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Should I ship a Nature Turn-Based game?
Turn-Based + Nature
Only 7 developers shipped a Nature Turn-Based game 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, Day of the Shell, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×15 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $9.0k against a market of $630. 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) |
| Top 25% | $84k (exactly $83,958) |
| Top 5% | $172k (exactly $171,785) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 85% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based
- 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
- Turn-Based
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 12,274 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $7.2k. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×15 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerStrong odds
- + DragonsStrong odds
- + Hack and SlashStrong odds
- + SandboxFair
- + HorrorFair
- + CraftingFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + ChessFair
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Niche - a genetics survival game 2017 · $2.4M 
Reus 2 2024 · $1.6M 
Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten 2022 · $1.4M 
Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator 2021 · $774k 
UnReal World 2016 · $532k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Niche - a genetics survival game | older | $17.99 | 4,356 88% | 131k | $2.4M (exactly $2,350,933) | Stray Fawn Studio |
| | Reus 2 | older | $24.99 | 2,133 94% | 64k | $1.6M (exactly $1,599,110) | Abbey Games |
| | Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten | older | $59.99 | 759 80% | 23k | $1.4M (exactly $1,365,972) | AQUAPLUS |
| | Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator | older | $24.99 | 1,033 77% | 31k | $774k (exactly $774,440) | Broken Arms Games |
| | UnReal World | older | $14.50 | 1,224 93% | 37k | $532k (exactly $532,440) | Sami Maaranen (creator), Erkka Lehmus (… (Sami Maaranen (creator), Erkka Lehmus (co-designer)) |
 | Quilts and Cats of Calico | older | $19.99 | 405 93% | 12k | $243k (exactly $242,878) | Monster Couch |
 | Day of the Shell | $14.99 | 382 68% | 11k | $172k (exactly $171,785) | Duper Games | |
 | Golf Peaks | older | $4.99 | 1,076 95% | 32k | $161k (exactly $161,077) | Afterburn |
 | Crop Rotation | older | $9.99 | 508 94% | 15k | $152k (exactly $152,248) | Sprouting Potato |
 | Fate of the World | older | $9.99 | 398 79% | 12k | $119k (exactly $119,281) | Red Redemption |
 | Shields of Loyalty | $19.99 | 140 77% | 4.2k | $84k (exactly $83,958) | Mosaic Mask Studio | |
 | Prickle | $6.99 | 87 100% | 2.6k | $18k (exactly $18,244) | Sunbird Studio | |
 | K2: Digital Edition | $14.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | Devon Games | |
 | Mycelium Heaven | $9.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | 3DGoblinDev | |
 | Alma and the Fragments of Cursed Memories | $9.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | wagasi biyori | |
 | Rumbly | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | SeedGameStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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