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Should I ship a Point & Click Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Point & Click
Of 43 developers who shipped a Point & Click Strategy RPG 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.. 47 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 355% on the market; 47 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $7.5k (exactly $7,549) |
| Top 5% | $179k (exactly $179,040) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 106 |
| Announced | 47 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 355% on the market, supply 55% more developers than 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
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy RPG, Point & Click; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Hand-drawn, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 4,757 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 47 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Suzerain 2020 · $6.3M 
Breakout 13 2023 · $2.1M 
Sovereign Tower 2026 · $1.9M 
Immortal Family 2024 · $509k 
Aether & Iron 2026 · $391k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Suzerain | older | $19.99 | 10,574 92% | 317k | $6.3M (exactly $6,341,228) | Torpor Games |
| | Breakout 13 | older | $9.99 | 6,899 87% | 207k | $2.1M (exactly $2,067,630) | ALT Lab |
| | Sovereign Tower | $19.99 | 3,087 93% | 93k | $1.9M (exactly $1,851,274) | WILD WITS GAMES | |
| | Immortal Family | older | $13.99 | 1,213 54% | 36k | $509k (exactly $509,096) | 一起来修仙工作室 |
| | Aether & Iron | $24.99 | 521 84% | 16k | $391k (exactly $390,594) | Seismic Squirrel, Chaos Theory Games | |
 | miniBONG | older | $9.99 | 881 79% | 26k | $264k (exactly $264,036) | Game Star |
 | The Captain | older | $19.99 | 305 92% | 9.2k | $183k (exactly $182,908) | Sysiac Games |
 | The Stone of Madness | $29.99 | 199 77% | 6.0k | $179k (exactly $179,040) | The Game Kitchen | |
 | Increlution | · EA older | $3.99 | 1,237 85% | 37k | $148k (exactly $148,069) | Gniller |
 | NecroAttack！ | older | $9.99 | 241 72% | 7.2k | $72k (exactly $72,228) | VirusSea |
 | Legends of Wasteland | $6.99 | 320 62% | 9.6k | $67k (exactly $67,104) | 清友工作室 | |
 | Idle Land of Exile | $4.99 | 239 68% | 7.2k | $36k (exactly $35,778) | 所以然 | |
 | Demon Maiden and Slave Summoning | $10.99 | 106 82% | 3.2k | $35k (exactly $34,948) | Sunspot | |
 | Milord | · EA | $9.99 | 104 64% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $31,169) | iBright Games |
 | Kaamos: Puzzle Roguelike | $9.99 | 73 87% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,878) | Pepperbox Studios | |
 | Immortal IDLE | · EA | $5.99 | 78 64% | 2.3k | $14k (exactly $14,017) | 伯乐Couple |
 | The Peak of Life | $8.99 | 30 66% | 900 | $8.1k (exactly $8,091) | XY Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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