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Should I ship a War Party-Based RPG?
Party-Based RPG + War
Only 19 developers shipped a War 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, Cyber Knights: Flashpoint, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 53 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $7.8k, ×12 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.8k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.6M, ×4192 the market median. Revenue is up 1265% on the market; 53 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) |
| Top 25% | $181k (exactly $181,318) |
| Top 5% | $2.6M (exactly $2,632,522) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 53 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 1265% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- War
- 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Tactical RPG, Character Customization
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 6,652 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 6 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 53 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 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
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint 2025 · $2.6M 
Lost Eidolons 2022 · $1.8M 
Crown and Adventure 2025 · $1.0M 
Long Gone Days 2023 · $351k 
Every Day We Fight 2025 · EA · $346k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cyber Knights: Flashpoint | $29.99 | 2,926 93% | 88k | $2.6M (exactly $2,632,522) | Trese Brothers | |
| | Lost Eidolons | older | $34.99 | 1,727 69% | 52k | $1.8M (exactly $1,812,832) | Ocean Drive Studio, Inc. |
| | Crown and Adventure | $19.99 | 1,693 61% | 51k | $1.0M (exactly $1,015,292) | C3D Games | |
| | Long Gone Days | older | $24.99 | 468 88% | 14k | $351k (exactly $350,860) | This I Dreamt |
| | Every Day We Fight | · EA | $29.99 | 385 72% | 12k | $346k (exactly $346,384) | Signal Space Lab |
 | Rise of the Third Power | older | $19.99 | 489 88% | 15k | $293k (exactly $293,253) | Stegosoft Games |
 | FAIRY TAIL 2 | $59.99 | 162 61% | 4.9k | $292k (exactly $291,551) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. | |
 | Korea Dynasty (조선메타실록) | · EA older | $23.99 | 267 72% | 8.0k | $192k (exactly $192,160) | Happy Daram Inc. |
 | Breath of Fire IV | $9.99 | 605 74% | 18k | $181k (exactly $181,318) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd., GOG.com | |
 | Chaos Front | $19.99 | 252 59% | 7.6k | $151k (exactly $151,124) | Han Zhiyu | |
 | Beloved Rapture | $19.99 | 237 82% | 7.1k | $142k (exactly $142,129) | Rapturous Studio | |
 | CREATION OF THE GODS: Rebellion at Five Passes | $14.99 | 222 89% | 6.7k | $100k (exactly $99,833) | TQGameStudio | |
 | The Adventurers | $12.99 | 150 78% | 4.5k | $58k (exactly $58,455) | Eternal Vigilance Entertainment | |
 | Three Kingdoms: Shu-Han Chronicles | $12.99 | 20 45% | 600 | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) | QianFan Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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