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Should I ship a Superhero Tactical game?
Tactical + Superhero
Only 5 developers shipped a Superhero Tactical 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, STARVAULT VR, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $600 against a market of $1.5k. 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,367) |
| Top 5% | $49k (exactly $49,480) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Tactical
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 18,544 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 16 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Marvel's Midnight Suns 2022 · $31M 
Capes 2024 · $535k 
Freedom Force 2009 · $66k 
STARVAULT VR 2026 · $49k 
Time To Stop Time 2020 · $48k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Marvel's Midnight Suns | older | $59.99 | 17,060 82% | 512k | $31M (exactly $30,702,882) | Firaxis Games |
| | Capes | older | $39.99 | 446 67% | 13k | $535k (exactly $535,066) | Spitfire Interactive |
| | Freedom Force | older | $4.99 | 443 60% | 13k | $66k (exactly $66,317) | Irrational Games |
| | STARVAULT VR | $24.99 | 66 89% | 2.0k | $49k (exactly $49,480) | Theia Games | |
| | Time To Stop Time | older | $9.99 | 161 71% | 4.8k | $48k (exactly $48,252) | Sicarius |
 | Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich | older | $4.99 | 263 88% | 7.9k | $39k (exactly $39,371) | Irrational Games |
 | Super Farming Boy | · EA | $12.99 | 42 85% | 1.3k | $16k (exactly $16,367) | LemonChili Soft |
 | Captain ToonHead vs the Punks from Outer Space | older | $19.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Teravision Games |
 | The Handler of Dragons | · EA older | $11.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Hi-Quality Jerzy Calinski |
 | CyberHoney | older | $4.99 | 28 46% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | aliothgame |
 | FULL BET - FIGHTING CASINO - | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | FlatMountain | |
 | Lucky Pikinini - Advanced Killer Cyborg | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Lucky Pikinini | |
 | Archomni 2: Mondus Maxima | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DIONYSIOS DIAMANTOPOULOS |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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