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Should I ship a Supernatural Swordplay game?
Swordplay + Supernatural
Only 10 developers shipped a Supernatural Swordplay 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, Labyrinth Of The Demon King, 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, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $960 against a market of $630. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 25% | $5.7k (exactly $5,664) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,268,965) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Swordplay
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Swordplay
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 92% positive over 2,187 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Swordplay with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Shoot 'Em UpLong shot
- + SamuraiPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
ASTLIBRA Revision 2022 · $23M 
Labyrinth Of The Demon King 2025 · $1.3M 
Specters of the Deep 2025 · $12k 
Trap for the Heir 2024 · $5.7k 
Shonen Adventure : The Dual Blades Hero 2021 · $2.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ASTLIBRA Revision | older | $24.99 | 30,262 95% | 908k | $23M (exactly $22,687,421) | KEIZO |
| | Labyrinth Of The Demon King | $19.99 | 2,116 92% | 63k | $1.3M (exactly $1,268,965) | J. R. Hudepohl | |
| | Specters of the Deep | $11.99 | 34 91% | 1.0k | $12k (exactly $12,230) | Choice of Games | |
| | Trap for the Heir | $8.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $5.7k (exactly $5,664) | MariLuzaria | |
| | Shonen Adventure : The Dual Blades Hero | older | $13.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Melvyn Boutel |
 | Ortho Blaze | $13.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | Paracelsus Team | |
 | Last Stronghold | $3.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | skR1me | |
 | SurvivalEXtreme | older | $5.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | LegendaryLegion |
 | Princess Tier:Part 1 | older | $2.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Black Dot Studio |
 | Argyle Manor, Book 1: Away From The Sun | older | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Palladine Studios |
 | Frog & Blade | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | StarGazer | |
 | Times Dungeon | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Mad Quark | |
 | Battlement | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Henkdg | |
 | Cryptoria | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | XnaxlZzz_Studios | |
 | Fallen Sin | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Mimbis |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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