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Should I ship a Science Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Science
Only 7 developers shipped a Science Turn-Based 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, Cell Command, 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, ×6.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.3k against a market of $630. 13 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) |
| Top 25% | $63k (exactly $62,968) |
| Top 5% | $86k (exactly $85,812) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Science
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 2,345 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Tactics with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + PuzzleFair
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Comparable games
Nexus 5X 2024 · $398k 
Evolution Board Game 2019 · $156k 
HyperRogue 2015 · $121k 
PRINCIPIA: Master of Science 2016 · EA · $91k 
Cell Command 2025 · $86k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nexus 5X | older | $14.99 | 884 90% | 27k | $398k (exactly $397,535) | Whatboy Games |
| | Evolution Board Game | older | $14.99 | 348 81% | 10k | $156k (exactly $156,496) | North Star Digital Studios |
| | HyperRogue | older | $9.99 | 404 97% | 12k | $121k (exactly $121,079) | Zeno Rogue |
| | PRINCIPIA: Master of Science | · EA older | $9.99 | 302 69% | 9.1k | $91k (exactly $90,509) | tomeapp |
| | Cell Command | $17.99 | 159 97% | 4.8k | $86k (exactly $85,812) | Alpherior | |
 | Screeps: Arena | $19.99 | 105 82% | 3.2k | $63k (exactly $62,968) | Screeps, LLC | |
 | Business War: ERP Sandbox Simulation | $15.99 | 33 84% | 990 | $16k (exactly $15,830) | 夜与潜伏者 | |
 | Hydra Slayer | older | $5.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $8.1k (exactly $8,086) | Zeno Rogue |
 | Nova-111 | older | $4.99 | 54 79% | 1.6k | $8.1k (exactly $8,084) | Funktronic Labs |
 | Freenergy | $6.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Mir | |
 | Caduceus Quest | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Resilient Games Studio, LLC | |
 | Futureal | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | InScienceGames, Matt Alister Lawrence | |
 | Director of Solar Affairs | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Tupolev the Ascender |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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