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Should I ship a Tower Defense Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + Tower Defense
Only 13 developers shipped a Tower Defense 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, Realm, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $720 against a market of $1.5k. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $718 (exactly $718) |
| Top 25% | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 5% | $9.9k (exactly $9,897) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 55% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, 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
- Tower Defense
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter, Tower Defense
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 68% positive over 58 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
They Came From Below 2021 · $13k 
Realm 2025 · $9.9k 
Defense high 2020 · $6.3k 
Robowars 2014 · $2.4k 
XALADIA: Rise of the Space Pirates X2 2023 · $2.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | They Came From Below | older | $24.99 | 17 58% | 510 | $13k (exactly $12,745) | Piece Of Voxel |
| | Realm | $29.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $9.9k (exactly $9,897) | Mighty Pixel Crew | |
| | Defense high | older | $4.99 | 42 71% | 1.3k | $6.3k (exactly $6,287) | TowerSergi |
| | Robowars | older | $3.99 | 20 30% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | N-Game Studios |
| | XALADIA: Rise of the Space Pirates X2 | older | $17.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $2.2k (exactly $2,159) | ACQUIRE Corp. |
 | MUMMMASTER! | older | $4.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Conglomerate 5 |
 | Dezinsector | older | $2.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Shardwatch Dominion | $2.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | grishkogameplay | |
 | Zombie camping | older | $1.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $1.3k (exactly $1,254) | Rabotiagi games |
 | Liberator TD | $9.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Okay Studios | |
 | Last Stronghold | $3.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | skR1me | |
 | SHARP FISTS | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | WANG LUGUANG | |
 | BLEST | $6.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Oedipe Games | |
 | Rushfall | $2.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | kazakovstudios, Sharkgame | |
 | Sears: The Sky Frontier | $5.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Acoma Games | |
 | Snow Defense | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Saritasa VR Production | |
 | Bubblecore: Survivors | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | King Suslik Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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