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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Score Attack Turn-Based Tactics?

Turn-Based Tactics + Score Attack

Of 51 developers who shipped a Score Attack Turn-Based Tactics in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 62 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 35 developers shipped in the last year and 62 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.7 times the market baseline, revenue up 80% on the market, 62 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Turn-Based Tactics + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 51
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $479 → $5.1k → $297 → $450 → $449 → $599 (still earning) → $899 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Turn-Based Tactics + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 51
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $450 (exactly $450)
Top 25% $3.0k (exactly $2,997)
Top 5% $38k (exactly $38,128)
Developers, 2 yr 51
Released games 96
Announced 62
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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 80% on the market, supply 120% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Turn-Based Tactics, Score Attack; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Roguelite, Roguelike
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Difficult
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 82% positive over 1,351 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $150, median $450, 1 in 4 over $2.9k, 1 in 20 over $38k.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 62 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Turn-Based Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + TanksFair24 devs · median $3.0k · 24 announced
  2. + AutomationFair28 devs · median $2.9k · 36 announced
  3. + ProgrammingFair14 devs · median $2.4k · 16 announced
  4. + DiceFair47 devs · median $1.6k · 53 announced
  5. + MiningFair10 devs · median $1.5k · 8 announced
  6. + Time ManagementFair65 devs · median $1.4k · 69 announced
  7. + IdlerFair47 devs · median $1.3k · 48 announced
  8. + Psychological HorrorFair55 devs · median $1.0k · 56 announced
  9. + Traditional RoguelikeFair78 devs · median $629 · 95 announced
  10. + PsychologicalFair34 devs · median $629 · 40 announced
  11. + PuzzleFair263 devs · median $598 · 308 announced
  12. + PlatformerLong shot15 devs · median $360 · 18 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Cursed to Golf 2022 · $416k Bingle Bingle 2026 · $300k Dungeon Deathball 2021 · $69k Pip My Dice 2025 · $44k Smash it Wild: Tactical Volleyball Roguelike 2026 · $38k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Cursed to Golf older $19.99 693 70% 21k $416k (exactly $415,592) Chuhai Labs
Bingle Bingle $14.99 666 80% 20k $300k (exactly $299,500) Knitting Games
Dungeon Deathball older $11.99 193 95% 5.8k $69k (exactly $69,422) Matt Glanville
Pip My Dice $10.99 134 87% 4.0k $44k (exactly $44,180) Diving Swan Games
Smash it Wild: Tactical Volleyball Roguelike $11.99 106 83% 3.2k $38k (exactly $38,128) Goblinz Studio, Ernestine
ploink $12.99 91 96% 2.7k $35k (exactly $35,463) Pyrocreep
TypInc. $9.99 102 74% 3.1k $31k (exactly $30,569) Game Game Games
AbsentedAge: Squarebound older $12.99 67 91% 2.0k $26k (exactly $26,110) terunon's Lab
Oxytone older $6.99 119 93% 3.6k $25k (exactly $24,954) OxGames
Racingmaybe older $9.99 77 100% 2.3k $23k (exactly $23,077) Jhoffis
Sunset Game Shop Shayou $9.99 41 90% 1.2k $12k (exactly $12,288) Lobstudio
Pegs X Stickers $5.99 65 87% 2.0k $12k (exactly $11,680) Mister Morris Games, Tyler Ray Games
MY DIRECT DAMAG 7 TRILLION $2.99 94 71% 2.8k $8.4k (exactly $8,432) 真香工作室
Dominova $9.99 26 96% 780 $7.8k (exactly $7,792) Glenn Verheij
Towers of Scale · EA $9.99 26 100% 780 $7.8k (exactly $7,792) Makiki

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.