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Real Time Tactics + Real-Time
Only 16 developers shipped a Real-Time 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, Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $16k, ×25 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $4.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $9.1M, ×14589 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) |
|---|---|
| Median | $16k (exactly $15,584) |
| Top 25% | $31k (exactly $31,184) |
| Top 5% | $9.2M (exactly $9,161,667) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 114 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real-Time
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real-Time, Real Time Tactics; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RTS, Strategy, Wargame
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2.5D, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 7,253 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $4.1k. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character Customization + Real-TimeStrong odds
- + Real-Time + RogueliteFair
- + Building + Real-TimePoor odds
- + Historical + Real-TimePoor odds
- + Real-Time + WarPoor odds
- + Base Building + Real-TimePoor odds
- + Real-Time + WargamePoor odds
- + Physics + Real-TimePoor odds
- + Real-Time + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + Action RTS + Real-TimePoor odds
- + Real-Time + StrategyPoor odds
- + RTS + Real-TimePoor odds
Comparable games
Wargame: Red Dragon 2014 · $14M 
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) 2009 · $12M 
Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age 2024 · EA · $9.2M 
Starship Troopers: Terran Command 2022 · $8.3M 
Ancestors Legacy 2018 · $6.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wargame: Red Dragon | older | $29.99 | 15,758 88% | 473k | $14M (exactly $14,177,473) | Eugen Systems |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) | older | $49.99 | 8,084 85% | 243k | $12M (exactly $12,123,575) | Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive… (Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux)) |
| | Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age | · EA | $49.99 | 6,109 90% | 183k | $9.2M (exactly $9,161,667) | Triassic Games |
| | Starship Troopers: Terran Command | older | $29.99 | 9,214 87% | 276k | $8.3M (exactly $8,289,836) | The Artistocrats |
| | Ancestors Legacy | older | $34.99 | 5,794 80% | 174k | $6.1M (exactly $6,081,962) | Destructive Creations |
 | Stronghold: Warlords | older | $39.99 | 4,449 65% | 133k | $5.3M (exactly $5,337,465) | Firefly Studios |
 | Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) | older | $9.99 | 17,564 97% | 527k | $5.3M (exactly $5,263,931) | Firefly Studios |
 | Sudden Strike 4 | older | $19.99 | 6,249 78% | 187k | $3.7M (exactly $3,747,525) | Kite Games |
 | Steel Division: Normandy 44 | older | $19.99 | 4,765 74% | 143k | $2.9M (exactly $2,857,570) | Eugen Systems |
 | Satellite Reign | older | $29.99 | 2,619 75% | 79k | $2.4M (exactly $2,356,314) | 5 Lives Studios |
 | Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles | · EA | $39.99 | 633 87% | 19k | $759k (exactly $759,410) | Drydock Dreams Games |
 | Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Gold Edition (Classic) | $14.99 | 188 96% | 5.6k | $85k (exactly $84,544) | Black Hole Entertainment | |
 | Battlefall: State of Conflict | · EA | $19.99 | 52 63% | 1.6k | $31k (exactly $31,184) | Kyoto Video Game Concern |
 | Combat Directive : Napoleonic Wars | $19.99 | 36 88% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $21,589) | Fatice Games | |
 | Stardust Exile | $14.99 | 44 70% | 1.3k | $20k (exactly $19,787) | Apseren | |
 | Boxing Simulator | $7.99 | 79 79% | 2.4k | $19k (exactly $18,936) | Inogames | |
 | Tactical Warfare | $9.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,584) | Mizrab | |
 | Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard | $9.99 | 45 80% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | Liquid Entertainment | |
 | Remnants of the Rift | $14.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Bromio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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