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Should I ship a Rhythm Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Rhythm
Only 8 developers shipped a Rhythm 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, Electro Bop Boxing League, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.0k against a market of $630. 12 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,040) |
| Top 25% | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) |
| Top 5% | $38k (exactly $37,775) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $1.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 70% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Rhythm
- effort 3 / 10 · medium · audio sync, timing precision and music rights
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, Rhythm
- Price point
- $1.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 211 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
The Land Beneath Us 2024 · $103k 
Auralux: Constellations 2016 · $46k 
Electro Bop Boxing League 2025 · $38k 
Spaceship Driver License 2024 · $16k 
The Mythical City 2023 · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Land Beneath Us | older | $14.99 | 230 79% | 6.9k | $103k (exactly $103,431) | FairPlay Studios |
| | Auralux: Constellations | older | $9.99 | 153 79% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $45,854) | Grove Street Games, E McNeill |
| | Electro Bop Boxing League | $14.99 | 84 79% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | Developer Dob | |
| | Spaceship Driver License | older | $49.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $16k (exactly $16,497) | Gamesforgames |
| | The Mythical City | older | $9.99 | 38 60% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | Gamesforgames |
 | Fight till the End! | older | $19.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Gamesforgames |
 | BeachRun | older | $24.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Gamesforgames |
 | Skeletos Sword | older | $8.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $4.6k (exactly $4,585) | Gamesforfarm |
 | Dense forest | older | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames |
 | Danger Drone | older | $9.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames |
 | The Firestorm is Coming | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Gamesforgames | |
 | The Inseparables | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Bass Defense - Rhythm Meets Strategy | $5.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) | WOMBEX Games | |
 | MEMOLOGY: ESCAPE OF MEMES | $0.99 | 35 91% | 1.1k | $1.0k (exactly $1,040) | Gamesforfarm, Piece Of Voxel | |
 | Only Down: Gravitation Up | $0.99 | 33 96% | 990 | $980 (exactly $980) | Gamesforfarm, Piece Of Voxel | |
 | Doomvile Brainrot | $0.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $446 (exactly $446) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Cadence | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | BitShift_Games | |
 | Bat & Ball | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | BritishInteractive | |
 | 俄罗斯方块3D版 | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | WenxuanMiao |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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