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Should I ship a Tactical RPG Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + Tactical RPG
Only 6 developers shipped a Tactical RPG Spectacle fighter 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, FAIRY TAIL 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.5k against a market of $1.5k. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,544) |
| Top 25% | $26k (exactly $26,445) |
| Top 5% | $292k (exactly $291,551) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 9 |
| 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 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Spectacle fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Tactical RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter, Tactical RPG
- 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 $7.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 1,661 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Score AttackFair
- + HorrorFair
- + LootPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MythologyPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Tales Of Glory 2020 · $344k 
FAIRY TAIL 2 2024 · $292k 
Furry Killer 2022 · $217k 
Rise of a Legend 2024 · EA · $26k 
Just Skill Shooter 2023 · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tales Of Glory | older | $10.99 | 1,042 80% | 31k | $344k (exactly $343,547) | BlackTale Games |
| | FAIRY TAIL 2 | $59.99 | 162 61% | 4.9k | $292k (exactly $291,551) | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. | |
| | Furry Killer | older | $29.99 | 241 78% | 7.2k | $217k (exactly $216,828) | Sujikon |
| | Rise of a Legend | · EA | $17.99 | 49 77% | 1.5k | $26k (exactly $26,445) | Masquarade, Nicholas St. Germain |
| | 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 |
 | God Souls | older | $4.99 | 32 75% | 960 | $4.8k (exactly $4,790) | 苏州天魂网络科技股份有限公司 |
 | Empire of Empires | older | $4.99 | 29 75% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | · |
 | Magic and Elements | older | $4.99 | 23 73% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | HIlous |
 | 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) | |
 | ChessBoxing Championship | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | MysticOakGames | |
 | Forgotten spirit | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | BurningGRP | |
 | Enlil: Rise Of the End | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HAPPYTECH |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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