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Should I ship a Mech Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Mechs
Only 10 developers shipped a Mech Strategy RPG in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Metal Slug Tactics, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×6.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $17k against a market of $630. 25 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $750 (exactly $750) |
|---|---|
| Median | $17k (exactly $17,391) |
| Top 25% | $32k (exactly $32,384) |
| Top 5% | $864k (exactly $863,654) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 2030% on the market, supply 35% fewer 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.
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Mechs
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Strategy RPG
- Price point
- $19.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 73% positive over 1,551 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS 2019 · $12M 
Super Robot Wars 30 2021 · $10M 
Star Renegades 2020 · $2.0M 
Metal Slug Tactics 2024 · $864k 
Templar Battleforce 2015 · $279k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS | older | $59.99 | 6,939 82% | 208k | $12M (exactly $12,488,118) | TOM CREATE, 株式会社トムクリエイト |
| | Super Robot Wars 30 | older | $59.99 | 5,608 85% | 168k | $10M (exactly $10,092,718) | Bandai Namco Forge Digitals Inc. |
| | Star Renegades | older | $24.99 | 2,673 82% | 80k | $2.0M (exactly $2,003,948) | Massive Damage, Inc. |
| | Metal Slug Tactics | $24.99 | 1,152 76% | 35k | $864k (exactly $863,654) | Leikir Studio | |
| | Templar Battleforce | older | $9.99 | 931 92% | 28k | $279k (exactly $279,021) | Trese Brothers |
 | Chaos Galaxy 2 | older | $19.99 | 304 82% | 9.1k | $182k (exactly $182,309) | Han Zhiyu |
 | Chaos Front | $19.99 | 252 59% | 7.6k | $151k (exactly $151,124) | Han Zhiyu | |
 | Relayer Advanced | older | $49.99 | 67 67% | 2.0k | $100k (exactly $100,480) | DRAGAMI GAMES, LTD. |
 | Mugen Souls Z | older | $19.99 | 75 73% | 2.3k | $45k (exactly $44,978) | Idea Factory |
 | Ignited Steel: Mech Tactics | older | $14.99 | 82 73% | 2.5k | $37k (exactly $36,875) | Yokaicade |
 | WARSHIFT 2 | $19.99 | 54 70% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $32,384) | Cyril Megem | |
 | Deep Fringe | · EA | $19.99 | 45 88% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Bosoneon Studio |
 | WarOS | · EA | $19.99 | 29 72% | 870 | $17k (exactly $17,391) | The7 Studio |
 | Ark of Trisolar (三体方舟) | $6.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Binary Studio | |
 | Nexus Wars | · EA | $24.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $750 (exactly $750) | Ajion Arts |
 | Crossed Commands: Collision | · EA | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | SlightQuartz |
 | Nyassembled! | · EA | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | K. N. Factory |
 | MECH DISTRICT | · EA | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Stands to Reason Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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