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Should I ship a Superhero Turn-Based Combat game?
Turn-Based Combat + Superhero
Only 9 developers shipped a Superhero Turn-Based Combat 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, Nova Hearts, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $59 against a market of $1.5k. 10 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $59 (exactly $59) |
| Top 25% | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 5% | $50k (exactly $50,375) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 70% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Superhero
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Turn-Based Combat
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $7.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 21,317 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
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Nova Hearts 2025 · $50k | 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 |
| | Chroma Squad | older | $14.99 | 2,913 95% | 87k | $1.3M (exactly $1,309,976) | Behold Studios |
| | Capes | older | $39.99 | 446 67% | 13k | $535k (exactly $535,066) | Spitfire Interactive |
| | Invincible Presents: Atom Eve | older | $9.99 | 550 96% | 17k | $165k (exactly $164,835) | Terrible Posture Games |
| | Nova Hearts | $19.99 | 84 67% | 2.5k | $50k (exactly $50,375) | Lightbulb Crew | |
 | FAS: Fight Action Sandbox | older | $6.99 | 69 63% | 2.1k | $14k (exactly $14,469) | Vona Soft |
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 | Specter: The Battle of the Mind | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | AlguemBonitinho | |
 | Super Chroma Bots : SEASON ONE | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | NecroCatic Games | |
 | Valkyrie Star: A Cacophony Choir | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Spirit Corgi | |
 | 破环者 LoopBreaker | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 白哥制作 | |
 | ALYUP | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HashMO Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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