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Should I ship a Party-Based RPG Shooter?
Party-Based RPG + Shooter
Only 11 developers shipped a Party-Based RPG Shooter 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, Remain, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 23 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $178 (exactly $178) |
| Top 25% | $4.6k (exactly $4,617) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $11,266) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 140% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Party-Based RPG, Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 45% positive over 101 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party-Based RPG with a different second tag, 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
Brigand: Oaxaca 2017 · $165k 
The Lord of the Parties 2022 · $18k 
Kindred Fates: Combat Arena 2021 · $12k 
Remain 2025 · EA · $11k 
YGGDRA: SURVIVOR 2026 · $5.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Brigand: Oaxaca | older | $9.99 | 551 94% | 17k | $165k (exactly $165,135) | Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Sof… (Brian J. Lancaster, Laughing Coyote Software) |
| | The Lord of the Parties | older | $15.99 | 38 68% | 1.1k | $18k (exactly $18,229) | Magic Cube, Dizcon |
| | Kindred Fates: Combat Arena | older | $44.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $12k (exactly $12,147) | Skymill Studios |
| | Remain | · EA | $7.99 | 47 12% | 1.4k | $11k (exactly $11,266) | XTop Game |
| | YGGDRA: SURVIVOR | $4.99 | 34 79% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | BD | |
 | Twilight Epoch | $13.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.6k (exactly $4,617) | chimp | |
 | Lost Hope | · EA older | $4.99 | 13 46% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Shadow Sparks Studios |
 | StellarPlans | older | $6.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | universe ocean |
 | Escape From Clive | older | $2.99 | 13 61% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Dog On God |
 | Gamebesh - Prop Hunt | · EA older | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | dedica |
 | Gun Of Fate: The Silver Gun Of Ylia | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | NiceandSimple Gaming | |
 | poo poo war | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | 张程 | |
 | The Last Society | $0.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | CortexGameLabs | |
 | World of Chaos | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 小十一的老大 | |
 | 末日行者/to the Eden | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 翥游 | |
 | 着色 Project_Shading 技术演示demo | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 虚幻将会主宰世界 | |
 | The Cubic and Their Supporters | $1.25 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | TheOrangStood |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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