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Should I ship a Space Party-Based RPG?
Party-Based RPG + Space
Only 13 developers shipped a Space 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, Stellar Tactics, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $1.2M, ×1989 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 30 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $22k (exactly $22,035) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,249,000) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 70% on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 28%, 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
- Space
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Party-Based RPG; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Turn-Based Combat, Exploration
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Isometric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 9 games average 77% positive over 2,306 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party-Based RPG with a different setting or mood, 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
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ 2009 · $8.5M 
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™ 2012 · $6.7M 
Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game 2023 · $4.9M 
Stellar Tactics 2026 · $1.2M 
Chaos Front 2026 · $151k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ | older | $9.99 | 28,518 90% | 856k | $8.5M (exactly $8,546,845) | BioWare, Aspyr (Mac) |
| | STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™ | older | $9.99 | 22,357 93% | 671k | $6.7M (exactly $6,700,393) | Obsidian Entertainment, Aspyr (Mac, Lin… (Obsidian Entertainment, Aspyr (Mac, Linux, & Windows Update)) |
| | Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game | older | $39.99 | 4,087 87% | 123k | $4.9M (exactly $4,903,174) | Iron Tower Studio |
| | Stellar Tactics | $24.99 | 1,666 77% | 50k | $1.2M (exactly $1,249,000) | Don Wilkins | |
| | Chaos Front | $19.99 | 252 59% | 7.6k | $151k (exactly $151,124) | Han Zhiyu | |
 | Beyond Galaxyland | $14.99 | 314 85% | 9.4k | $141k (exactly $141,206) | Sam Enright | |
 | Ancient Frontier | older | $24.99 | 115 64% | 3.5k | $86k (exactly $86,216) | Fair Weather Studios |
 | Frontier: Path of Shadows | $14.99 | 49 91% | 1.5k | $22k (exactly $22,035) | Oduvan Games | |
 | Tower of Chaos | older | $14.99 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $15,740) | Laughing Fox Games |
 | Citizens Unite!: Earth x Space | older | $29.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $13k (exactly $12,596) | Eden Industries |
 | Ginger's Letter to Santa | $3.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Moonana | |
 | Super Gorilla Quest 2: A Space Chimpanzee | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Wither Games | |
 | Night of the Stars | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Aldorlea Games | |
 | Ternion | · EA | $12.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | My Goody Unsafe Boar |
 | Grand Galaxy | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Kaitlyn Kitty | |
 | The Blue Stars | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jack Tyrrell |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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