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Should I ship a Spectacle fighter RTS?
RTS + Spectacle fighter
Only 8 developers shipped a Spectacle fighter RTS 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, ERA ONE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×15 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.2k against a market of $1.5k. 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,544) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.2k (exactly $6,235) |
| Top 25% | $369k (exactly $369,415) |
| Top 5% | $1.4M (exactly $1,417,028) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 85% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- RTS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Spectacle fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- RTS, Spectacle fighter
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 7,148 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.6k. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×15 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance 2024 · $4.1M 
ERA ONE 2025 · EA · $1.4M 
SpellForce 3 Fallen God 2020 · $801k 
Ratten Reich 2025 · $369k 
No Man's Land 2025 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance | older | $39.99 | 3,395 82% | 102k | $4.1M (exactly $4,072,982) | Slitherine Ltd. |
| | ERA ONE | · EA | $29.99 | 1,575 86% | 47k | $1.4M (exactly $1,417,028) | Team Complex LTD |
| | SpellForce 3 Fallen God | older | $19.99 | 1,335 86% | 40k | $801k (exactly $800,599) | Grimlore Games |
| | Ratten Reich | $19.99 | 616 40% | 18k | $369k (exactly $369,415) | METALLADLERSTUDIO | |
| | No Man's Land | $6.99 | 80 87% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,776) | Related Designs Software | |
 | They Came From Below | older | $24.99 | 17 58% | 510 | $13k (exactly $12,745) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | Just Skill Shooter | older | $9.99 | 36 47% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Gamesforgames |
 | Just skill shooter 2 | older | $9.99 | 32 53% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Gamesforgames |
 | Fight till the End! | older | $19.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Gamesforgames |
 | Make War | older | $5.99 | 47 51% | 1.4k | $8.4k (exactly $8,446) | Creepy Brothers |
 | Grimstar: Crystals are the New Oil! | $12.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $6.2k (exactly $6,235) | SvenRahn Games | |
 | 101st Airborne in Normandy | $4.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Interactive Simulations | |
 | MEMOLOGY: War of Memes | $0.99 | 52 76% | 1.6k | $1.5k (exactly $1,544) | Piece Of Voxel, Gamesforfarm, hannibaln… (Piece Of Voxel, Gamesforfarm, hannibalnotdead) | |
 | Sears: The Sky Frontier | $5.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Acoma Games | |
 | Amitabha Buddha | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 阿弥陀佛 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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