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Should I ship a Military Auto Battler?
Auto Battler + Military
Of 44 developers who shipped a Military 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.. 55 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×1.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $320k, ×510 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 55 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $19,780) |
| Top 5% | $320k (exactly $320,404) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 44 |
| Released games | 83 |
| Announced | 55 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 down 55% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Military
- 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
- Auto Battler; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Base Building, Tactical
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $18.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $18.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 8,696 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 7 in 10 of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 55 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Auto Battler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + ProgrammingFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Action RTSFair
- + SimulationFair
- + EconomyFair
- + SandboxFair
- + CyberpunkFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + CatsFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + SwordplayFair
Comparable games
Tower Dominion 2025 · $2.7M 
Citadelum 2024 · $753k 
There Are No Orcs 2025 · $320k 
Northend Tower Defense 2024 · $314k 
Annihilate The Spance 2025 · EA · $312k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tower Dominion | $17.49 | 5,117 85% | 154k | $2.7M (exactly $2,684,890) | Parallel 45 Games | |
| | Citadelum | $24.99 | 1,005 83% | 30k | $753k (exactly $753,448) | Abylight Barcelona | |
| | There Are No Orcs | $8.99 | 1,188 93% | 36k | $320k (exactly $320,404) | BaseTrade Studio | |
| | Northend Tower Defense | older | $7.99 | 1,309 75% | 39k | $314k (exactly $313,767) | Northend Games |
| | Annihilate The Spance | · EA | $29.99 | 347 90% | 10k | $312k (exactly $312,196) | Skyglow Softworks |
 | NationWar2:Chronicle | $16.99 | 378 78% | 11k | $193k (exactly $192,667) | Yiming | |
 | Wooden Battles | older | $9.99 | 515 79% | 15k | $154k (exactly $154,346) | SP Digital Arts Inc. |
 | Operation: Polygon Storm | older | $14.99 | 233 69% | 7.0k | $105k (exactly $104,780) | Toxic Studio |
 | D.O.T. Defence | $14.99 | 196 85% | 5.9k | $88k (exactly $88,141) | Rattleaxe Games | |
 | Private Military Manager: Tactical Auto Battler | · EA | $5.99 | 291 69% | 8.7k | $52k (exactly $52,293) | 5minlab Corp. |
 | Lords and Legions | · EA | $18.99 | 59 74% | 1.8k | $34k (exactly $33,612) | Warborne Studios |
 | Flaregate Network | $14.99 | 58 77% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $26,083) | Keycard Studio, LLC | |
 | Rising Army | $11.99 | 57 64% | 1.7k | $21k (exactly $20,503) | Arkbits |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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