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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Point & Click Tactical RPG?

Tactical RPG + Point & Click

Of 21 developers who shipped a Point & Click Tactical 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.. 26 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $390. Revenue is up 410% on the market; 26 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 410% on the market, 26 announced, ×2.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Tactical RPG + Point & Click
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 21
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.4k → $60 → $210 → $2.5k → $599 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Tactical RPG + Point & Click: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 21
Bottom 30% $390 (exactly $390)
Median $839 (exactly $839)
Top 25% $22k (exactly $21,878)
Top 5% $215k (exactly $214,507)
Developers, 2 yr 21
Released games 48
Announced 26
Effort 5 / 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 410% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Point & Click
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Tactical RPG, Point & Click; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Strategy
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Hand-drawn, Story Rich, 2D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 73% positive over 1,687 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $390, median $840, 1 in 4 over $21k, 1 in 20 over $210k.

3 in 10 developers made under $390. 7 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Tactical RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair24 devs · median $9.0k · 29 announced
  2. + Mystery DungeonFair30 devs · median $2.4k · 24 announced
  3. + Space SimFair9 devs · median $1.8k · 15 announced
  4. + 2D PlatformerFair58 devs · median $599 · 49 announced
  5. + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds10 devs · median $63k · 16 announced
  6. + Colony SimPoor odds16 devs · median $41k · 29 announced
  7. + SandboxPoor odds42 devs · median $20k · 102 announced
  8. + Turn-BasedPoor odds61 devs · median $18k · 81 announced
  9. + RobotsPoor odds15 devs · median $17k · 27 announced
  10. + RomancePoor odds23 devs · median $10k · 38 announced
  11. + WarPoor odds80 devs · median $8.7k · 143 announced
  12. + Life SimPoor odds16 devs · median $7.7k · 26 announced

All 145 pairs on the Tactical RPG page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Sunday Gold 2022 · $453k Aether & Iron 2026 · $391k For the People 2020 · $372k Philna Fantasy 2026 · $215k The Stone of Madness 2025 · $179k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Sunday Gold older $21.99 687 77% 21k $453k (exactly $453,214) BKOM Studios
Aether & Iron $24.99 521 84% 16k $391k (exactly $390,594) Seismic Squirrel, Chaos Theory Games
For the People older $16.99 729 73% 22k $372k (exactly $371,571) Brezg Studio
Philna Fantasy $14.99 477 52% 14k $215k (exactly $214,507) Sailike Game
The Stone of Madness $29.99 199 77% 6.0k $179k (exactly $179,040) The Game Kitchen
Legends of the Round Table $29.99 127 89% 3.8k $114k (exactly $114,262) Artifice Studio
NecroAttack！ older $9.99 241 72% 7.2k $72k (exactly $72,228) VirusSea
Tap Heroes older $2.99 402 67% 12k $36k (exactly $36,059) VaragtP
Heroine Conquest $3.99 230 71% 6.9k $28k (exactly $27,531) BadColor
Kaamos: Puzzle Roguelike $9.99 73 87% 2.2k $22k (exactly $21,878) Pepperbox Studios
Guild of Hunters $8.99 17 52% 510 $4.6k (exactly $4,585) Sunny Horizon Game Studio
HeroInc · EA $8.99 10 90% 300 $2.7k (exactly $2,697) Nue Games
Landonia · EA $4.99 17 94% 510 $2.5k (exactly $2,545) Landonia RPG
The Lands of Hyberian $4.99 16 100% 480 $2.4k (exactly $2,395) SkyWeb Technologies LLC

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.