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Should I ship a Robot Tactical RPG?
Tactical RPG + Robots
Only 15 developers shipped a Robot Tactical RPG 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, Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $17k, ×26 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $2.5M, ×3989 the market median. Revenue is up 3490% on the market; 27 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $17k (exactly $16,521) |
| Top 25% | $103k (exactly $102,981) |
| Top 5% | $2.5M (exactly $2,504,974) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 3490% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Robots
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tactical RPG; all of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Turn-Based
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Difficult
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 61% positive over 3,220 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 7 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Tactical RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + Space SimFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
Comparable games
SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS 2019 · $12M 
Super Robot Wars 30 2021 · $10M 
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II 2026 · $2.5M 
Miasma Chronicles 2023 · $2.1M 
NITRO GEN OMEGA 2026 · $358k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS | older | $59.99 | 6,939 82% | 208k | $12M (exactly $12,488,118) | TOM CREATE, 株式会社トムクリエイト |
| | Super Robot Wars 30 | older | $59.99 | 5,608 85% | 168k | $10M (exactly $10,092,718) | Bandai Namco Forge Digitals Inc. |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II | $39.99 | 2,088 53% | 63k | $2.5M (exactly $2,504,974) | Bulwark Studios | |
| | Miasma Chronicles | older | $34.99 | 2,013 79% | 60k | $2.1M (exactly $2,113,046) | The Bearded Ladies |
| | NITRO GEN OMEGA | $29.99 | 398 83% | 12k | $358k (exactly $358,081) | DESTINYbit | |
 | Wolfstride | older | $14.99 | 780 89% | 23k | $351k (exactly $350,766) | OTA IMON Studios |
 | Chaos Front | $19.99 | 252 59% | 7.6k | $151k (exactly $151,124) | Han Zhiyu | |
 | Colony City 27λ | older | $10.99 | 398 87% | 12k | $131k (exactly $131,221) | Bunny Eats Tiger |
 | Twilight Wars | $14.99 | 229 74% | 6.9k | $103k (exactly $102,981) | Comrade Bear Games | |
 | Relayer Advanced | older | $49.99 | 67 67% | 2.0k | $100k (exactly $100,480) | DRAGAMI GAMES, LTD. |
 | Cyber Tower 2048 | $29.99 | 92 88% | 2.8k | $83k (exactly $82,772) | Galactic Geckon | |
 | STARBITES | $49.99 | 42 64% | 1.3k | $63k (exactly $62,987) | IKINAGAMES | |
 | Deep Fringe | · EA | $19.99 | 45 88% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Bosoneon Studio |
 | Dissimilar | $18.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $17k (exactly $16,521) | Opal Grave Games | |
 | City of Springs | $6.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $8.0k (exactly $7,969) | The Naked Dev, Alterego Games | |
 | Hexitten | $14.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | Korkea Maki Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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