUIRE Corp. |
| | Sora no Kiseki the 1st | $59.99 | 5,205 97% | 156k | $9.4M (exactly $9,367,438) | Nihon Falcom | |
| | Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition | older | $14.99 | 20,127 79% | 604k | $9.1M (exactly $9,051,112) | Dotemu |
| | WitchSpring R | older | $34.99 | 6,858 95% | 206k | $7.2M (exactly $7,198,843) | KIWIWALKS |
| | Might & Magic® Heroes® VII | older | $29.99 | 6,836 54% | 205k | $6.2M (exactly $6,150,349) | Limbic Entertainment |
 | Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch™ Remastered | older | $49.99 | 4,023 83% | 121k | $6.0M (exactly $6,033,293) | LEVEL5 Inc., QLOC |
 | DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined | $59.99 | 2,138 88% | 64k | $3.8M (exactly $3,847,759) | Square Enix, HEXADRIVE Inc. | |
 | DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake | $59.99 | 1,731 84% | 52k | $3.1M (exactly $3,115,281) | Square Enix, ARTDINK | |
 | Might & Magic X - Legacy | older | $29.99 | 3,178 65% | 95k | $2.9M (exactly $2,859,247) | Ubisoft |
 | FAIRY TAIL | older | $59.99 | 1,532 74% | 46k | $2.8M (exactly $2,757,140) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. |
 | Yao-Guai Hunter | $16.99 | 2,082 83% | 62k | $1.1M (exactly $1,061,195) | MyACG Studio | |
 | SpellRogue | $19.99 | 1,566 86% | 47k | $939k (exactly $939,130) | Guidelight Games | |
 | Bloodgrounds | $19.99 | 561 77% | 17k | $336k (exactly $336,432) | Exordium Games | |
 | SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered | $29.99 | 362 93% | 11k | $326k (exactly $325,691) | Square Enix, Bullets | |
 | Splintered | $9.99 | 307 88% | 9.2k | $92k (exactly $92,008) | dotMake Studios | |
 | Archon Soul | $13.99 | 170 88% | 5.1k | $71k (exactly $71,349) | PolyGryph | |
 | Fight Life: Vanguard | $11.99 | 164 69% | 4.9k | $59k (exactly $58,991) | StartImpulse, Two Cakes Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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