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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Quick-Time Events
Only 17 developers shipped a Quick-Time Events 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, Nocan's Quest: Sex Gold Glory, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 11 developers shipped in the last year and 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 5% | $50k (exactly $50,050) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 16 |
| 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 down 35% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy RPG, Quick-Time Events; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $5.00 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Side Scroller
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $5.00.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 226 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Bullet HellFair
- + EconomyFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + ConspiracyFair
- + Shop KeeperFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
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Comparable games
Thriving City: Song 2024 · $1.7M 
Nocan's Quest: Sex Gold Glory 2026 · $50k 
Prison Life 2 2023 · $28k 
8 2023 · $11k 
Fadedlands: The Reckless Squad 2025 · $6.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Thriving City: Song | older | $18.99 | 3,054 81% | 92k | $1.7M (exactly $1,739,864) | White Star Studio |
| | Nocan's Quest: Sex Gold Glory | $9.99 | 167 69% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $50,050) | Kinky Business Group | |
| | Prison Life 2 | older | $4.99 | 188 77% | 5.6k | $28k (exactly $28,144) | AO Games |
| | 8 | older | $12.88 | 29 96% | 870 | $11k (exactly $11,206) | Thales Caus |
| | Fadedlands: The Reckless Squad | $5.99 | 34 97% | 1.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) | ForindGames | |
 | Flying Corps | older | $24.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $5.2k (exactly $5,248) | Rowan Software |
 | Who Are You? | older | $1.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $836 (exactly $836) | Seasonbean Team |
 | The Art Collector | $12.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $779 (exactly $779) | Shyborg Games | |
 | Paplion | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Spheanix | |
 | President of Steel | $5.00 | 4 75% | 120 | $600 (exactly $600) | volaryus | |
 | Flatlands | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | LayDown Games | |
 | Fraudster | $1.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $597 (exactly $597) | Xi Zhang | |
 | Ethereal Fracture | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Rubén Arranz | |
 | Wonderlanders | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Beastimus, Santiago/Black Sheep Elijah | |
 | MandarinMastermind | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | J.Chen |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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