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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Point & Click Party-Based RPG?

Party-Based RPG + Point & Click

Only 17 developers shipped a Point & Click Party-Based RPG 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, Aether & Iron, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×4.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 145% on the market; 20 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 4.1 times the market baseline, revenue up 145% on the market, 20 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Party-Based RPG + Point & Click
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 17
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $809 → $9.0k → $3.4k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Party-Based RPG + Point & Click: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 17
Bottom 30% $298 (exactly $298)
Median $2.5k (exactly $2,545)
Top 25% $32k (exactly $31,784)
Top 5% $391k (exactly $390,594)
Developers, 2 yr 17
Released games 34
Announced 20
Effort 6 / 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 up 145% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Point & Click
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Party-Based RPG, Point & Click; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Turn-Based Combat
Price point
$8.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Hand-drawn, Story Rich
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.

The top 10 games average 80% positive over 1,317 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $2.5k, 1 in 4 over $31k, 1 in 20 over $390k.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Party-Based RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Board GameFair24 devs · median $18k · 29 announced
  2. + 2D PlatformerFair55 devs · median $599 · 42 announced
  3. + Hidden ObjectFair15 devs · median $479 · 16 announced
  4. + Martial ArtsPoor odds5 devs · median $230k · 16 announced
  5. + Dating SimPoor odds13 devs · median $49k · 25 announced
  6. + SandboxPoor odds23 devs · median $34k · 71 announced
  7. + BuildingPoor odds12 devs · median $32k · 37 announced
  8. + AutomationPoor odds14 devs · median $21k · 28 announced
  9. + Turn-BasedPoor odds67 devs · median $19k · 76 announced
  10. + Base BuildingPoor odds19 devs · median $19k · 51 announced
  11. + IncrementalPoor odds18 devs · median $15k · 45 announced
  12. + Grid-Based MovementPoor odds46 devs · median $13k · 87 announced

All 111 pairs on the Party-Based RPG page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Aether & Iron 2026 · $391k Adore 2023 · $237k Legends of the Round Table 2026 · $114k Miseria 2026 · $84k NecroAttack！ 2023 · $72k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Aether & Iron $24.99 521 84% 16k $391k (exactly $390,594) Seismic Squirrel, Chaos Theory Games
Adore older $19.99 396 87% 12k $237k (exactly $237,481) Cadabra Games
Legends of the Round Table $29.99 127 89% 3.8k $114k (exactly $114,262) Artifice Studio
Miseria $7.99 350 58% 11k $84k (exactly $83,895) Somnambulist Games
NecroAttack！ older $9.99 241 72% 7.2k $72k (exactly $72,228) VirusSea
Heroes of the Seven Islands $11.99 191 100% 5.7k $69k (exactly $68,703) Rap2h
Kyn older $9.99 117 57% 3.5k $35k (exactly $35,065) Tangrin Entertainment
Weirdlands $19.99 53 98% 1.6k $32k (exactly $31,784) Martin Mejak
Swords and Sorcery - Underworld - Definitive Edition older $9.99 93 72% 2.8k $28k (exactly $27,872) OlderBytes
Sacred Earth - Reverie $19.99 15 100% 450 $9.0k (exactly $8,996) Sacred Star Team, VisuStella
Guild of Hunters $8.99 17 52% 510 $4.6k (exactly $4,585) Sunny Horizon Game Studio
Infinite Dungeon: Idle Adventure $4.99 23 60% 690 $3.4k (exactly $3,443) Arctic Goblins
Landonia · EA $4.99 17 94% 510 $2.5k (exactly $2,545) Landonia RPG
Rod of Asclepius $19.99 3 100% 90 $1.8k (exactly $1,799) Worcco Arts

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.