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Should I ship a Mining Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Mining
Only 10 developers shipped a Mining Turn-Based Tactics 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, Hold The Mine, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $90. Revenue is up 8680% on the market; 8 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 25% | $4.4k (exactly $4,404) |
| Top 5% | $152k (exactly $151,999) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 8 |
| 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 up 8680% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Mining
- 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 Tactics, Mining
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 82% positive over 422 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Turmoil 2016 · $5.1M 
Hold The Mine 2026 · EA · $152k 
Digs TD 2023 · $46k 
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs The Thrilling Steamy Maze Kiwami 2024 · $21k 
The Grindstone 2023 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Turmoil | older | $12.99 | 13,154 92% | 395k | $5.1M (exactly $5,126,114) | Gamious |
| | Hold The Mine | · EA | $14.99 | 338 83% | 10k | $152k (exactly $151,999) | Hookaria Games |
| | Digs TD | older | $19.99 | 76 67% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $45,577) | Digs Team |
| | Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs The Thrilling Steamy Maze Kiwami | older | $29.99 | 23 56% | 690 | $21k (exactly $20,693) | FURYU CORPORATION |
| | The Grindstone | older | $19.99 | 30 86% | 900 | $18k (exactly $17,991) | Wolfs Moon Studios |
 | Grim wanderings 2 | older | $5.99 | 72 76% | 2.2k | $13k (exactly $12,938) | Ellinia games |
 | Upgradia | · EA | $9.99 | 32 65% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Mytharia |
 | 3D Hentai Chess | older | $1.99 | 81 50% | 2.4k | $4.8k (exactly $4,836) | Flying. Stone. Production |
 | Dataminers | $6.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $4.4k (exactly $4,404) | Electrocosmos | |
 | Dwarfer | older | $4.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | SUJIKO Media Group |
 | Imperial Settlers: Imperial Miners | $12.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | infoexpert games | |
 | 帝缚山海 | · EA | $4.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | 赤月抉择 |
 | Mining Grounds | $2.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | Jestercraft | |
 | Minesweeper Madness | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Bear Falls Games | |
 | Traveler: Set Sail | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Shyan Wei | |
 | Gravenfall: Veil of Darkness | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Kyle Rogstad | |
 | Aditore | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gadget Node Games LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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