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Should I ship a Psychological Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Psychological
Only 18 developers shipped a Psychological 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, Revenge on gold diggers , made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 31 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.9k, ×11 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $9.7M, ×15564 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 31 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) |
| Top 25% | $128k (exactly $127,972) |
| Top 5% | $9.8M (exactly $9,774,117) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 down 95% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Psychological
- 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; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Choose Your Own Adventure
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Cinematic, Emotional
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 50,395 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 6 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different setting or mood, 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
Revenge on gold diggers 2025 · $9.8M 
Digimon Survive 2022 · $5.6M 
极速营救 2025 · $557k 
我打不过漂亮的她们 2025 · $366k 
The Stone of Madness 2025 · $179k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Revenge on gold diggers | $6.99 | 46,610 80% | 1.4M | $9.8M (exactly $9,774,117) | 前方工作室 | |
| | Digimon Survive | older | $59.99 | 3,124 78% | 94k | $5.6M (exactly $5,622,263) | HYDE, Inc. |
| | 极速营救 | $9.99 | 1,860 86% | 56k | $557k (exactly $557,442) | 优映文化, 想象颗粒 | |
| | 我打不过漂亮的她们 | $10.99 | 1,111 95% | 33k | $366k (exactly $366,297) | 想象颗粒 | |
| | The Stone of Madness | $29.99 | 199 77% | 6.0k | $179k (exactly $179,040) | The Game Kitchen | |
 | 晨昏线 | $9.99 | 427 76% | 13k | $128k (exactly $127,972) | Enter Games | |
 | Card Detective | older | $3.99 | 145 73% | 4.4k | $17k (exactly $17,356) | 神探饭店制作组 |
 | Who's Hungry? | $4.99 | 60 100% | 1.8k | $9.0k (exactly $8,982) | Daniel Fernández | |
 | Samara | $8.99 | 32 90% | 960 | $8.6k (exactly $8,630) | MissingShip | |
 | Paracom | $10.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) | Steel Widow Klan | |
 | Chainsaw | $4.99 | 46 95% | 1.4k | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) | ikiru997 | |
 | NO STRANGERS | $4.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Xeirel Software |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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