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Should I ship a Tower Defense Sports game?
Sports + Tower Defense
Only 8 developers shipped a Tower Defense Sports game 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, Descenders Next, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $4.2k against a market of $630. 4 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $809 (exactly $809) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) |
| Top 25% | $44k (exactly $44,012) |
| Top 5% | $350k (exactly $349,983) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 4 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 down 30% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Tower Defense
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Tower Defense
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 789 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $810. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 4 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
Descenders Next 2025 · EA · $350k 
Iron Sea Defenders 2016 · $137k 
Monday Night Combat 2011 · $137k 
Day D: Tower Rush 2016 · $93k 
Bloodsports.TV 2015 · $76k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Descenders Next | · EA | $29.99 | 389 79% | 12k | $350k (exactly $349,983) | RageSquid |
| | Iron Sea Defenders | older | $14.99 | 305 81% | 9.2k | $137k (exactly $137,158) | Creobit |
| | Monday Night Combat | older | $4.99 | 912 81% | 27k | $137k (exactly $136,526) | Uber Entertainment |
| | Day D: Tower Rush | older | $14.99 | 206 74% | 6.2k | $93k (exactly $92,638) | Creobit |
| | Bloodsports.TV | older | $9.99 | 255 83% | 7.7k | $76k (exactly $76,424) | Toadman Interactive, Fatshark |
 | TOTALLY BASEBALL | older | $14.99 | 149 87% | 4.5k | $67k (exactly $67,005) | ZEVO GAMES |
 | Gnumz: Masters of Defense | older | $14.99 | 111 69% | 3.3k | $50k (exactly $49,917) | Creobit |
 | Mind Spheres | older | $4.99 | 309 83% | 9.3k | $46k (exactly $46,257) | Microblast Games |
 | Winged Sakura: Mindy's Arc | older | $9.99 | 149 79% | 4.5k | $45k (exactly $44,655) | WINGED SAKURA GAMES |
 | KUNKUN Defender 2 | $4.99 | 294 94% | 8.8k | $44k (exactly $44,012) | Seal | |
 | Wild Ice | $19.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Journey Bound Games | |
 | Gold Defence | $9.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Winning Tactics | $9.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Summoner's Automata | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Wukong Survivors ：Begin | $2.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $1.6k (exactly $1,615) | Seal233 | |
 | Spin to Survive | $2.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Seal | |
 | Warranty Not Included | · EA | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | VRXtra |
 | Tower Defense: Goblin Wars | $0.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | Yusuf Islam Seyhan, Samet Acar |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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