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Should I ship a Party Game Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Party Game
Of 28 developers who shipped a Party Game Real Time Tactics in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 61 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $60 in the last 2 years and $60 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 26 developers shipped in the last year and 61 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $60 (exactly $60) |
| Top 25% | $810 (exactly $810) |
| Top 5% | $134k (exactly $133,733) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 61 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 1200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Party Game
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, Party Game; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry PvP, Action, Co-op
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cute, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 79,024 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 61 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
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Comparable games
MECCHA CHAMELEON 2026 · $14M 
Hidden in Plain Sight 2014 · $166k 
Motion Soccer PRO 2025 · $134k 
X-POINT 2019 · EA · $19k 
ホロライブオールスター バトルタイルズ 2025 · $2.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MECCHA CHAMELEON | $5.99 | 78,746 87% | 2.4M | $14M (exactly $14,150,656) | lemorion_1224 | |
| | Hidden in Plain Sight | older | $5.99 | 922 99% | 28k | $166k (exactly $165,683) | Adam Spragg |
| | Motion Soccer PRO | $19.99 | 223 79% | 6.7k | $134k (exactly $133,733) | Ivanovich Games | |
| | X-POINT | · EA older | $19.99 | 32 78% | 960 | $19k (exactly $19,190) | Andrey Scanarri (Scanarri) |
| | ホロライブオールスター バトルタイルズ | $3.99 | 20 25% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | BG2研 | |
 | Project Corner | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Triny Games | |
 | Boiiing Boiiing | $6.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | SLMB's Games | |
 | Battle Balls | · EA | $1.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Fonderland Studios |
 | Typing Clash | $4.50 | 6 100% | 180 | $810 (exactly $810) | Yong Games | |
 | The Hidden Camp | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | E and B Games | |
 | Clash of Builders | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | DriftWhale Studio | |
 | Deckaroo | · EA | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | gororong |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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