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Should I ship a Capitalist Wargame?
Wargame + Capitalism
Of 20 developers who shipped a Capitalist Wargame 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.. 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 $4.6k, ×7.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $700k, ×1121 the market median. Revenue is up 200% on the market; 25 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.6k (exactly $4,587) |
| Top 25% | $51k (exactly $50,974) |
| Top 5% | $704k (exactly $703,683) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 200% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Wargame
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Capitalism
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Wargame; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Economy, Grand Strategy
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $59.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 52% positive over 1,458 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 8 in 10 of the 15 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
Wargame with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + NavalFair
- + TabletopFair
- + LogicFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
Geo-Political Simulator 5 2024 · $704k 
Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition 2025 · $448k 
Bot Wars 2021 · EA · $315k 
Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond 2025 · $190k 
SeaCret 1 2025 · EA · $119k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Geo-Political Simulator 5 | $59.99 | 391 34% | 12k | $704k (exactly $703,683) | Eversim | |
| | Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition | $59.99 | 249 48% | 7.5k | $448k (exactly $448,125) | Eversim | |
| | Bot Wars | · EA older | $14.99 | 700 86% | 21k | $315k (exactly $314,790) | Frompy Games |
| | Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond | $24.99 | 253 39% | 7.6k | $190k (exactly $189,674) | Jujubee | |
| | SeaCret 1 | · EA | $39.99 | 99 61% | 3.0k | $119k (exactly $118,770) | Dalas |
 | Imperial Ambitions | $19.99 | 101 81% | 3.0k | $61k (exactly $60,570) | aoiti | |
 | Global Protocol: New World Order | · EA | $19.99 | 85 71% | 2.6k | $51k (exactly $50,974) | Dorlion Interactive |
 | Oasis Mission: Colony Sim | $14.99 | 91 56% | 2.7k | $41k (exactly $40,923) | Lunar pug studio | |
 | Trade Conquest | $14.99 | 75 69% | 2.3k | $34k (exactly $33,728) | GrandPaw Games | |
 | Simulator of Ukraine 1991 | older | $3.99 | 212 85% | 6.4k | $25k (exactly $25,376) | Almost Games |
 | Trump Simulator 2025 | $3.99 | 106 91% | 3.2k | $13k (exactly $12,688) | Luke Gayson | |
 | World Order: Global Power | · EA | $19.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | Global Strategy Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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