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Should I ship a Turn-Based Combat Shooter?
Shooter + Turn-Based Combat
Of 21 developers who shipped a Turn-Based Combat Shooter 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.. 34 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $210 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 13 developers shipped in the last year and 34 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $135 (exactly $135) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $14,840) |
| Top 5% | $5.8M (exactly $5,822,144) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 110% on the market, supply 65% more 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.
- Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Shooter, Turn-Based Combat; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics, PvE
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 26,125 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $140. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
STAR WARS Zero Company™ 2026 · $29M 
Xenonauts 2 2026 · $5.8M 
Jupiter Hell 2021 · $1.3M 
Warhounds 2026 · $772k 
Police Shootout 2022 · $202k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STAR WARS Zero Company™ | $49.99 | 19,521 82% | 586k | $29M (exactly $29,275,644) | Bit Reactor | |
| | Xenonauts 2 | $39.99 | 4,853 81% | 146k | $5.8M (exactly $5,822,144) | Goldhawk Interactive | |
| | Jupiter Hell | older | $24.99 | 1,795 91% | 54k | $1.3M (exactly $1,345,712) | ChaosForge |
| | Warhounds | $34.99 | 735 71% | 22k | $772k (exactly $771,530) | Everplay DMCC | |
| | Police Shootout | older | $14.99 | 449 55% | 13k | $202k (exactly $201,915) | Games Incubator, Hypnotic Ants |
 | Enter the Chronosphere | · EA | $14.99 | 420 94% | 13k | $189k (exactly $188,874) | Effort Star |
 | Deep Space Battle Simulator | older | $9.99 | 358 78% | 11k | $107k (exactly $107,293) | yeswecamp |
 | Little Witch Survivors | $4.99 | 543 87% | 16k | $81k (exactly $81,287) | 四月二酱 | |
 | Cyber Avenger | older | $12.99 | 131 87% | 3.9k | $51k (exactly $51,051) | Quacky Games |
 | Tactical Combat Department | older | $4.99 | 108 61% | 3.2k | $16k (exactly $16,168) | LukasH |
 | Decks of Dexterity | $14.99 | 33 100% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Coded Games | |
 | Pinball Hero | $3.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $2.0k (exactly $2,035) | COSO | |
 | eggboy | · EA | $18.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $570 (exactly $570) | sadboy |
 | Plastic Tactics Online | · EA | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | G.W.A |
 | Kunoichi's Cadence | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | CodeBlues |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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