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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events Turn-Based Combat game?
Quick-Time Events + Turn-Based Combat
Only 18 developers shipped a Quick-Time Events Turn-Based Combat game 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, The Use of Life, 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, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $450k, ×965 the market median. Revenue is up 45% on the market; 31 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) |
| Top 5% | $458k (exactly $458,171) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 up 45% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Quick-Time Events, Turn-Based Combat; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, RPG, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,165 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + Resource ManagementFair
- + FlightFair
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- + Bullet TimeLong shot
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Comparable games
Costume Quest 2011 · $781k 
The Use of Life 2025 · $458k 
Didnapper 2 2021 · $110k 
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan 2021 · $88k 
Nocan's Quest: Sex Gold Glory 2026 · $50k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Costume Quest | older | $9.99 | 2,606 95% | 78k | $781k (exactly $781,018) | Double Fine Productions |
| | The Use of Life | $19.99 | 764 90% | 23k | $458k (exactly $458,171) | だらねこげーむず/Daraneko Games | |
| | Didnapper 2 | older | $19.99 | 184 96% | 5.5k | $110k (exactly $110,345) | DID Games |
| | Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan | older | $19.99 | 147 91% | 4.4k | $88k (exactly $88,156) | ManaVoid Entertainment |
| | Nocan's Quest: Sex Gold Glory | $9.99 | 167 69% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $50,050) | Kinky Business Group | |
 | Magin: The Rat Project Stories | $19.99 | 79 69% | 2.4k | $47k (exactly $47,376) | The Rat Project | |
 | Neon Blood | $17.99 | 73 60% | 2.2k | $39k (exactly $39,398) | ChaoticBrain Studios | |
 | 99 Spirits | older | $9.99 | 94 73% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $28,172) | TORaIKI |
 | SGS Halls of Montezuma | older | $24.99 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $26k (exactly $26,240) | The Strategy Game Studio |
 | Tsukumogami | older | $29.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $14k (exactly $14,395) | TORaIKI |
 | Fadedlands: The Reckless Squad | $5.99 | 34 97% | 1.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) | ForindGames | |
 | Seven Sinners | $7.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | BillysBones, Grable Team | |
 | Bot Loop | $8.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | ciego | |
 | Patriotika RPG: Shadow World | $14.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | DDreams Games | |
 | Lotus: Lost Memories | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Fenyx Digital | |
 | SkateRPG | $2.00 | 12 100% | 360 | $720 (exactly $720) | Daniel Dante |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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