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Should I ship a Tactical RPG MMORPG?
MMORPG + Tactical RPG
Only 6 developers shipped a paid Tactical 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, Gnome Online, 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. 57 more are announced, ×29 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $900 against a market of $1.3k. 57 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) |
| Top 5% | $67k (exactly $66,923) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 69 |
| Announced | 57 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 71%, 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
- Tactical RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MMORPG, Tactical RPG
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 690 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 7 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 57 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×29 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Gnome Online 2024 · $67k 
Para Ark 2023 · $31k 
Hollow's Land 2022 · $29k 
惊险极速 2021 · EA · $19k 
仙途世界 2024 · $14k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gnome Online | $17.99 | 124 73% | 3.7k | $67k (exactly $66,923) | H-Production | |
| | Para Ark | older | $6.99 | 148 91% | 4.4k | $31k (exactly $31,036) | ST Hot Dog King |
| | Hollow's Land | older | $4.99 | 195 66% | 5.9k | $29k (exactly $29,192) | Relax Minimalism |
| | 惊险极速 | · EA older | $6.99 | 91 97% | 2.7k | $19k (exactly $19,083) | 个人 |
| | 仙途世界 | older | $29.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $14k (exactly $14,395) | Deep Cave |
 | Survival Africa | older | $16.99 | 22 36% | 660 | $11k (exactly $11,213) | MeanDean |
 | Savage: Ultimate Boss Fight | older | $4.99 | 64 98% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | SavageDev |
 | Blue Epic | · EA older | $14.99 | 12 41% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Whitewater Pacific |
 | Human Madness | older | $7.99 | 9 11% | 270 | $2.2k (exactly $2,157) | The One |
 | Starting Life In Another World Naked | · EA older | $7.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $2.2k (exactly $2,157) | AsGLeague Studios |
 | Catolonizer | · EA | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Alin Games |
 | Stellar Odyssey | · EA | $14.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Warp Studios Pty Ltd |
 | 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 |
 | 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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