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Should I ship a Time-Travel Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Time Travel
Only 9 developers shipped a Time-Travel 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, Multiverse Loot Hunter, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×5.0 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 $450 against a market of $630. 20 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $24,161) |
| Top 5% | $930k (exactly $929,824) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 20 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 27%, 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
- Time Travel
- 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 Tactics
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 11,666 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Tactics with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + AutomationFair
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- + MiningFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + PlatformerLong shot
Comparable games
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel 2020 · $2.9M 
Multiverse Loot Hunter 2025 · $930k 
Loop Queen-Escape Dungeon 3 2024 · $366k 
Dark Chess 2023 · $60k 
Another Eden Begins 2026 · $60k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel | older | $11.99 | 8,097 96% | 243k | $2.9M (exactly $2,912,491) | Conor Petersen, Thunkspace, LLC |
| | Multiverse Loot Hunter | $11.99 | 2,585 80% | 78k | $930k (exactly $929,824) | 游戏养家工作室 | |
| | Loop Queen-Escape Dungeon 3 | older | $19.99 | 611 84% | 18k | $366k (exactly $366,417) | Hide Games |
| | Dark Chess | older | $12.99 | 155 76% | 4.7k | $60k (exactly $60,404) | Tall Troll Games |
| | Another Eden Begins | $39.99 | 50 72% | 1.5k | $60k (exactly $59,985) | WRIGHT FLYER STUDIOS | |
 | Break the Loop | older | $14.99 | 57 78% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $25,633) | Mastodonte |
 | How to create a witch | $12.99 | 62 66% | 1.9k | $24k (exactly $24,161) | Kujirabo。 | |
 | Oakenfold | older | $19.99 | 24 70% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | Rutger van Dijk |
 | 反图灵测试/Anti-TuringTest | · EA older | $10.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $6.3k (exactly $6,264) | metagalaxy panda |
 | Riftania | older | $11.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) | Rift Haven |
 | BOT.vinnik Chess: Legendary Queens | $1.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $896 (exactly $896) | Deep Green Games | |
 | Honest Helper | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Adam Robichaux | |
 | After He Was Gone | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Nono | |
 | Time Riggers | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | CocoMimi Games | |
 | TimeParadox | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | WOYMMM | |
 | Timeborn | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jacob Gislason |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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