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Should I ship a Strategy RPG MMORPG?
MMORPG + Strategy RPG
Only 4 developers shipped a paid Strategy RPG MMORPG in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 11 did: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 37 more are announced, ×37 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.2k against a market of $1.3k. 37 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) |
| Top 5% | $101k (exactly $100,699) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 37 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 79%, 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
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MMORPG, Strategy RPG
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 9 games average 56% positive over 459 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 37 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×37 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MMORPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LootPoor odds
- + TradingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + MagicPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
Comparable games
Tru Or Die 2023 · $101k 
Five Nights: No Escape 2023 · $9.9k 
Pillazon: MMO Drug Lord Tycoon 2023 · EA · $4.9k 
NO STRANGERS 2024 · $4.3k 
Catolonizer 2025 · EA · $2.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tru Or Die | older | $9.99 | 336 52% | 10k | $101k (exactly $100,699) | Tru Hunnit |
| | Five Nights: No Escape | older | $9.99 | 33 66% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | Fun Cradle |
| | Pillazon: MMO Drug Lord Tycoon | · EA older | $4.99 | 33 66% | 990 | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) | PiCorp |
| | NO STRANGERS | $4.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Xeirel Software | |
| | Catolonizer | · EA | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Alin Games |
 | Mythic Manager | · EA | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Oracle Algorithms |
 | Angels of Fasaria: Version 2.0 | older | $1.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $597 (exactly $597) | Fasaria World |
 | Подвиги древних Русов | older | $1.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | MomentGameStudio |
 | Ambasu | · EA | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Ekofi Gaming |
 | Kingdom Of Secrets مملكة الأسرار | older | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | KATSU |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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