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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Psychological Horror
Only 17 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror Real Time Tactics 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, Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi, 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, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $30 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 13 developers shipped in the last year and 31 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30 (exactly $30) |
| Top 25% | $897 (exactly $897) |
| Top 5% | $168k (exactly $168,030) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 225% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, 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
- Psychological Horror
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 9 games average 89% positive over 914 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
Comparable games
Fisher Online 2019 · $1.8M 
Command & Conquer™ 4 Tiberian Twilight 2010 · $1.0M 
Just Another Night Shift 2024 · $200k 
Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi 2024 · $168k 
Deadnaut 2014 · $38k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fisher Online | older | $13.99 | 4,199 81% | 126k | $1.8M (exactly $1,762,320) | R-Age LLC |
| | Command & Conquer™ 4 Tiberian Twilight | older | $6.96 | 4,832 16% | 145k | $1.0M (exactly $1,008,922) | EA Los Angeles |
| | Just Another Night Shift | older | $6.99 | 952 91% | 29k | $200k (exactly $199,634) | JANS Dev Team, FinnGames |
| | Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi | $7.99 | 701 91% | 21k | $168k (exactly $168,030) | ZRIGN 地霊研究院 | |
| | Deadnaut | older | $9.99 | 128 67% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $38,362) | Screwfly Studios |
 | Smilers Den Deluxxx | $6.99 | 160 84% | 4.8k | $34k (exactly $33,552) | MikiY | |
 | 惊险极速 | · EA older | $6.99 | 91 97% | 2.7k | $19k (exactly $19,083) | 个人 |
 | Don't Panic | older | $9.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Deep Pixel Studio |
 | CoinPit | $6.99 | 24 66% | 720 | $5.0k (exactly $5,033) | Trollix Games | |
 | Saints and Sinners | · EA older | $6.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $4.6k (exactly $4,613) | threeW |
 | Pinball with a Gun | $7.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | Tigpan, PoggieB | |
 | Spirit of the Dome | $2.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Deformed Studios | |
 | Slumber Party | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | 70BB | |
 | DefuseOrder | 解除命令 | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Chataro | |
 | TOSS | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | SolitaryStudios | |
 | Halloween Night | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Konrad Łaniecki | |
 | Amber of Jinn | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Stixor |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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