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Turn-Based Tactics + Puzzle Platformer
Of 21 developers who shipped a Puzzle Platformer Turn-Based 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.. 29 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 29 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 5% | $5.2k (exactly $5,194) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 77 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.00 |
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 45% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based Tactics, Puzzle Platformer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $5.00 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $5.00.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 163 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics 2017 · $593k 
Bearnard 2024 · $77k 
TERRACOTTA 2022 · $48k 
Brain Break 2020 · $25k 
Crowhille - Detective Case Files VR 2021 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics | older | $9.99 | 1,978 83% | 59k | $593k (exactly $592,807) | Artefacts Studio |
| | Bearnard | older | $16.99 | 152 97% | 4.6k | $77k (exactly $77,474) | Michał Wikliński |
| | TERRACOTTA | older | $19.99 | 80 80% | 2.4k | $48k (exactly $47,976) | Appnormals Team |
| | Brain Break | older | $4.99 | 164 75% | 4.9k | $25k (exactly $24,551) | Astralis Games |
| | Crowhille - Detective Case Files VR | older | $5.99 | 90 88% | 2.7k | $16k (exactly $16,173) | Saturn VR, NipsApp Gaming Software |
 | Vandals | older | $4.99 | 81 76% | 2.4k | $12k (exactly $12,126) | Cosmografik, Novelab, Ex Nihilo, ARTE F… (Cosmografik, Novelab, Ex Nihilo, ARTE France) |
 | #holoReversi | $9.99 | 35 80% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | RomanKitayama, Clover Lab.,inc., CHIMER… (RomanKitayama, Clover Lab.,inc., CHIMERA special agency LLC.) | |
 | SOK PRO | older | $4.99 | 60 90% | 1.8k | $9.0k (exactly $8,982) | Siberian Mouse |
 | Jack & Detectives - A Silent Social Detection Game - | older | $4.99 | 52 75% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | Curiouspark |
 | UltraNothing | older | $3.99 | 51 94% | 1.5k | $6.1k (exactly $6,105) | Snorillaka |
 | Hero Guider | $1.99 | 87 98% | 2.6k | $5.2k (exactly $5,194) | BestQ | |
 | Imperial Settlers: Imperial Miners | $12.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | infoexpert games | |
 | Baduk Challenge (Go Challenge) | $10.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | OH YU HWAN | |
 | Last Shinobi | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | Dark Tomato Studio | |
 | GunBlocks | · EA | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Steve Welz |
 | CUPLEX | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Tensole Games | |
 | Knowledge Domination | $0.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $564 (exactly $564) | Frosy Games | |
 | Plant Plots | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Padoru Games | |
 | stopDrop. | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Static City Games, Indie_Myke |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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