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Should I ship an Auto Battler 4X?
4X + Auto Battler
Only 11 developers shipped an Auto Battler 4X 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, Songs of Silence, 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 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 $5.3k against a market of $1.5k. 20 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.3k (exactly $5,280) |
| Top 25% | $72k (exactly $71,940) |
| Top 5% | $2.1M (exactly $2,129,590) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 4X
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 4X, Auto Battler
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 3,141 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.3k. 6 in 10 of the 9 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.
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Comparable games
Hero's Hour 2022 · $2.5M 
Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith 2017 · $2.3M 
Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator 2024 · $2.3M 
Songs of Silence 2024 · $2.1M 
Line War 2022 · $807k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hero's Hour | older | $17.99 | 4,643 79% | 139k | $2.5M (exactly $2,505,827) | Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" Hauer |
| | Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith | older | $39.99 | 1,924 94% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,308,223) | Illwinter Game Design |
| | Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator | older | $44.99 | 1,686 90% | 51k | $2.3M (exactly $2,275,594) | Illwinter Game Design |
| | Songs of Silence | $29.99 | 2,367 79% | 71k | $2.1M (exactly $2,129,590) | Chimera Entertainment | |
| | Line War | older | $24.99 | 1,076 80% | 32k | $807k (exactly $806,677) | Studio Centurion |
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 | NationWar2:Chronicle | $16.99 | 378 78% | 11k | $193k (exactly $192,667) | Yiming | |
 | Legendary Creatures 2 | older | $5.99 | 885 70% | 27k | $159k (exactly $159,034) | HideChara |
 | Kingdom Ascension | $11.99 | 200 82% | 6.0k | $72k (exactly $71,940) | RainRingStudio | |
 | Folk Emerging | $24.99 | 73 86% | 2.2k | $55k (exactly $54,728) | Curious Dynamics | |
 | Hyper Empire | $11.99 | 46 78% | 1.4k | $17k (exactly $16,546) | Fair Weather Studios | |
 | Roots of Harmony | $8.00 | 22 100% | 660 | $5.3k (exactly $5,280) | Guillaume Beaumel | |
 | Grow Empire: Rome | $3.99 | 28 64% | 840 | $3.4k (exactly $3,352) | Games Station | |
 | Khaldun: Text Based Strategy | $4.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | SkyWolf | |
 | Shattered Lands (破碎之地) | $6.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | VoidStudio | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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