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Should I ship a Programming Auto Battler?
Programming + Auto Battler
Only 14 developers shipped a Programming Auto 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, Rogue Voltage, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $14k, ×29 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $3.0k. Revenue is up 150% on the market; 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) |
|---|---|
| Median | $14k (exactly $13,786) |
| Top 25% | $129k (exactly $128,756) |
| Top 5% | $284k (exactly $284,462) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 150% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Programming
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Programming, Auto Battler
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 2,849 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.0k. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Programming with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + CrimeFair
- + Sci-fiFair
- + FuturisticFair
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Comparable games
GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena 2019 · $380k 
Rogue Voltage 2026 · $284k 
Xenopurge 2025 · $157k 
Auto Rogue 2025 · $151k 
Wireworks 2026 · $129k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena | older | $14.99 | 846 87% | 25k | $380k (exactly $380,446) | GFX47 |
| | Rogue Voltage | $15.99 | 593 92% | 18k | $284k (exactly $284,462) | Horizont Computergrafik | |
| | Xenopurge | $12.49 | 419 84% | 13k | $157k (exactly $156,999) | Traptics | |
| | Auto Rogue | $6.99 | 719 91% | 22k | $151k (exactly $150,774) | 定期的な宝物 | |
| | Wireworks | $6.99 | 614 89% | 18k | $129k (exactly $128,756) | JJJ | |
 | The Bibites: Digital Life | · EA | $9.99 | 218 96% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $65,335) | Omnia Studios |
 | UNHUMAN | $3.99 | 161 73% | 4.8k | $19k (exactly $19,272) | Kinda Lowkey Games | |
 | Echoes of the Architects | $9.99 | 46 80% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $13,786) | GFX47 | |
 | Bioprototype | $4.99 | 50 86% | 1.5k | $7.5k (exactly $7,485) | Emprom Game | |
 | Kanji Industry | · EA older | $6.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $5.5k (exactly $5,452) | Tsune Studio |
 | BBS (Bulletin Board System) Magica | $9.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | ねむねむおかき | |
 | Clank-Robotics | $6.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Clank Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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