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Should I ship a Party-Based RPG MMORPG?
MMORPG + Party-Based RPG
Only 8 developers shipped a paid Party-Based RPG MMORPG 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, Fellowship, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 53 more are announced, ×13 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.0k against a market of $1.3k. 53 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 25% | $65k (exactly $64,757) |
| Top 5% | $12M (exactly $11,513,143) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 60 |
| Announced | 53 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 193595% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 67%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- MMORPG
- effort 10 / 10 · low · persistent world servers and a live economy
- Party-Based RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MMORPG, Party-Based RPG
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 16,148 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 8 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 53 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×13 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
Comparable games
Fellowship 2025 · EA · $12M 
Adventure Land - The Code MMORPG 2026 · $65k 
The Wolf 2021 · $56k 
The Yellow King 2020 · EA · $53k 
Fantasy Online 2 2025 · EA · $52k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fellowship | · EA | $24.99 | 15,357 74% | 461k | $12M (exactly $11,513,143) | Chief Rebel |
| | Adventure Land - The Code MMORPG | $14.99 | 144 84% | 4.3k | $65k (exactly $64,757) | Wizard | |
| | The Wolf | older | $9.99 | 186 68% | 5.6k | $56k (exactly $55,744) | Good Luck Games |
| | The Yellow King | · EA older | $8.99 | 195 46% | 5.9k | $53k (exactly $52,592) | Spellbook |
| | Fantasy Online 2 | · EA | $9.99 | 173 82% | 5.2k | $52k (exactly $51,848) | Pixel Games LLC |
 | Cellyon: Boss Confrontation | older | $17.99 | 36 75% | 1.1k | $19k (exactly $19,429) | Sentry Games |
 | 仙途世界 | older | $29.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $14k (exactly $14,395) | Deep Cave |
 | Blue Epic | · EA older | $14.99 | 12 41% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Whitewater Pacific |
 | Sojo | · EA older | $5.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $3.4k (exactly $3,414) | bagoDev LLC |
 | Kalnazar | $9.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | RobotsGames | |
 | Mythic Manager | · EA | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Oracle Algorithms |
 | Ambasu | · EA | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Ekofi Gaming |
 | Ferral Quest | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | ZonaBit's Games | |
 | League of Immortals | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Inferno Entertainment LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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