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Should I ship a Mech Tactical RPG?
Tactical RPG + Mechs
Only 12 developers shipped a Mech Tactical 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.. 34 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.0k, ×4.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $630; 1 in 20 cleared $860k, ×1375 the market median. Revenue is up 1515% on the market; 34 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 25% | $151k (exactly $151,124) |
| Top 5% | $864k (exactly $863,654) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $18.99 |
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 1515% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical 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
- Tactical RPG
- Price point
- $18.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 1,910 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 4 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Tactical RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + Space SimFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS 2019 · $12M 
Super Robot Wars 30 2021 · $10M 
Star Renegades 2020 · $2.0M 
Chroma Squad 2015 · $1.3M 
Metal Slug Tactics 2024 · $864k | 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. |
| | Chroma Squad | older | $14.99 | 2,913 95% | 87k | $1.3M (exactly $1,309,976) | Behold Studios |
| | Metal Slug Tactics | $24.99 | 1,152 76% | 35k | $864k (exactly $863,654) | Leikir Studio | |
 | NITRO GEN OMEGA | $29.99 | 398 83% | 12k | $358k (exactly $358,081) | DESTINYbit | |
 | Wolfstride | older | $14.99 | 780 89% | 23k | $351k (exactly $350,766) | OTA IMON Studios |
 | Templar Battleforce | older | $9.99 | 931 92% | 28k | $279k (exactly $279,021) | Trese Brothers |
 | Sunrider 4: The Captain's Return | older | $29.99 | 264 88% | 7.9k | $238k (exactly $237,521) | Love in Space |
 | Chaos Front | $19.99 | 252 59% | 7.6k | $151k (exactly $151,124) | Han Zhiyu | |
 | STARBITES | $49.99 | 42 64% | 1.3k | $63k (exactly $62,987) | IKINAGAMES | |
 | Deep Fringe | · EA | $19.99 | 45 88% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Bosoneon Studio |
 | Elohim Eternal II: Son of Man | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | George Alexandros | |
 | Oath of Steel | $18.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $2.3k (exactly $2,279) | Ling Jun | |
 | Crossed Commands: Collision | · EA | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | SlightQuartz |
 | Soul•Last Bastion | $6.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | 卜乙冈(Ploygon) | |
 | Ferrous: Digital Edition | · EA | $15.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | Sasori Zero Labs |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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