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Should I ship a Mythological Party-Based RPG?
Party-Based RPG + Mythology
Of 27 developers who shipped a Mythological Party-Based RPG in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 57 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.7k, ×5.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.0M, ×3209 the market median. Revenue is up 160% on the market; 57 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.7k (exactly $3,730) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $28,172) |
| Top 5% | $2.0M (exactly $2,015,524) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 70 |
| Announced | 57 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 160% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party-Based RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Party-Based RPG; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $25.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, Story Rich, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $25.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 21,551 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 8 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 57 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party-Based RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + IncrementalPoor odds
Comparable games
Digimon Story Time Stranger 2025 · $33M 
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster 2021 · $6.0M 
Aethermancer 2025 · EA · $2.0M 
Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening 2025 · EA · $1.3M 
Journey to the West 2023 · $882k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Digimon Story Time Stranger | $69.99 | 15,845 89% | 475k | $33M (exactly $33,269,746) | Media.Vision Inc. | |
| | Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster | older | $49.99 | 3,989 87% | 120k | $6.0M (exactly $5,982,303) | ATLUS |
| | Aethermancer | · EA | $25.99 | 2,585 91% | 78k | $2.0M (exactly $2,015,524) | moi rai games |
| | Rebellion GODSOUL: Awakening | · EA | $17.99 | 2,458 85% | 74k | $1.3M (exactly $1,326,583) | U-Secret Studio |
| | Journey to the West | older | $19.99 | 1,470 79% | 44k | $882k (exactly $881,559) | Z Studio |
 | Jade Empire™: Special Edition | older | $14.99 | 1,887 76% | 57k | $849k (exactly $848,584) | BioWare |
 | Operencia: The Stolen Sun | older | $29.99 | 537 76% | 16k | $483k (exactly $483,139) | Zen Studios |
 | Sword and Fairy 3 | older | $7.99 | 1,936 84% | 58k | $464k (exactly $464,059) | SOFTSTAR TECHNOLOGY(SHANGHAI) |
 | 封神榜2022 | older | $9.99 | 927 91% | 28k | $278k (exactly $277,822) | FC Maker |
 | Adore | older | $19.99 | 396 87% | 12k | $237k (exactly $237,481) | Cadabra Games |
 | CREATION OF THE GODS: Rebellion at Five Passes | $14.99 | 222 89% | 6.7k | $100k (exactly $99,833) | TQGameStudio | |
 | Guards II: Chaos in Hell | $15.99 | 125 96% | 3.8k | $60k (exactly $59,962) | Battlecruiser Games | |
 | Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists | $24.99 | 76 78% | 2.3k | $57k (exactly $56,977) | A Sharp | |
 | The Hidden Scrolls | $9.99 | 94 69% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $28,172) | Red Dragon Studio | |
 | Makai Agito | $9.99 | 72 94% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,578) | Gumi Bytes, Dani Sugimoto-Lee | |
 | Toward Dawn | $14.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Devi Serene | |
 | G-MODEアーカイブス+ 真・女神転生-20XX | $15.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $13k (exactly $12,952) | G-MODE, ATLUS |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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