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Should I ship a Real Time Tactics Survival Horror?
Real Time Tactics + Survival Horror
Only 17 developers shipped a Real Time Tactics Survival Horror 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, Smilers Den Deluxxx, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $33k, ×53 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 24 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $2.6k (exactly $2,638) |
| Top 5% | $34k (exactly $33,552) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Survival Horror
- 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 Tactics, Survival Horror; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Adventure, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 296 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
Comparable games
Cepheus Protocol 2020 · EA · $1.8M 
At Dead Of Night 2020 · $1.6M 
Chromosome Evil 2 2024 · $151k 
Chromosome Evil 2022 · $150k 
Flesh Eaters 2016 · $129k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cepheus Protocol | · EA older | $19.99 | 2,983 76% | 89k | $1.8M (exactly $1,788,905) | Halcyon Winds |
| | At Dead Of Night | older | $15.99 | 3,289 94% | 99k | $1.6M (exactly $1,577,733) | Baggy Cat Ltd. |
| | Chromosome Evil 2 | older | $19.99 | 252 88% | 7.6k | $151k (exactly $151,124) | S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L., dovganovskiy |
| | Chromosome Evil | older | $14.99 | 334 81% | 10k | $150k (exactly $150,200) | S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L. |
| | Flesh Eaters | older | $4.99 | 862 73% | 26k | $129k (exactly $129,041) | S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L. |
 | [Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護 | older | $4.99 | 431 80% | 13k | $65k (exactly $64,521) | Chilla's Art |
 | Deadnaut | older | $9.99 | 128 67% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $38,362) | Screwfly Studios |
 | Z-Collapse | older | $12.99 | 87 73% | 2.6k | $34k (exactly $33,904) | Pok&Co |
 | Smilers Den Deluxxx | $6.99 | 160 84% | 4.8k | $34k (exactly $33,552) | MikiY | |
 | Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire | $19.99 | 41 70% | 1.2k | $25k (exactly $24,588) | Schell Games | |
 | Only Out | $4.99 | 40 95% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Shark Studio | |
 | CoinPit | $6.99 | 24 66% | 720 | $5.0k (exactly $5,033) | Trollix Games | |
 | Haunted Dorm | $10.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $2.6k (exactly $2,638) | mihuangame | |
 | VeilWood | $9.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Chaos Cabin | |
 | Angelica's Chaotic Hardcore School | $3.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | DyymaStudio | |
 | Manifest369 power defence | · EA | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | ManifestStudios |
 | Slumber Party | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | 70BB | |
 | We Don't Cry: Zombie Survival | $11.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $360 (exactly $360) | Bored Alchemist |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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