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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an RTS MMORPG?

MMORPG + RTS

Fewer than 5 developers have ever shipped a paid RTS MMORPG. There are no odds to give, only the specimens below. 19 more are announced, ×19 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.

Only 0 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $1.3k. 19 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.0 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 19 announced, ×19 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
MMORPG + RTS
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
under 5 developers, no percentiles n = 1

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for MMORPG + RTS: under 5 developers, no percentiles, n = 1
Bottom 30% ·
Median ·
Top 25% ·
Top 5% ·
Developers, all 1
Released games 25
Announced 19
Effort 10 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $1.99

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: too few recent games to read.

Free games: 92%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
RTS
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
10 / 10 · studio only
Systems
MMORPG, RTS
Price point
$1.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

Fewer than 3 released games carry these tags; no demand figures.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

19 games are announced against 0 developers who shipped in the last year, ×19 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

MMORPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + LootPoor odds8 devs · median $253k · 57 announced
  2. + TradingPoor odds6 devs · median $206k · 42 announced
  3. + SandboxPoor odds15 devs · median $144k · 107 announced
  4. + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds10 devs · median $144k · 80 announced
  5. + CraftingPoor odds25 devs · median $111k · 155 announced
  6. + MagicPoor odds11 devs · median $111k · 109 announced
  7. + Online Co-OpPoor odds15 devs · median $65k · 130 announced
  8. + FantasyPoor odds27 devs · median $61k · 232 announced
  9. + Class-BasedPoor odds7 devs · median $61k · 57 announced
  10. + Open WorldPoor odds33 devs · median $52k · 252 announced
  11. + Character CustomizationPoor odds28 devs · median $52k · 217 announced
  12. + ExplorationPoor odds24 devs · median $52k · 213 announced

All 71 pairs on the MMORPG page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Подвиги древних Русов 2024 · $179
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Подвиги древних Русов $1.99 3 66% 90 $179 (exactly $179) MomentGameStudio

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.