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Should I ship a Party Game Tactical game?
Tactical + Party Game
Of 47 developers who shipped a Party Game Tactical game 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.. 89 more are announced, ×2.2 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 $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 41 developers shipped in the last year and 89 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $17,978) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 47 |
| Released games | 70 |
| Announced | 89 |
| 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 down 85% on the market, supply 585% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical
- 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
- Tactical, Party Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 899 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 89 games are announced against 41 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Tactical with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Tenebris: Terra Incognita 2026 · $188k 
Motion Soccer PRO 2025 · $134k 
FINAL SPIN 2024 · $29k 
Sitting Ducks 2026 · $18k 
Serious Fun Football 2022 · EA · $15k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tenebris: Terra Incognita | $19.99 | 313 79% | 9.4k | $188k (exactly $187,706) | Phantasmica Studios | |
| | Motion Soccer PRO | $19.99 | 223 79% | 6.7k | $134k (exactly $133,733) | Ivanovich Games | |
| | FINAL SPIN | older | $4.99 | 195 91% | 5.9k | $29k (exactly $29,192) | bati, loardjosef |
| | Sitting Ducks | $7.99 | 75 86% | 2.3k | $18k (exactly $17,978) | The Gang Studio | |
| | Serious Fun Football | · EA older | $9.99 | 51 41% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $15,285) | KW-SFF |
 | Drunken FC | · EA | $6.99 | 71 80% | 2.1k | $15k (exactly $14,889) | Sloppy Games, Red Herring Labs |
 | OCTOPinbs | $9.99 | 45 68% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | tri-Ace, Lasengle Inc. | |
 | Plunder Panic | older | $6.99 | 59 96% | 1.8k | $12k (exactly $12,372) | Will Winn Games |
 | Doodle Dice Monsters | $5.99 | 60 75% | 1.8k | $11k (exactly $10,782) | AuWiMo, Mighty Jungle Games | |
 | Break The Chain | · EA | $4.99 | 63 39% | 1.9k | $9.4k (exactly $9,431) | Devlo Games |
 | Mayday Protocol | $7.99 | 21 71% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Wazang Games | |
 | North Hunt | $6.50 | 24 75% | 720 | $4.7k (exactly $4,680) | NewGen | |
 | Co OPERATION: MultiTurn | $19.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Mind Feast Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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