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Should I ship an Auto Battler God Game?
God Game + Auto Battler
Only 12 developers shipped an Auto Battler God Game 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, My Infamous Dungeon, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60; 1 in 20 cleared $28k, ×45 the market median. Revenue is up 2410% on the market; 25 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $13,630) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $28,331) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 2410% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- God Game
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- God Game, Auto Battler
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 286 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
God Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + HistoricalFair
- + EconomyFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + DestructionFair
- + DystopianFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Farming SimLong shot
- + AgricultureLong shot
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith 2017 · $2.3M 
Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator 2024 · $2.3M 
Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator 2023 · EA · $1.9M 
Godhood 2020 · $785k 
Fish Game 2023 · $442k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith | older | $39.99 | 1,924 94% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,308,223) | Illwinter Game Design |
| | Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator | older | $44.99 | 1,686 90% | 51k | $2.3M (exactly $2,275,594) | Illwinter Game Design |
| | Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator | · EA older | $6.99 | 8,904 96% | 267k | $1.9M (exactly $1,867,169) | JoySpark Games |
| | Godhood | older | $26.99 | 970 70% | 29k | $785k (exactly $785,409) | Abbey Games |
| | 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) |
 | Hole Dweller | older | $7.99 | 260 96% | 7.8k | $62k (exactly $62,322) | Thigh High Games |
 | My Infamous Dungeon | $14.99 | 63 76% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $28,331) | BoxFox Studios | |
 | Random Legion | older | $5.99 | 146 68% | 4.4k | $26k (exactly $26,236) | Stardust Light Studio |
 | ELARIENNE | $7.99 | 93 61% | 2.8k | $22k (exactly $22,292) | JDL | |
 | Delvegg | $6.99 | 65 92% | 2.0k | $14k (exactly $13,630) | Fourfold Compass | |
 | Karma Keepers | $4.99 | 52 69% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | yonazdev | |
 | BLEST | $6.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Oedipe Games | |
 | Idle RPG | $6.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Repeat Games | |
 | Imperial Wager: The Shattered Crown of Augustus | $19.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Ke Zhou | |
 | Defend the Dragon Palace! | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Crystal Cat | |
 | BattleBalls | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | pingus | |
 | Save stray cats | $0.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | stray cat |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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