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Should I ship an AI Auto Battler?
Auto Battler + Artificial Intelligence
Of 23 developers who shipped an AI Auto Battler 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.. 28 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×3.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $600. Revenue is up 650% on the market; 28 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $600 (exactly $600) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $25,424) |
| Top 5% | $237k (exactly $237,130) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 650% on the market, supply 260% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 30%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Artificial Intelligence
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Auto Battler; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Inventory Management, Loot, RPG
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 4,315 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Auto Battler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator 2023 · EA · $1.9M 
Teamfight Manager 2 2026 · EA · $1.3M 
Fish Game 2023 · $442k 
GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena 2019 · $380k 
Northend Tower Defense 2024 · $314k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator | · EA older | $6.99 | 8,904 96% | 267k | $1.9M (exactly $1,867,169) | JoySpark Games |
| | Teamfight Manager 2 | · EA | $19.99 | 2,251 60% | 68k | $1.3M (exactly $1,349,925) | Team Samoyed |
| | Fish Game | older | $24.99 | 589 93% | 18k | $442k (exactly $441,573) | A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink… (A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink Games) |
| | GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena | older | $14.99 | 846 87% | 25k | $380k (exactly $380,446) | GFX47 |
| | Northend Tower Defense | older | $7.99 | 1,309 75% | 39k | $314k (exactly $313,767) | Northend Games |
 | Backpack Jianghu | $13.99 | 565 80% | 17k | $237k (exactly $237,130) | 背包工作室 | |
 | Rocky Idle | $9.99 | 308 83% | 9.2k | $92k (exactly $92,308) | Rocky Games Studio | |
 | Backpack Dungeon | $3.99 | 656 87% | 20k | $79k (exactly $78,523) | 夜喵 | |
 | The Bibites: Digital Life | · EA | $9.99 | 218 96% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $65,335) | Omnia Studios |
 | NebuLeet | $15.99 | 53 90% | 1.6k | $25k (exactly $25,424) | quasilyte | |
 | UNHUMAN | $3.99 | 161 73% | 4.8k | $19k (exactly $19,272) | Kinda Lowkey Games | |
 | Guildamation | $14.99 | 36 75% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | Hammerback Games | |
 | Visseron Idle | $2.99 | 46 78% | 1.4k | $4.1k (exactly $4,126) | HammaLlama | |
 | Pixel Empires | $4.99 | 21 33% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | PiqFocus Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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