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Should I ship a WWII Base Building game?
Base Building + World War II
Only 5 developers shipped a WWII Base Building 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, Ground of Aces, 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, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.0k against a market of $630. 14 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,015) |
| Top 25% | $110k (exactly $110,372) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,273,076) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 29%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Base Building
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- World War II
- 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
- Base Building
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $18.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 140,675 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 14 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Foxhole 2022 · $43M 
Company of Heroes 2 2013 · $41M 
Company of Heroes 2006 · $5.7M 
Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition 2007 · $5.4M 
Ground of Aces 2025 · EA · $1.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Foxhole | older | $29.99 | 47,330 79% | 1.4M | $43M (exactly $42,582,801) | Siege Camp |
| | Company of Heroes 2 | older | $19.99 | 68,909 80% | 2.1M | $41M (exactly $41,324,727) | Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive… (Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)) |
| | Company of Heroes | older | $14.99 | 12,612 94% | 378k | $5.7M (exactly $5,671,616) | Relic Entertainment |
| | Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition | older | $36.99 | 4,831 92% | 145k | $5.4M (exactly $5,360,961) | Relic Entertainment |
| | Ground of Aces | · EA | $29.99 | 1,415 84% | 42k | $1.3M (exactly $1,273,076) | Blindflug Studios AG |
 | Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor | older | $19.99 | 1,642 91% | 49k | $985k (exactly $984,707) | Relic Entertainment |
 | WW2 Rebuilder | older | $19.99 | 1,504 84% | 45k | $902k (exactly $901,949) | Madnetic Games |
 | Aircraft Carrier Survival | older | $19.99 | 1,176 59% | 35k | $705k (exactly $705,247) | Gambit Games Studio |
 | Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts | older | $19.99 | 818 90% | 25k | $491k (exactly $490,555) | Relic Entertainment |
 | Project Wunderwaffe | older | $14.99 | 438 56% | 13k | $197k (exactly $196,969) | Weasel Games |
 | Victory at Sea Atlantic - World War II Naval Warfare | $39.99 | 92 60% | 2.8k | $110k (exactly $110,372) | Evil Twin Artworks | |
 | War Untold | · EA | $1.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $1.0k (exactly $1,015) | Green Giraffe |
 | Terra Lapsa: After Ragnarök | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | PalotásForge | |
 | Tank Tower Defense 坦克塔防 | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Azure Dragon Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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