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Should I ship a Thriller Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Thriller
Only 12 developers shipped a Thriller Turn-Based Tactics 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, Out Of Hands, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $680, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $710k, ×1136 the market median. Revenue is up 8160% on the market; 16 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $683 (exactly $683) |
| Top 25% | $87k (exactly $86,513) |
| Top 5% | $713k (exactly $713,483) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 8160% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Thriller
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 2,577 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Out Of Hands 2025 · $713k 
SIDE EFFECTS 2025 · $128k 
Exorcism Agency 2025 · $87k 
勇者与亡灵之都 2024 · $75k 
Relief 2026 · $34k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Out Of Hands | $17.99 | 1,322 93% | 40k | $713k (exactly $713,483) | Game River | |
| | SIDE EFFECTS | $4.99 | 858 83% | 26k | $128k (exactly $128,443) | hirohun, Mr.Pootsley, Jaybooty, Lofar42 | |
| | Exorcism Agency | $12.99 | 222 91% | 6.7k | $87k (exactly $86,513) | YINGGUO GAME | |
| | 勇者与亡灵之都 | older | $6.99 | 356 93% | 11k | $75k (exactly $74,653) | grade |
| | Relief | $9.99 | 112 70% | 3.4k | $34k (exactly $33,566) | Billiontail | |
 | Dissimilar | $18.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $17k (exactly $16,521) | Opal Grave Games | |
 | Raging Bytes | older | $14.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | Hit-Point Co.,Ltd. |
 | Zombies!!! Board Game | older | $14.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | BABAROGA, LLC |
 | It Returned To The Desert | older | $4.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Tim Rachor |
 | Grand Strokers | older | $9.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | NecroCatic Games |
 | 西部枪手 | · EA | $0.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $683 (exactly $683) | 比岛礁石 |
 | GASLIFT: A Chair Horror | $2.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | SmoochGM | |
 | Fracas | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Rookbird Games | |
 | Ivan | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Henry Scheuller | |
 | Hidden Bloodhunt | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Imaginary Conception |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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