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Should I ship a War Card Battler?
Card Battler + War
Of 33 developers who shipped a War Card 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.. 50 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $370k, ×590 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 50 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $955 (exactly $955) |
| Top 25% | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) |
| Top 5% | $371k (exactly $370,676) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 33 |
| Released games | 84 |
| Announced | 50 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply 130% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Card Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card rules plus simple encounter logic
- War
- 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
- Card Battler; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Card Game, Strategy, Deckbuilding
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 3,863 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 7 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 50 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Card Battler with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + ArcadeFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + GamblingFair
- + 2D FighterFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Party GameFair
- + SolitaireLong shot
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerPoor odds
- + CRPGPoor odds
Comparable games
Commander Quest 2025 · $1.0M 
HEART of CROWN Online 2025 · $371k 
Blood Rage: Digital Edition 2020 · $286k 
Last Day of Rome 2019 · $58k 
长明火计划 Project: Eternal Flame 2022 · $46k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Commander Quest | $11.99 | 2,804 74% | 84k | $1.0M (exactly $1,008,599) | Flyway Games, Inc. | |
| | HEART of CROWN Online | $29.99 | 412 84% | 12k | $371k (exactly $370,676) | illuCalab, FLIPFLOPs, quziralab. | |
| | Blood Rage: Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 477 58% | 14k | $286k (exactly $286,057) | Endava |
| | Last Day of Rome | older | $11.99 | 162 49% | 4.9k | $58k (exactly $58,271) | Hamsters |
| | 长明火计划 Project: Eternal Flame | older | $19.99 | 77 88% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | 唐扬Studio |
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 | Tuggowar | $7.99 | 103 91% | 3.1k | $25k (exactly $24,689) | Tension Games | |
 | SGS Battle For: Stalingrad | older | $19.99 | 38 84% | 1.1k | $23k (exactly $22,789) | Strategy Game Studio |
 | Auto Battle Girl | $9.99 | 52 80% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,584) | Mutual Fun Studio | |
 | Dictator Simulator: Gradnar | $4.99 | 84 97% | 2.5k | $13k (exactly $12,575) | GortagonGame | |
 | One King Is Enough | $10.99 | 27 77% | 810 | $8.9k (exactly $8,902) | INVISIBLE GAMES | |
 | Zombie Epoch:Deck Apocalypse | $7.99 | 27 62% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | HY Indie Game | |
 | Blades, Bows and Magic | $6.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $5.0k (exactly $5,033) | Funk Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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