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Should I ship a Strategy RPG Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Strategy RPG
Only 12 developers shipped a Strategy RPG Third-Person Shooter 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, WARSHIFT 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×7.0 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 $1.0k against a market of $1.5k. 28 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 25% | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) |
| Top 5% | $32k (exactly $32,384) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Strategy 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
- Third-Person Shooter, Strategy RPG
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 61% positive over 162 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Boat Crew 2022 · EA · $323k 
Tru Or Die 2023 · $101k 
Prime & Load : 1776 2020 · $75k 
WARSHIFT 2 2026 · $32k 
Puropu Defense Squad 2024 · $8.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Boat Crew | · EA older | $24.99 | 431 89% | 13k | $323k (exactly $323,121) | Tabbing Tabby |
| | Tru Or Die | older | $9.99 | 336 52% | 10k | $101k (exactly $100,699) | Tru Hunnit |
| | Prime & Load : 1776 | older | $7.99 | 313 76% | 9.4k | $75k (exactly $75,026) | Radio Silence Entertainment |
| | WARSHIFT 2 | $19.99 | 54 70% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $32,384) | Cyril Megem | |
| | Puropu Defense Squad | $9.99 | 28 57% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | PlayTogether Studio | |
 | Money And Lady | 财貌双全 | $9.99 | 20 35% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Happy DLC Studio | |
 | Pretty Agent | older | $4.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | MC GAME |
 | Climber Girl | $7.99 | 19 36% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | AlterLab Development | |
 | Clan monsters | older | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Gamesforgames |
 | Grim Pastures | · EA | $3.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $3.0k (exactly $2,992) | 7hgamestudio |
 | Pretty Agent 2 | $4.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | MC GAME | |
 | Shattered Lands (破碎之地) | $6.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | VoidStudio | |
 | Stars And Empires: Colony Defense | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Elemental Legion | |
 | Faith Of Life _ Survive Edition | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Faith Studio Team | |
 | MonsterEnd | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | XiaoDongMa |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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