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Should I ship a Rhythm Tactical game?
Tactical + Rhythm
Only 10 developers shipped a Rhythm Tactical 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, PATAPON 1+2 REPLAY, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.1k against a market of $630. 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) |
| Top 25% | $9.1k (exactly $9,109) |
| Top 5% | $1.9M (exactly $1,881,273) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 35% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Tactical, Rhythm
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 83% positive over 2,291 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
PATAPON 1+2 REPLAY 2025 · $1.9M 
Beat Hazard 3 2024 · $351k 
Wardrum 2026 · $65k 
Auralux: Constellations 2016 · $46k 
Zombodesert 2024 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | PATAPON 1+2 REPLAY | $29.99 | 2,091 83% | 63k | $1.9M (exactly $1,881,273) | SAS CO.,LTD. | |
| | Beat Hazard 3 | older | $19.99 | 586 84% | 18k | $351k (exactly $351,424) | Cold Beam Games |
| | Wardrum | $24.99 | 87 86% | 2.6k | $65k (exactly $65,224) | Mopeful Games | |
| | Auralux: Constellations | older | $9.99 | 153 79% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $45,854) | Grove Street Games, E McNeill |
| | Zombodesert | older | $49.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $18k (exactly $17,996) | Gamesforgames |
 | Spaceship Driver License | older | $49.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $16k (exactly $16,497) | Gamesforgames |
 | Flying Tobacco Eggs | older | $39.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $16k (exactly $15,596) | Gamesforgames |
 | Keytamine | $7.99 | 38 81% | 1.1k | $9.1k (exactly $9,109) | Nabokov | |
 | Abstract Driver | older | $9.99 | 22 59% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Gamesforgames |
 | Not an Aim Trainer | $2.99 | 54 92% | 1.6k | $4.8k (exactly $4,844) | Shockah | |
 | Check & Clean | $13.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Unexpected Games | |
 | Run, Poo, Run! | $0.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $327 (exactly $327) | Reanim Games | |
 | Cadence | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | BitShift_Games | |
 | Virus Brotherhood | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Reanim Games | |
 | 俄罗斯方块3D版 | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | WenxuanMiao | |
 | Fluffy Party | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Murat Ozkan Boy |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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