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Should I ship a WWII Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + World War II
Of 24 developers who shipped a WWII Action-Adventure 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.. 37 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.3k, ×6.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $7.2M, ×11522 the market median. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 37 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.3k (exactly $4,336) |
| Top 25% | $100k (exactly $100,150) |
| Top 5% | $7.2M (exactly $7,236,052) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 85 |
| Announced | 37 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 up 60% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- World War II
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Shooter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Gore
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 21,234 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 6 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 37 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different setting or mood, 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
Sniper Elite 5 2022 · $37M 
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 2024 · $27M 
Sniper Elite: Resistance 2025 · $7.2M 
Medal of Honor™: Above and Beyond 2020 · $3.0M 
Commandos: Origins 2025 · $2.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sniper Elite 5 | older | $49.99 | 24,818 83% | 745k | $37M (exactly $37,219,555) | Rebellion |
| | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | $69.99 | 13,058 89% | 392k | $27M (exactly $27,417,883) | MachineGames | |
| | Sniper Elite: Resistance | $49.99 | 4,825 75% | 145k | $7.2M (exactly $7,236,052) | Rebellion | |
| | Medal of Honor™: Above and Beyond | older | $39.99 | 2,466 65% | 74k | $3.0M (exactly $2,958,460) | Respawn Entertainment |
| | Commandos: Origins | $49.99 | 1,844 79% | 55k | $2.8M (exactly $2,765,447) | Claymore Game Studios | |
 | Martha Is Dead | older | $29.99 | 2,700 78% | 81k | $2.4M (exactly $2,429,190) | LKA |
 | The Saboteur™ | older | $9.99 | 2,790 91% | 84k | $836k (exactly $836,163) | Pandemic Studios |
 | Deadfall Adventures | older | $19.99 | 1,307 74% | 39k | $784k (exactly $783,808) | The Farm 51 |
 | Sniper Elite VR | older | $29.99 | 803 56% | 24k | $722k (exactly $722,459) | Just Add Water (Developments), Ltd. |
 | BloodRayne: Terminal Cut | older | $14.99 | 1,593 90% | 48k | $716k (exactly $716,372) | Terminal Reality |
 | Trench Lord: Eastern Front | $11.99 | 774 83% | 23k | $278k (exactly $278,408) | Tracer Studio, LING YUN CO.,LTD. | |
 | Zombie Army VR | $29.99 | 182 44% | 5.5k | $164k (exactly $163,745) | Rebellion, Xtended Realities | |
 | A Foreign World | $19.99 | 167 84% | 5.0k | $100k (exactly $100,150) | HighbornTiger | |
 | Medic: Pacific War | · EA | $9.99 | 143 70% | 4.3k | $43k (exactly $42,857) | Hypnotic Ants |
 | Fuck's Quest II | $4.99 | 133 100% | 4.0k | $20k (exactly $19,910) | Ancient Computer Tech | |
 | Salvation: Echoes of War | $19.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Infinite Entropy | |
 | Quartermain and the Cult of Cthulhu | $2.99 | 92 95% | 2.8k | $8.3k (exactly $8,252) | ThePrinceOfMars |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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