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Stealth + Turn-Based Tactics
Only 10 developers shipped a Turn-Based Tactics 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.. 36 more are announced, ×7.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.1k, ×6.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $2.6M, ×4192 the market median. Revenue is up 1085% on the market; 36 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) |
| Top 25% | $120k (exactly $120,034) |
| Top 5% | $2.6M (exactly $2,632,522) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 57 |
| Announced | 36 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 1085% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Turn-Based Tactics
- 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, Turn-Based Tactics
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 89% positive over 3,801 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden 2018 · $14M 
Phantom Doctrine 2018 · $4.6M 
Invisible, Inc. 2015 · $3.1M 
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint 2025 · $2.6M 
Demeo 2021 · $2.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden | older | $34.99 | 13,305 89% | 399k | $14M (exactly $13,966,258) | The Bearded Ladies |
| | Phantom Doctrine | older | $39.99 | 3,821 73% | 115k | $4.6M (exactly $4,584,054) | CreativeForge Games |
| | 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 | |
| | Demeo | older | $39.99 | 1,703 87% | 51k | $2.0M (exactly $2,043,089) | Resolution Games |
 | Classified: France '44 | older | $39.99 | 844 70% | 25k | $1.0M (exactly $1,012,547) | Absolutely Games |
 | Sumerian Six | older | $29.99 | 1,101 94% | 33k | $991k (exactly $990,570) | Artificer |
 | RONIN | older | $12.99 | 1,613 71% | 48k | $629k (exactly $628,586) | Tomasz Wacławek |
 | Capes | older | $39.99 | 446 67% | 13k | $535k (exactly $535,066) | Spitfire Interactive |
 | 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 | |
 | Rina's Undercover Train Operation | $13.99 | 286 70% | 8.6k | $120k (exactly $120,034) | Metamorphose | |
 | Paracom | $10.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) | Steel Widow Klan | |
 | Double It | $5.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) | Anisage Games | |
 | Nightmare Pursuit | · EA | $4.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | JusCify |
 | Shadowlight | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Unangwata | |
 | Ivan | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Henry Scheuller | |
 | Hidden Bloodhunt | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Imaginary Conception | |
 | Within The Mind | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | RC-LP |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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