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Should I ship an Alternate-History Card Battler?
Card Battler + Alternate History
Only 7 developers shipped an Alternate-History Card Battler 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, Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 40 more are announced, ×20 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $9.4k against a market of $630. 40 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $6.6k (exactly $6,594) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) |
| Top 25% | $55k (exactly $55,145) |
| Top 5% | $141k (exactly $141,206) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 40 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Card Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card rules plus simple encounter logic
- Alternate History
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Card Battler
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $10.99.
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 1,879 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $6.6k. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×20 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Card Battler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + CollectathonFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Party GameFair
- + SolitaireLong shot
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
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Comparable games
Unmatched: Digital Edition 2023 · $189k 
The Political Machine 2024 2024 · $153k 
Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter 2026 · $141k 
Artist Life Simulator 2022 · $104k 
Liberte 2023 · $91k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Unmatched: Digital Edition | older | $22.99 | 274 74% | 8.2k | $189k (exactly $188,978) | Dire Wolf |
| | The Political Machine 2024 | older | $19.99 | 255 74% | 7.7k | $153k (exactly $152,924) | Stardock Entertainment |
| | Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter | $14.99 | 314 90% | 9.4k | $141k (exactly $141,206) | Mango Factory | |
| | Artist Life Simulator | older | $19.99 | 173 79% | 5.2k | $104k (exactly $103,748) | Interactive Fate |
| | Liberte | older | $19.99 | 152 63% | 4.6k | $91k (exactly $91,154) | Superstatic |
 | Fantasy of Caocao 2 | older | $8.99 | 290 83% | 8.7k | $78k (exactly $78,213) | 桑尼游戏(Sunny Game) |
 | Last Day of Rome | older | $11.99 | 162 49% | 4.9k | $58k (exactly $58,271) | Hamsters |
 | Ultimate Hero | $9.99 | 184 65% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $55,145) | Fishwharf | |
 | TeamTower | · EA older | $19.99 | 37 64% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | pink rabbit |
 | 九州风流 | · EA older | $17.99 | 38 60% | 1.1k | $21k (exactly $20,509) | GB |
 | Vinecard | $9.99 | 42 95% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | SiriusStudio | |
 | Millennium Strategy | $14.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) | MiMo Games | |
 | The Midnight Crimes | $10.99 | 20 60% | 600 | $6.6k (exactly $6,594) | DeadlyCrow Games | |
 | Vox Populi: Germany 2025 | $7.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Velsin | |
 | 塔防神马都是浮云 | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 北京策马文化传媒有限公司 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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