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Should I ship a Military Card Game?
Card Game + Military
Only 19 developers shipped a Military Card 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, Knights in Tight Spaces, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210. 28 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper, while revenue is up 215% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $24,689) |
| Top 5% | $498k (exactly $498,351) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 62 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 215% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 39%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Card Game; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Deckbuilding, Turn-Based Strategy
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 2,425 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 8 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Card Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SteampunkFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + DogsFair
- + MahjongFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + GamblingFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Board GameFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Dating SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Dune: Imperium 2024 · $2.6M 
Hexarchy 2023 · $738k 
Knights in Tight Spaces 2025 · $498k 
Heart of Crown PC 2017 · $396k 
There Are No Orcs 2025 · $320k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dune: Imperium | older | $22.99 | 3,806 94% | 114k | $2.6M (exactly $2,624,998) | Dire Wolf |
| | Hexarchy | older | $19.99 | 1,231 83% | 37k | $738k (exactly $738,231) | Main Tank Software |
| | Knights in Tight Spaces | $19.99 | 831 69% | 25k | $498k (exactly $498,351) | Ground Shatter | |
| | Heart of Crown PC | older | $24.99 | 528 80% | 16k | $396k (exactly $395,842) | illuCalab, FLIPFLOPs, Japanime Digital |
| | There Are No Orcs | $8.99 | 1,188 93% | 36k | $320k (exactly $320,404) | BaseTrade Studio | |
 | Third Front: WWII | older | $7.99 | 314 59% | 9.4k | $75k (exactly $75,266) | Hamsters Gaming |
 | Last Day of Rome | older | $11.99 | 162 49% | 4.9k | $58k (exactly $58,271) | Hamsters |
 | Neuroshima Hex | $9.99 | 93 72% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,872) | Baked Games | |
 | 希望之城 The City Of Hope | older | $6.99 | 126 68% | 3.8k | $26k (exactly $26,422) | 家里蹲工作室 |
 | Flaregate Network | $14.99 | 58 77% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $26,083) | Keycard Studio, LLC | |
 | Tuggowar | $7.99 | 103 91% | 3.1k | $25k (exactly $24,689) | Tension Games | |
 | Lucky Lord: The Coin Pusher of Fate | $7.99 | 83 77% | 2.5k | $20k (exactly $19,895) | Star Seeker Studio | |
 | MoeArmy vs SuArmy | $2.99 | 54 83% | 1.6k | $4.8k (exactly $4,844) | KumiLGames | |
 | Crisis Commander: Strait Of Hormuz | $3.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | Kra Kra Games | |
 | Tyrants | $6.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Artifex Parvus | |
 | OMEGA 卡牌冒险 | $3.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | OMEGA |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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