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Should I ship a Platformer Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Platformer
Only 16 developers shipped a Platformer Real Time Tactics 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, Carnival Heroes - Super party minigames, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 16 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $980 (exactly $980) |
| Top 5% | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 58 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 as many developers as 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.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, 3D Platformer, Action
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 105 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + HackingFair
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- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
Comparable games
Train Valley 2 2019 · $1.1M 
JARS 2021 · $37k 
Magic Trap 2024 · $34k 
The Mythical City 4 2024 · $15k 
RUNNER RTX 2022 · $9.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Train Valley 2 | older | $14.99 | 2,356 90% | 71k | $1.1M (exactly $1,059,493) | Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timof… (Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy, Flazm) |
| | JARS | older | $11.99 | 104 71% | 3.1k | $37k (exactly $37,409) | Mousetrap Games |
| | Magic Trap | older | $49.99 | 23 86% | 690 | $34k (exactly $34,493) | Gamesforgames |
| | The Mythical City 4 | older | $49.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $15k (exactly $14,997) | Gamesforgames |
| | RUNNER RTX | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | Carnival Heroes - Super party minigames | $3.99 | 39 97% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | LAN - GAMES LTD | |
 | Plumber | older | $14.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Miltan Digital Ltd |
 | Skateboard Gravity | older | $9.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Gamesforgames |
 | Hoples | older | $9.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Amfich |
 | Dangerous line | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Xeno Rangers | $11.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | 9000 Legends | |
 | Only Down: Gravitation Up | $0.99 | 33 96% | 990 | $980 (exactly $980) | Gamesforfarm, Piece Of Voxel | |
 | ScreenSaver Battle | $2.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA | |
 | GØRKJES - finger food fighting | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Moritz Petzka, Basuramor | |
 | We Don't Cry: Zombie Survival | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Bored Alchemist | |
 | Project XZ | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Foxy H. | |
 | Bulwark | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | The Feature Creep |
 | Panin | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | TCL |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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