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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events RTS?
RTS + Quick-Time Events
Only 15 developers shipped a Quick-Time Events RTS 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, 转生魔塔, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $210 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) |
| Top 5% | $9.4k (exactly $9,352) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 down 80% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- RTS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- RTS, Quick-Time Events; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Adventure, RPG
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 93 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
RTS with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Outbreak SimFair
- + HorrorFair
- + NavalFair
- + TabletopFair
- + SportsLong shot
- + PuzzleLong shot
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
Comparable games
Randoville 2023 · EA · $28k 
转生魔塔 2025 · $9.4k 
Fadedlands: The Reckless Squad 2025 · $6.1k 
Fomo-trading 2026 · $1.8k 
Dr Voss’ Escape Room 2025 · $1.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Randoville | · EA older | $14.99 | 63 63% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $28,331) | AVE Team |
| | 转生魔塔 | $11.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $9.4k (exactly $9,352) | Zeros | |
| | Fadedlands: The Reckless Squad | $5.99 | 34 97% | 1.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) | ForindGames | |
| | Fomo-trading | $4.99 | 12 25% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | 明夜 | |
| | Dr Voss’ Escape Room | $2.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Vexos Games | |
 | Para Bellum | · EA older | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | NullCloneGames |
 | Flatlands | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | LayDown Games | |
 | War Laboratory | older | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | ZhiHuiShang Studio |
 | Square Fishing Builder | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | codegamerstudio | |
 | YYDS成神之路 | older | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | 不语游戏工作室 |
 | Battow - Mages And Monsters | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | SensualHarvest | |
 | Chess Commanders | · EA | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Skorpion Studios LLC |
 | RIXE | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | OURAGAN | |
 | 保卫粮食 Grain Defense | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 放马过去 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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