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Should I ship a Visual Novel Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Visual Novel
Only 6 developers shipped a Visual Novel 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, UltraGirl Alters, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.6k against a market of $630. 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 5% | $22k (exactly $22,189) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Visual Novel
- effort 2 / 10 · high · script, choices and static art
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 1,982 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 14 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + HackingFair
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- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
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VoidBound 2024 · EA · $51k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Guardians of Eden-Embrace of the Forest | older | $10.99 | 671 90% | 20k | $221k (exactly $221,229) | Black Cat Entertainment |
| | The Monstrous Horror Show | older | $14.99 | 282 89% | 8.5k | $127k (exactly $126,815) | kaniheadcrab |
| | How a Retired Strategist Saved the Country | older | $13.99 | 246 90% | 7.4k | $103k (exactly $103,246) | tomadan |
| | Love n War: Hero by Chance II | older | $5.99 | 529 81% | 16k | $95k (exactly $95,061) | Reborn Entertainment |
| | VoidBound | · EA older | $19.99 | 85 91% | 2.6k | $51k (exactly $50,974) | CursedAtelier |
 | Blade Prince Academy | older | $19.99 | 58 65% | 1.7k | $35k (exactly $34,783) | Angel Corp |
 | UltraGirl Alters | $19.99 | 37 64% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | FutureInvention | |
 | Sierra Ops - Space Strategy Visual Novel | older | $14.99 | 42 80% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Innomen Team |
 | Roller Drama | older | $14.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Open Lab Games |
 | Monster Parade: Nurturing a Hero’s Sacred Sword!? | older | $14.00 | 13 76% | 390 | $5.5k (exactly $5,460) | YU-CHU-BU! |
 | Grand Fantasy Heroes | $9.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | R J L Jones | |
 | Notice Me Leena-senpai! | $7.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | Yanako RPGs, GameDevTosh | |
 | League Of Tacticians: Path of Tarkan | $5.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | Oba Games | |
 | Peter's Apostles | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | FUN | |
 | Frob: The Incident | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | FLS WORKS |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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