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Should I ship an Auto Battler Colony Sim?
Colony Sim + Auto Battler
Only 13 developers shipped an Auto Battler Colony Sim 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, Buggos 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×3.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $410k, ×661 the market median. Revenue is up 260% on the market; 27 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) |
| Top 25% | $6.1k (exactly $6,067) |
| Top 5% | $415k (exactly $414,992) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.49 |
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 260% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Colony Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Colony Sim, Auto Battler
- Price point
- $7.49 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 932 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Colony Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
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Comparable games
Garbage 2021 · $451k 
Buggos 2 2025 · $415k 
Buggos 2022 · $361k 
Unholy Heights 2013 · $135k 
High Sea Saga DX 2023 · $135k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Garbage | older | $14.99 | 1,003 66% | 30k | $451k (exactly $451,049) | Homebased |
| | Buggos 2 | $19.99 | 692 83% | 21k | $415k (exactly $414,992) | Intrepid Marmot | |
| | Buggos | older | $9.99 | 1,204 88% | 36k | $361k (exactly $360,839) | Intrepid Marmot |
| | Unholy Heights | older | $3.99 | 1,129 90% | 34k | $135k (exactly $135,141) | Petit Depotto |
| | High Sea Saga DX | older | $8.99 | 501 81% | 15k | $135k (exactly $135,120) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Basketball Club Story | older | $8.99 | 184 71% | 5.5k | $50k (exactly $49,625) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Rising Army | $11.99 | 57 64% | 1.7k | $21k (exactly $20,503) | Arkbits | |
 | Tennis Club Story | older | $8.99 | 72 59% | 2.2k | $19k (exactly $19,418) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Town Keeper | $8.99 | 51 92% | 1.5k | $14k (exactly $13,755) | Cuddle Code | |
 | Army To Army | older | $24.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $6.7k (exactly $6,747) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | Cube Kingdoms | $7.49 | 27 92% | 810 | $6.1k (exactly $6,067) | GamingPugsStudios | |
 | Cradle of the Dark Brood | $4.99 | 38 78% | 1.1k | $5.7k (exactly $5,689) | RyuseGames | |
 | BEACONFALL | $4.99 | 32 90% | 960 | $4.8k (exactly $4,790) | Game Dynasty | |
 | Dungeonborne Settlement | $4.99 | 16 56% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Dersty | |
 | Heroes For Hire - Guild Micromanagement Simulator | · EA | $7.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $2.2k (exactly $2,157) | Untouch |
 | Restoration: Chronicles of Survival | $2.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | ALGaming | |
 | Battle Babes 2 | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Recoil Mojo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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