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Should I ship a Supernatural Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Supernatural
Only 16 developers shipped a Supernatural 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, 欺神弄鬼, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,756) |
| Top 5% | $240k (exactly $240,359) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 20% 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
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Survival, Survival Horror
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 3D, Dark
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 1,040 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Outbreak SimFair
- + HackingFair
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
Comparable games
Total War: WARHAMMER 2016 · $58M 
At Dead Of Night 2020 · $1.6M 
Shardpunk 2023 · $310k 
欺神弄鬼 2025 · EA · $240k 
Smilers Den Deluxxx 2025 · $34k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Total War: WARHAMMER | older | $59.99 | 32,105 79% | 963k | $58M (exactly $57,779,368) | CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (L… (CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Linux), Feral Interactive (Mac)) |
| | At Dead Of Night | older | $15.99 | 3,289 94% | 99k | $1.6M (exactly $1,577,733) | Baggy Cat Ltd. |
| | Shardpunk | older | $13.99 | 739 92% | 22k | $310k (exactly $310,158) | Clockwork Pile |
| | 欺神弄鬼 | · EA | $9.99 | 802 91% | 24k | $240k (exactly $240,359) | 猫台班子工作室 Cat Caboodle |
| | Smilers Den Deluxxx | $6.99 | 160 84% | 4.8k | $34k (exactly $33,552) | MikiY | |
 | RESEARCH and DESTROY | older | $19.99 | 45 95% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Implausible Industries |
 | Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire | $19.99 | 41 70% | 1.2k | $25k (exactly $24,588) | Schell Games | |
 | Wonhon: A Vengeful Spirit | older | $9.99 | 71 66% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $21,279) | BUSAN SANAI GAMES |
 | Don't Panic | older | $9.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Deep Pixel Studio |
 | Hell of Men : Blood Brothers | older | $15.99 | 18 72% | 540 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | Whacky Squad Studio, 10Loups Games |
 | Expedition: Shadow World | $15.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.8k (exactly $5,756) | Pavel Tanonov | |
 | Runeomicon | $9.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | TLR Games | |
 | King Quest | $15.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $959 (exactly $959) | slc studios | |
 | Nuckelavee | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Peatfire Games | |
 | Mobs 'N Monsters | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Ghostie Games | |
 | BE 忍者 | · EA | $1.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | Fortgs |
 | TOSS | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | SolitaryStudios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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