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Should I ship a Platformer Tactical RPG?
Tactical RPG + Platformer
Only 9 developers shipped a Platformer Tactical 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, Soulbound Roguelike, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $330 against a market of $630. 5 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $330 (exactly $330) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,190) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 320% on the market, supply 50% fewer 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.
- Tactical 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
- Tactical RPG, Platformer
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 84% positive over 79 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Tactical RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + Space SimFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Tap Heroes 2015 · $36k 
Magic Trap 2024 · $34k 
qop 3 2018 · $31k 
Another Crusade 2023 · $23k 
Viola: The Heroine's Melody 2021 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tap Heroes | older | $2.99 | 402 67% | 12k | $36k (exactly $36,059) | VaragtP |
| | Magic Trap | older | $49.99 | 23 86% | 690 | $34k (exactly $34,493) | Gamesforgames |
| | qop 3 | older | $1.99 | 524 94% | 16k | $31k (exactly $31,283) | Quiet River |
| | Another Crusade | older | $19.99 | 39 79% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Dragon Vein Studios |
| | Viola: The Heroine's Melody | older | $14.99 | 44 95% | 1.3k | $20k (exactly $19,787) | Jelle van Doorne |
 | Soulbound Roguelike | $9.99 | 34 82% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | DuDu Games | |
 | Reindeer Story | $7.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) | Azzie, Smoggysoft | |
 | Maniac Path 3 | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Steal Shift | · EA | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Fusion Iconic |
 | Arsica: Echoes of Ars | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | Lignacia Production | |
 | Incestuous Affair | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Alright Peaches Studio | |
 | 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 | |
 | Save stray cats | $0.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | stray cat | |
 | Upsidedownsky | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Illume games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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