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Should I ship a Platformer Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Platformer
Only 10 developers shipped a Platformer Strategy 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, The Orc Invasion, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $66 (exactly $66) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 5% | $4.3k (exactly $4,286) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy RPG, Platformer
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 92% positive over 66 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $66. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SportsFair
- + SwordplayFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + EconomyFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + ConspiracyFair
- + Shop KeeperFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Worldless 2023 · $934k 
Duck Life 4 2020 · $39k 
The Treehouse Man 2019 · $38k 
Magic Trap 2024 · $34k 
Another Crusade 2023 · $23k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Worldless | older | $19.99 | 1,558 94% | 47k | $934k (exactly $934,333) | Noname Studios |
| | Duck Life 4 | older | $4.99 | 261 86% | 7.8k | $39k (exactly $39,072) | Wix Games |
| | The Treehouse Man | older | $9.99 | 128 87% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $38,362) | Hunchback Studio |
| | Magic Trap | older | $49.99 | 23 86% | 690 | $34k (exactly $34,493) | Gamesforgames |
| | Another Crusade | older | $19.99 | 39 79% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Dragon Vein Studios |
 | The Mythical City 4 | older | $49.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $15k (exactly $14,997) | Gamesforgames |
 | BobasQuest | older | $9.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | Gamesforgames |
 | The Orc Invasion | $10.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $4.3k (exactly $4,286) | ATK Games | |
 | 1989 QianShanMen | older | $2.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $4.0k (exactly $4,037) | fs studio |
 | Misha Adventures | older | $4.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | RecordRecordsGame |
 | Dawn Awaits | $1.99 | 42 100% | 1.3k | $2.5k (exactly $2,507) | Studio Qubit | |
 | Paplion | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Spheanix | |
 | Arsica: Echoes of Ars | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | Lignacia Production | |
 | Lost Kingdom: Idle War | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | AGS GAMES | |
 | Square Escape Challenge | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | AGS GAMES | |
 | Beast and Cleaver | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Grimes Productions | |
 | NOSTALGIA | $2.20 | 1 0% | 30 | $66 (exactly $66) | SONG | |
 | Save stray cats | $0.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | stray cat | |
 | The Light and the Shadow | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | EnrolaDev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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