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Should I ship a Turn-Based Tactics Souls-like?
Souls-like + Turn-Based Tactics
Only 12 developers shipped a Turn-Based Tactics Souls-like 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, BLACK SOULS II, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $88k, ×59 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.2M, ×1478 the market median. Revenue is up 2540% on the market; 21 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
|---|---|
| Median | $88k (exactly $88,137) |
| Top 25% | $772k (exactly $771,530) |
| Top 5% | $2.2M (exactly $2,214,757) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 2540% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Souls-like
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Turn-Based Tactics
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Souls-like, Turn-Based Tactics
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 10,832 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.6k. 21 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Souls-like with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + JRPGFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + WarPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
Comparable games
BLACK SOULS II 2025 · $2.2M 
Death Howl 2025 · $780k 
Warhounds 2026 · $772k 
Journey of Realm：Dawn Dew 2025 · $736k 
The Shimmering Horizon and Cursed Blacksmith 2025 · $590k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BLACK SOULS II | $13.99 | 5,277 97% | 158k | $2.2M (exactly $2,214,757) | Eeny, meeny, miny, moe? | |
| | Death Howl | $19.99 | 1,301 92% | 39k | $780k (exactly $780,210) | The Outer Zone | |
| | Warhounds | $34.99 | 735 71% | 22k | $772k (exactly $771,530) | Everplay DMCC | |
| | Journey of Realm：Dawn Dew | $10.99 | 2,233 97% | 67k | $736k (exactly $736,220) | 葱色兔兔/Scallion Rabbit | |
| | The Shimmering Horizon and Cursed Blacksmith | $19.99 | 983 58% | 29k | $590k (exactly $589,505) | Ason | |
 | Isekai Janken Hero | older | $9.99 | 537 83% | 16k | $161k (exactly $160,939) | BFS |
 | Rugby League Team Manager 3 | older | $39.99 | 75 80% | 2.3k | $90k (exactly $89,978) | Alternative Software Ltd |
 | Moon Corona | · EA | $13.99 | 210 82% | 6.3k | $88k (exactly $88,137) | 不倒龙工作室, Budaolong Studio |
 | 勇者与亡灵之都 | older | $6.99 | 356 93% | 11k | $75k (exactly $74,653) | grade |
 | Grim Quest - Old School RPG | older | $5.99 | 151 91% | 4.5k | $27k (exactly $27,135) | Monomyth |
 | Ashes of Morgravia | $11.99 | 43 67% | 1.3k | $15k (exactly $15,467) | background blur. | |
 | Go | $7.99 | 25 72% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Popoko VM Games | |
 | Bluff Roulette | $4.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | OFF LAB | |
 | Chinese Chess - Xiangqi | $7.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Popoko VM Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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