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Should I ship a Medieval MOBA?
MOBA + Medieval
Only 6 developers shipped a paid Medieval MOBA 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, Pennon and Battle, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 32 more are announced, ×16 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 9 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $120 against a market of $1.3k. 32 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $119 (exactly $119) |
| Top 25% | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 5% | $100k (exactly $99,697) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 9 / 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 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 50%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MOBA
- Price point
- $4.99 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 69% positive over 108,700 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×16 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MOBA with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterDead
- + SurvivalDead
Comparable games
FOR HONOR™ 2017 · $98M 
Pennon and Battle 2025 · $100k 
Battle of Heroes 3 2022 · $1.7k 
Roguenarok 2023 · $1.0k 
Soulfire : Weapon Master 2021 · EA · $839 | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FOR HONOR™ | older | $29.99 | 108,492 69% | 3.3M | $98M (exactly $97,610,252) | Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubiso… (Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Toronto, Blue Byte) |
| | Pennon and Battle | $18.99 | 175 69% | 5.3k | $100k (exactly $99,697) | PB Studio | |
| | Battle of Heroes 3 | older | $6.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Astafiev Egor |
| | Roguenarok | older | $4.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Fishbump Games |
| | Soulfire : Weapon Master | · EA older | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | AyDream Co., Ltd. |
 | ElementalsFight | · EA older | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | OurLastSpring |
 | Eternal War | older | $3.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | MaGames |
 | Danger and Deadlier | older | $2.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | Dog On God |
 | KOLOSS | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Breakpoint One, Simmation |
 | HideSeekBattle | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | GuXian | |
 | War of Charge | older | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | YLL |
 | Dragon and Phoenix | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | pengjianNiu | |
 | 信任崩塌(Trust collapse) | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | b站@把竹节虫当折耳根吃了 | |
 | Echoes Of Formation | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Nanjing Shangxiangyujiu Network Technol… (Nanjing Shangxiangyujiu Network Technology Co., Ltd.) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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