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Should I ship a Nature Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Nature
Of 30 developers who shipped a Nature Strategy 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.. 49 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 16 developers shipped in the last year and 49 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.1k (exactly $1,139) |
| Top 5% | $35k (exactly $35,365) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 30 |
| Released games | 67 |
| Announced | 49 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 45% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy RPG; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Exploration, Management
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 604 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen 2021 · $2.4M 
Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten 2022 · $1.4M 
Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered 2026 · $520k 
Winter 2022 · EA · $306k 
Tenderfoot Tactics 2020 · $99k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen | older | $59.99 | 1,328 93% | 40k | $2.4M (exactly $2,390,002) | AQUAPLUS |
| | Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten | older | $59.99 | 759 80% | 23k | $1.4M (exactly $1,365,972) | AQUAPLUS |
| | Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered | $59.99 | 289 83% | 8.7k | $520k (exactly $520,113) | AQUAPLUS | |
| | Winter | · EA older | $29.99 | 340 73% | 10k | $306k (exactly $305,898) | Frostfall Realms Studios |
| | Tenderfoot Tactics | older | $14.99 | 220 81% | 6.6k | $99k (exactly $98,934) | Kevin Maxon, Michael Bell, Isa Hutchins… (Kevin Maxon, Michael Bell, Isa Hutchinson, Taylor Thomas, Zoe Vartanian, Madison Pathe) |
 | Sons Of The Dream Forest | · EA older | $4.99 | 318 9% | 9.5k | $48k (exactly $47,605) | SimulatorLife |
 | Duck Life: Retro Pack | older | $5.99 | 242 83% | 7.3k | $43k (exactly $43,487) | Wix Games |
 | Chrysalis | $9.99 | 118 84% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,365) | Metamorph Games | |
 | The Headlands | · EA | $10.99 | 107 97% | 3.2k | $35k (exactly $35,278) | TessaraOxygen |
 | Beastie Bay DX | older | $8.99 | 98 70% | 2.9k | $26k (exactly $26,431) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Atre: Dominance Wars | · EA | $24.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $25k (exactly $25,490) | Ironward |
 | Wild Script: Nature | · EA | $4.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Surdarium |
 | Rose Of Wind | $10.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $2.3k (exactly $2,308) | GSG Studio | |
 | Forest Factory Simulator | $3.99 | 17 41% | 510 | $2.0k (exactly $2,035) | Samle Indie Studio | |
 | Jini's Potion Shop | · EA | $18.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.1k (exactly $1,139) | TEAMLAMP |
 | Rise Of Transport | · EA | $2.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Softdimension Games |
 | I Am The Registered Environmental Engineer | $6.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | LULEYAN |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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