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Should I ship a Mythological Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Mythology
Of 52 developers who shipped a Mythological Turn-Based Tactics 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.. 114 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $93k, ×149 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 114 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,887) |
| Top 5% | $94k (exactly $93,542) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 52 |
| Released games | 157 |
| Announced | 114 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 down 10% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based Tactics; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, RPG
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 4,301 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 29 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 114 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Tactics with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
King Arthur: Knight's Tale 2022 · $9.1M 
Black Book 2021 · $4.0M 
NORSE: Oath of Blood 2026 · $2.7M 
Warriors of the Nile 2020 · $940k 
Warriors of the Nile 2 2022 · $531k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | King Arthur: Knight's Tale | older | $44.99 | 6,722 83% | 202k | $9.1M (exactly $9,072,683) | NeocoreGames |
| | Black Book | older | $24.99 | 5,306 93% | 159k | $4.0M (exactly $3,977,908) | Morteshka |
| | NORSE: Oath of Blood | $34.99 | 2,535 56% | 76k | $2.7M (exactly $2,660,990) | Arctic Hazard | |
| | Warriors of the Nile | older | $12.99 | 2,412 79% | 72k | $940k (exactly $939,956) | Stove Studio |
| | Warriors of the Nile 2 | older | $14.99 | 1,180 88% | 35k | $531k (exactly $530,646) | Stove Studio |
 | King Arthur: Legion IX | older | $19.99 | 774 72% | 23k | $464k (exactly $464,168) | NeocoreGames |
 | Earthling's Undertaking | older | $10.99 | 930 64% | 28k | $307k (exactly $306,621) | Current Games |
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 | Blood Rage: Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 477 58% | 14k | $286k (exactly $286,057) | Endava |
 | 封神榜2022 | older | $9.99 | 927 91% | 28k | $278k (exactly $277,822) | FC Maker |
 | 绯红编年史 ~ Chronicle of Scarlet ~ | $12.99 | 697 88% | 21k | $272k (exactly $271,621) | Charge Piggy Studio | |
 | Celestial Descends | · EA | $15.99 | 195 86% | 5.9k | $94k (exactly $93,542) | Destined Game Studio |
 | Shields of Loyalty | $19.99 | 140 77% | 4.2k | $84k (exactly $83,958) | Mosaic Mask Studio | |
 | These Doomed Isles | $14.99 | 180 66% | 5.4k | $81k (exactly $80,946) | Triplevision Games Limited | |
 | Spear Song | · EA | $14.99 | 170 88% | 5.1k | $76k (exactly $76,449) | Divovision Games |
 | Guards II: Chaos in Hell | $15.99 | 125 96% | 3.8k | $60k (exactly $59,962) | Battlecruiser Games | |
 | Relief | $9.99 | 112 70% | 3.4k | $34k (exactly $33,566) | Billiontail | |
 | The Hidden Scrolls | $9.99 | 94 69% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $28,172) | Red Dragon Studio | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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