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Should I ship a Political Sim Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Political Sim
Only 2 developers shipped a Political Sim Action-Adventure in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 14 did: 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.. 22 more are announced, ×22 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 0 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $180 against a market of $630. 22 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,217) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Political Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Political Sim
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $1.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 8,953 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 22 games are announced against 0 developers who shipped in the last year, ×22 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + MinigamesFair
- + BikesFair
- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
- + TypingLong shot
- + Time AttackLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
We. The Revolution 2019 · $1.2M 
RUSSIAPHOBIA 2020 · $166k 
Election Year Knockout 2020 · $24k 
My Friend Stalin 2021 · $13k 
Escape from Grustovia 2023 · $10k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | We. The Revolution | older | $19.99 | 1,997 73% | 60k | $1.2M (exactly $1,197,601) | Polyslash |
| | RUSSIAPHOBIA | older | $0.99 | 5,589 69% | 168k | $166k (exactly $165,993) | European Flameworms |
| | Election Year Knockout | older | $9.99 | 79 88% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | ExceptioNULL Games |
| | My Friend Stalin | older | $0.99 | 452 90% | 14k | $13k (exactly $13,424) | Boom Team |
| | Escape from Grustovia | older | $0.99 | 344 84% | 10k | $10k (exactly $10,217) | Sebasa Games |
 | Escape From Russia: Mobilization | older | $0.99 | 230 85% | 6.9k | $6.8k (exactly $6,831) | GosDev Production |
 | Meddl Dash | older | $0.99 | 218 98% | 6.5k | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Rainer Zufall |
 | Where is the Tutorial | older | $6.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | OlympicHamster |
 | I Am the Captain Now | older | $8.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | North Lake Games |
 | Deported 2: Build That Wall | older | $0.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $980 (exactly $980) | Crankage Games |
 | Niut | $3.00 | 2 50% | 60 | $180 (exactly $180) | AF Works ® | |
 | Empire: Sound of the North | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Good Punk Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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