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Should I ship a Top-Down Shooter Turn-Based Strategy?
Turn-Based Strategy + Top-Down Shooter
Only 13 developers shipped a Top-Down Shooter Turn-Based Strategy 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, Decks of Dexterity, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $120. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 13 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,618) |
| Top 25% | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) |
| Top 5% | $15k (exactly $14,840) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 down 20% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Top-Down Shooter
- 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 Strategy, Top-Down Shooter
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 132 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + WuxiaFair
- + Cold WarFair
- + RomeFair
- + LootFair
- + MiningFair
- + DwarvesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerFair
- + TanksFair
- + SokobanFair
- + SpaceFair
- + SteampunkFair
Comparable games
Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate 2022 · $1.8M 
No Plan B 2024 · $342k 
DUSK '82: ULTIMATE EDITION 2021 · $80k 
Control Craft 3 2016 · $35k 
Tactical Combat Department 2022 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate | older | $9.99 | 5,918 92% | 178k | $1.8M (exactly $1,773,625) | PUNKCAKE Delicieux |
| | No Plan B | older | $14.99 | 761 86% | 23k | $342k (exactly $342,222) | GFX47 |
| | DUSK '82: ULTIMATE EDITION | older | $6.99 | 383 95% | 11k | $80k (exactly $80,315) | David Szymanski |
| | Control Craft 3 | older | $4.99 | 235 73% | 7.1k | $35k (exactly $35,180) | Cristian Manolachi, Atomic Fabrik |
| | Tactical Combat Department | older | $4.99 | 108 61% | 3.2k | $16k (exactly $16,168) | LukasH |
 | Decks of Dexterity | $14.99 | 33 100% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Coded Games | |
 | WarForwards | older | $9.99 | 47 78% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | Roman Pak |
 | NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics | older | $3.99 | 78 80% | 2.3k | $9.3k (exactly $9,337) | Post Mortem Pixels |
 | Misty Land | $8.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $6.5k (exactly $6,473) | Branches Games | |
 | Last Bullet | $6.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | ToxicByteGames | |
 | Idle Zombie Wave: Premium | $7.99 | 21 38% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Ryki Studio | |
 | Space Grunts: Chrono Shard | $15.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.9k (exactly $1,919) | Orangepixel | |
 | JAIL DICE: Roll to Break | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | GyoonyGames | |
 | Rootin' Tootin' Lootin' & Shootin' | $8.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.6k (exactly $1,618) | Raspberry Jam | |
 | Intergalactic Cleaning Squad | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Rigid Games | |
 | Bweh | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | mrcringedk | |
 | Clock Shooter | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 4dimonk |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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