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Should I ship a Supernatural Turn-Based Strategy?
Turn-Based Strategy + Supernatural
Of 25 developers who shipped a Supernatural Turn-Based Strategy in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 50 more are announced, ×6.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×2.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $55k, ×88 the market median. Revenue is up 155% on the market; 50 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) |
| Top 25% | $4.3k (exactly $4,302) |
| Top 5% | $55k (exactly $55,034) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 50 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 155% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Strategy
- 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
- Turn-Based Strategy; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Deckbuilding, RPG, Card Battler
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 580 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 50 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Strategy with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + WuxiaFair
- + Cold WarFair
- + RomeFair
- + LootFair
- + MiningFair
- + DwarvesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + TanksFair
- + SokobanFair
- + Top-Down ShooterFair
- + SpaceFair
Comparable games
Persona 3 Reload 2024 · $78M 
Total War: WARHAMMER 2016 · $58M 
Marvel's Midnight Suns 2022 · $31M 
Hard West 2015 · $2.5M 
Hard West 2 2022 · $2.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Persona 3 Reload | older | $59.99 | 43,497 95% | 1.3M | $78M (exactly $78,281,551) | ATLUS |
| | 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 |
| | Hard West | older | $19.99 | 4,103 74% | 123k | $2.5M (exactly $2,460,569) | CreativeForge Games |
| | 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 |
 | Rogue Lords | older | $24.99 | 1,442 71% | 43k | $1.1M (exactly $1,081,067) | Leikir Studio, Cyanide Studio |
 | Sword of the Stars: The Pit | older | $9.99 | 1,132 83% | 34k | $339k (exactly $339,260) | Kerberos Productions |
 | Echo Generation: Midnight Edition | older | $24.99 | 155 92% | 4.7k | $116k (exactly $116,204) | Cococucumber |
 | Exorcism Agency | $12.99 | 222 91% | 6.7k | $87k (exactly $86,513) | YINGGUO GAME | |
 | Deck of Souls | $11.99 | 153 84% | 4.6k | $55k (exactly $55,034) | Bigboot Studios | |
 | Makai Agito | $9.99 | 72 94% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,578) | Gumi Bytes, Dani Sugimoto-Lee | |
 | Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated | $4.99 | 53 86% | 1.6k | $7.9k (exactly $7,934) | Shadow Layer Games LLC | |
 | DeckLand | · EA | $14.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | JellySnow Studio |
 | Battle Of The Abyss | $4.99 | 33 93% | 990 | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) | 1029studio | |
 | Trial of Ariah | $11.95 | 12 91% | 360 | $4.3k (exactly $4,302) | 30 Minute Games | |
 | Desideratum: Blood Bonds | · EA | $19.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | Anaximanes Entertainment |
 | Legend of the Wargod | · EA | $22.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $3.4k (exactly $3,448) | Revelen |
 | Axe Ghost | $9.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Tomasz Kaye |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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