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Should I ship a Supernatural Tactical RPG?
Tactical RPG + Supernatural
Only 12 developers shipped a Supernatural Tactical 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, Erannorth Renaissance, 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, ×2.5 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 $3.2k against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.2k (exactly $3,224) |
| Top 25% | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) |
| Top 5% | $112k (exactly $111,544) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 up 210% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tactical RPG
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 447 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Tactical RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + Space SimFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Total War: WARHAMMER 2016 · $58M 
Marvel's Midnight Suns 2022 · $31M 
Weird West: Definitive Edition 2022 · $4.8M 
Hard West 2 2022 · $2.4M 
The Lamplighters League 2023 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Total War: WARHAMMER | older | $59.99 | 32,105 79% | 963k | $58M (exactly $57,779,368) | CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (L… (CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Linux), Feral Interactive (Mac)) |
| | Marvel's Midnight Suns | older | $59.99 | 17,060 82% | 512k | $31M (exactly $30,702,882) | Firaxis Games |
| | Weird West: Definitive Edition | older | $39.99 | 3,962 77% | 119k | $4.8M (exactly $4,753,211) | WolfEye Studios |
| | Hard West 2 | older | $29.99 | 2,717 80% | 82k | $2.4M (exactly $2,444,485) | Ice Code Games |
| | The Lamplighters League | older | $49.99 | 726 71% | 22k | $1.1M (exactly $1,088,782) | Harebrained Schemes |
 | Shardpunk | older | $13.99 | 739 92% | 22k | $310k (exactly $310,158) | Clockwork Pile |
 | Erannorth Renaissance | $19.99 | 186 81% | 5.6k | $112k (exactly $111,544) | Spyridon Thalassinos | |
 | Deck of Souls | $11.99 | 153 84% | 4.6k | $55k (exactly $55,034) | Bigboot Studios | |
 | Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs | older | $9.99 | 67 52% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $20,080) | Arc System Works, TOYBOX Inc. |
 | Nayati River | older | $4.99 | 79 63% | 2.4k | $12k (exactly $11,826) | Worlds To Play |
 | Cult Leader Simulator | $17.99 | 16 50% | 480 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | Nhneno | |
 | Expedition: Shadow World | $15.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.8k (exactly $5,756) | Pavel Tanonov | |
 | Sahir: Shiv of Memories | $8.80 | 21 85% | 630 | $5.5k (exactly $5,544) | HCY Games | |
 | 鬼灵的冒险GUILING's Adventure | $1.99 | 54 94% | 1.6k | $3.2k (exactly $3,224) | 硅晶石工作室Sicrystal Studio | |
 | Mobs 'N Monsters | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Ghostie Games | |
 | Fate of Antara | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | CGI BUZZ Studio | |
 | Fake Ducks: Spooky Chronicles | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Mattia De Berardinis | |
 | The Last Sanctum | · EA | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Anomalybyte Studio, Sunset Disco |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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