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Should I ship a Point & Click Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Point & Click
Of 39 developers who shipped a Point & Click 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.. 36 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 22 developers shipped in the last year and 36 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 5% | $53k (exactly $53,236) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 39 |
| Released games | 112 |
| Announced | 36 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 170% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, Point & Click; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Simulation, Action
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 816 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. Nearly all of the 25 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 22 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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Comparable games
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Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood 2011 · $314k 
Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game 2021 · $203k 
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Queen's Brothel 2025 · $58k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | At Dead Of Night | older | $15.99 | 3,289 94% | 99k | $1.6M (exactly $1,577,733) | Baggy Cat Ltd. |
| | Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood | older | $7.99 | 1,311 66% | 39k | $314k (exactly $314,247) | Spellbound |
| | Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game | older | $14.99 | 452 80% | 14k | $203k (exactly $203,264) | Squidpunch Studios, Vincent Ltd |
| | Barely Working | · EA | $14.99 | 156 91% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $70,153) | Deep Games LLC |
| | Queen's Brothel | $9.99 | 192 84% | 5.8k | $58k (exactly $57,542) | Deep Games LLC | |
 | NAMAKORIUM (ナマコリウム) | $11.99 | 148 93% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $53,236) | Polyscape Inc. | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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