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Should I ship a Tactical RPG Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Tactical RPG
Only 10 developers shipped a Tactical RPG Third-Person Shooter 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, Deadrock Redemption 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 35 more are announced, ×8.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.0k against a market of $1.5k. 35 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $55k (exactly $55,313) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 35 |
| 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 up 1470% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Tactical RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Tactical RPG; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Hero Shooter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Third Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 9 games average 76% positive over 204 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Phoenix Point 2020 · $4.0M 
DIRECT CONTACT 2024 · EA · $148k 
Prime & Load : 1776 2020 · $75k 
Deadrock Redemption 2 2025 · $55k 
Outbreak: Contagious Memories 2022 · $27k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Phoenix Point | older | $24.99 | 5,375 73% | 161k | $4.0M (exactly $4,029,637) | Snapshot Games Inc. |
| | DIRECT CONTACT | · EA older | $14.99 | 328 31% | 9.8k | $148k (exactly $147,502) | Mountain 81 |
| | Prime & Load : 1776 | older | $7.99 | 313 76% | 9.4k | $75k (exactly $75,026) | Radio Silence Entertainment |
| | Deadrock Redemption 2 | $14.99 | 123 86% | 3.7k | $55k (exactly $55,313) | Entropy Digital Entertainment | |
| | Outbreak: Contagious Memories | older | $29.99 | 30 63% | 900 | $27k (exactly $26,991) | Dead Drop Studios LLC |
 | Magicians And Monsters | older | $5.99 | 68 64% | 2.0k | $12k (exactly $12,220) | 呜噜噜游戏 |
 | Survival Africa | older | $16.99 | 22 36% | 660 | $11k (exactly $11,213) | MeanDean |
 | Maroon Berets: 2030 | older | $7.99 | 30 46% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Maroon Berets: 2030 |
 | Pretty Agent | older | $4.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | MC GAME |
 | Climber Girl | $7.99 | 19 36% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | AlterLab Development | |
 | Survalker | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Maniac Path 3 | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Gamesforgames | |
 | ACESurvivor | $4.99 | 10 50% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | brainstorm Solo Studio | |
 | Pretty Agent 2 | $4.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | MC GAME | |
 | 100 Wars | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | 文艺复兴雪 | |
 | Doomvile Brainrot | $0.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $446 (exactly $446) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Drone:Modern Warfare | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | AndyKwok008 | |
 | Infinite Zombie Tide | · EA | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LZYX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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