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Stealth + Tactical RPG
Only 14 developers shipped a Tactical RPG Stealth 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, Cyber Knights: Flashpoint, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 38 more are announced, ×7.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.5k, ×7.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.6M, ×4192 the market median. Revenue is up 475% on the market; 38 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) |
| Top 25% | $179k (exactly $179,040) |
| Top 5% | $2.6M (exactly $2,632,522) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 38 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 475% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Tactical RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, Tactical RPG; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Strategy, Tactical
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Isometric, Atmospheric, Retro
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 4,595 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + HistoricalPoor odds
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Comparable games
Partisans 1941 2020 · $6.8M 
Weird West: Definitive Edition 2022 · $4.8M 
Invisible, Inc. 2015 · $3.1M 
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint 2025 · $2.6M 
Capes 2024 · $535k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Partisans 1941 | older | $29.99 | 7,531 82% | 226k | $6.8M (exactly $6,775,641) | Alter Games |
| | Weird West: Definitive Edition | older | $39.99 | 3,962 77% | 119k | $4.8M (exactly $4,753,211) | WolfEye Studios |
| | Invisible, Inc. | older | $19.99 | 5,096 91% | 153k | $3.1M (exactly $3,056,071) | Klei Entertainment |
| | Cyber Knights: Flashpoint | $29.99 | 2,926 93% | 88k | $2.6M (exactly $2,632,522) | Trese Brothers | |
| | Capes | older | $39.99 | 446 67% | 13k | $535k (exactly $535,066) | Spitfire Interactive |
 | Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum | $12.99 | 839 98% | 25k | $327k (exactly $326,958) | nodayshalleraseyou | |
 | Silent Storm Gold Edition | older | $9.99 | 963 88% | 29k | $289k (exactly $288,611) | Nival |
 | Vultures - Scavengers of Death | $17.99 | 532 81% | 16k | $287k (exactly $287,120) | Team Vultures | |
 | Jagged Alliance: Rage! | older | $19.99 | 387 49% | 12k | $232k (exactly $232,084) | Cliffhanger Productions |
 | The Stone of Madness | $29.99 | 199 77% | 6.0k | $179k (exactly $179,040) | The Game Kitchen | |
 | City of Springs | $6.99 | 38 86% | 1.1k | $8.0k (exactly $7,969) | The Naked Dev, Alterego Games | |
 | Paracom | $10.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) | Steel Widow Klan | |
 | Downward Spear | · EA | $14.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | imakegame software |
 | Catolonizer | · EA | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Alin Games |
 | Master Knight | $3.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) | DIG Games | |
 | Pretty Agent 2 | $4.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | MC GAME |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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