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Should I ship a Thriller Strategy RPG?
Strategy RPG + Thriller
Only 12 developers shipped a Thriller Strategy RPG 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, SubZero, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $12k against a market of $630. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $12k (exactly $12,288) |
| Top 25% | $361k (exactly $361,019) |
| Top 5% | $815k (exactly $814,884) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Thriller
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy RPG
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 5,319 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 6 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
SubZero 2026 · $815k 
Out Of Hands 2025 · $713k 
消失的航班，还有她她她！Lost in the secret! 2025 · $361k 
Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes 2023 · $182k 
Paper Bride 6 Nightmare 2024 · $111k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SubZero | $9.99 | 2,719 92% | 82k | $815k (exactly $814,884) | Joy Media Limited | |
| | Out Of Hands | $17.99 | 1,322 93% | 40k | $713k (exactly $713,483) | Game River | |
| | 消失的航班，还有她她她！Lost in the secret! | $19.99 | 602 89% | 18k | $361k (exactly $361,019) | Humongous Pictures | |
| | Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes | older | $9.99 | 606 84% | 18k | $182k (exactly $181,618) | HeartBeat Plus |
| | Paper Bride 6 Nightmare | $9.99 | 369 81% | 11k | $111k (exactly $110,589) | HeartBeat Plus | |
 | Exorcism Agency | $12.99 | 222 91% | 6.7k | $87k (exactly $86,513) | YINGGUO GAME | |
 | Winter Clothing | $9.99 | 41 75% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | 坤舆科技 | |
 | Five Nights: No Escape | older | $9.99 | 33 66% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | Fun Cradle |
 | Jin Conception | older | $14.99 | 10 20% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Jin Wave Studio LLC |
 | NO STRANGERS | $4.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Xeirel Software | |
 | 污水危机：起源 Sewage Crisis: Origins | $5.99 | 10 30% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | 水淼水 | |
 | Iron Graves | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Commoditech | |
 | OMEGA 卡牌冒险 | $3.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | OMEGA |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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