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Should I ship a Traditional Roguelike Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + Traditional Roguelike
Of 78 developers who shipped a Traditional Roguelike Turn-Based Tactics 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.. 95 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is flat on the market; 95 games are announced against 62 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) |
| Top 5% | $120k (exactly $119,952) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 78 |
| Released games | 133 |
| Announced | 95 |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 290% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, 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
- Traditional Roguelike
- 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, Traditional Roguelike; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, Strategy, RPG
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Top-Down, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 2,802 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 95 games are announced against 62 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Low Magic Age 2017 · EA · $1.5M 
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island 2024 · $564k 
Tangledeep 2018 · $483k 
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind 2023 · $300k 
Prime of Flames 2022 · $277k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Low Magic Age | · EA older | $14.99 | 3,342 89% | 100k | $1.5M (exactly $1,502,897) | Low Magic Studios |
| | Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island | $39.99 | 470 85% | 14k | $564k (exactly $563,859) | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | |
| | Tangledeep | older | $14.99 | 1,075 82% | 32k | $483k (exactly $483,428) | Impact Gameworks |
| | Desktop Dungeons: Rewind | older | $19.99 | 501 75% | 15k | $300k (exactly $300,450) | QCF Design |
| | Prime of Flames | older | $9.99 | 923 84% | 28k | $277k (exactly $276,623) | RAYKA STUDIO |
 | Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure 2 | older | $24.99 | 342 89% | 10k | $256k (exactly $256,397) | NEKOTOKAGE GAMES |
 | WazHack | older | $9.99 | 586 89% | 18k | $176k (exactly $175,624) | Waz |
 | Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers | $9.99 | 543 65% | 16k | $163k (exactly $162,737) | Dino Rocket | |
 | Sproggiwood | older | $14.99 | 326 79% | 9.8k | $147k (exactly $146,602) | Freehold Games |
 | Flick Shot Rogues | $14.99 | 295 87% | 8.9k | $133k (exactly $132,662) | Butter By The Fish | |
 | Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- | $24.99 | 160 49% | 4.8k | $120k (exactly $119,952) | Square Enix | |
 | Jupiter Hell Classic | · EA | $14.99 | 230 95% | 6.9k | $103k (exactly $103,431) | ChaosForge |
 | Forsworn | $15.99 | 187 90% | 5.6k | $90k (exactly $89,704) | Resummon Studios LLC | |
 | Backpack Dungeon | $3.99 | 656 87% | 20k | $79k (exactly $78,523) | 夜喵 | |
 | Lost in Prayer | · EA | $19.99 | 92 80% | 2.8k | $55k (exactly $55,172) | Nine Dots Studio |
 | Infinite Cards | $15.99 | 96 93% | 2.9k | $46k (exactly $46,051) | Tubby Turtle Studios | |
 | Indies' Lies 2: Fire Seed | $14.99 | 73 67% | 2.2k | $33k (exactly $32,828) | Fun Square Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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