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Real-Time with Pause + Tactical RPG
Only 7 developers shipped a Tactical RPG Real-Time with Pause game 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, GreedFall: The Dying World, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $16k against a market of $1.5k. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $15k (exactly $14,809) |
|---|---|
| Median | $16k (exactly $16,484) |
| Top 25% | $219k (exactly $219,118) |
| Top 5% | $1.5M (exactly $1,540,192) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real-Time with Pause
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Tactical RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Real-Time with Pause, Tactical RPG
- Price point
- $14.99 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 $49.99 or above; the middle game at $19.90.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 30,416 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $15k. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real-Time with Pause with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CombatStrong odds
- + ActionFair
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Choices MatterPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + MedievalPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
Comparable games
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition 2013 · $9.2M 
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition 2017 · $2.8M 
GreedFall: The Dying World 2026 · $1.5M 
The Dwarves 2016 · $1.4M 
The DioField Chronicle 2022 · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition | older | $19.99 | 15,395 92% | 462k | $9.2M (exactly $9,232,382) | Beamdog |
| | Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition | older | $19.99 | 4,735 94% | 142k | $2.8M (exactly $2,839,580) | Beamdog |
| | GreedFall: The Dying World | $49.99 | 1,027 61% | 31k | $1.5M (exactly $1,540,192) | Spiders | |
| | The Dwarves | older | $39.99 | 1,189 74% | 36k | $1.4M (exactly $1,426,443) | KING Art |
| | The DioField Chronicle | older | $59.99 | 685 49% | 21k | $1.2M (exactly $1,232,794) | Square Enix, LANCARSE Ltd. |
 | Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) | older | $14.99 | 2,722 94% | 82k | $1.2M (exactly $1,224,083) | Level Up Labs, LLC |
 | Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness | older | $29.99 | 924 74% | 28k | $831k (exactly $831,323) | GrapeOcean Technologies |
 | Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel | older | $9.99 | 2,356 79% | 71k | $706k (exactly $706,093) | 14° East |
 | Jagged Alliance - Back in Action | older | $19.99 | 1,033 72% | 31k | $619k (exactly $619,490) | Coreplay GmbH, Bigmoon Studios |
 | The Waylanders | older | $34.99 | 350 46% | 11k | $367k (exactly $367,395) | GATO STUDIO |
 | Escape The Mad Empire | · EA | $17.99 | 406 88% | 12k | $219k (exactly $219,118) | XperimentalZ Games |
 | Dustwind: Resistance | $19.90 | 47 80% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $28,059) | Dustwind Studios, Z-Software | |
 | Deadlock Station | $9.99 | 55 80% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Luxorix Games | |
 | NovaMundi | $12.99 | 38 81% | 1.1k | $15k (exactly $14,809) | Slashware Interactive | |
 | Status One | $14.99 | 30 73% | 900 | $13k (exactly $13,491) | LastCall Studio | |
 | 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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