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Should I ship a WWII Building game?
Building + World War II
Only 7 developers shipped a WWII 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, Age of History 3, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×5.5 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 $790k against a market of $630. 11 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.0k (exactly $1,015) |
|---|---|
| Median | $789k (exactly $789,205) |
| Top 25% | $1.3M (exactly $1,273,076) |
| Top 5% | $5.4M (exactly $5,425,169) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 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
- Building
- Price point
- $19.99 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 $14.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 54,433 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 4 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Building with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + CatsFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + Interactive FictionFair
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + CrimePoor odds
- + SailingPoor odds
Comparable games
Sprocket 2021 · EA · $7.4M 
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts 2023 · $7.0M 
Age of History 3 2024 · $5.4M 
Tank Mechanic Simulator 2020 · $5.3M 
NavalArt 2018 · EA · $1.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sprocket | · EA older | $19.99 | 12,336 92% | 370k | $7.4M (exactly $7,397,899) | Hamish Dunn |
| | Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts | older | $34.99 | 6,664 62% | 200k | $7.0M (exactly $6,995,201) | Game-Labs |
| | Age of History 3 | $9.99 | 18,102 85% | 543k | $5.4M (exactly $5,425,169) | Łukasz Jakowski | |
| | Tank Mechanic Simulator | older | $19.99 | 8,792 87% | 264k | $5.3M (exactly $5,272,562) | DeGenerals S.A. |
| | NavalArt | · EA older | $19.99 | 2,362 90% | 71k | $1.4M (exactly $1,416,491) | Rigidbody |
 | Ground of Aces | · EA | $29.99 | 1,415 84% | 42k | $1.3M (exactly $1,273,076) | Blindflug Studios AG |
 | WW2 Rebuilder | older | $19.99 | 1,504 84% | 45k | $902k (exactly $901,949) | Madnetic Games |
 | KAISERPUNK | $29.99 | 884 71% | 27k | $795k (exactly $795,335) | Overseer Games | |
 | SimplePlanes 2 | · EA | $19.99 | 1,316 92% | 39k | $789k (exactly $789,205) | Jundroo, LLC |
 | Model Builder: Complete Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,058 74% | 32k | $634k (exactly $634,483) | Moonlit S.A. |
 | War Untold | · EA | $1.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $1.0k (exactly $1,015) | Green Giraffe |
 | Chronicle Archive - Japan | · EA | $24.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Yugijitsu LLC |
 | Terra Lapsa: After Ragnarök | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | PalotásForge |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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