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Should I ship a Character Customization Hex Grid game?

Character Customization + Hex Grid

Only 12 developers shipped a Character Customization Hex Grid 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, Solasta II, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 35 more are announced, ×4.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $6.2k, ×9.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $3.5M, ×5599 the market median. Revenue is up 240% on the market; 35 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 9.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 240% on the market, 35 announced, ×4.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Customization + Hex Grid
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 12
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.2k → $99k → $2.6k → $3.2k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Character Customization + Hex Grid: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 12
Bottom 30% $1.2k (exactly $1,199)
Median $6.2k (exactly $6,232)
Top 25% $42k (exactly $42,088)
Top 5% $3.5M (exactly $3,516,321)
Developers, 2 yr 12
Released games 41
Announced 35
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 up 240% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Character Customization
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Hex Grid
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Character Customization, Hex Grid
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 78% positive over 4,265 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $1.2k, median $6.2k, 1 in 4 over $42k, 1 in 20 over $3.5M.

3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.4 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Customization with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Football (American)Strong odds14 devs · median $3.6k · 12 announced
  2. + Real-TimeStrong odds7 devs · median $2.0k · 6 announced
  3. + Music-Based Procedural GenerationFair10 devs · median $18k · 8 announced
  4. + TransportationFair19 devs · median $7.2k · 24 announced
  5. + MinigamesFair27 devs · median $5.7k · 34 announced
  6. + DwarvesFair7 devs · median $3.2k · 13 announced
  7. + BikesFair11 devs · median $1.5k · 10 announced
  8. + IdlerFair210 devs · median $1.2k · 286 announced
  9. + IncrementalFair146 devs · median $1.2k · 190 announced
  10. + GamblingFair30 devs · median $836 · 32 announced
  11. + Precision PlatformerFair103 devs · median $748 · 116 announced
  12. + TypingFair27 devs · median $539 · 38 announced

All 250 pairs on the Character Customization page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

HUMANKIND™ 2021 · $33M Age of Wonders: Planetfall 2019 · $4.3M Solasta II 2026 · EA · $3.5M Expeditions: Viking 2017 · $3.0M Scythe: Digital Edition 2018 · $1.9M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
HUMANKIND™ older $49.99 22,165 68% 665k $33M (exactly $33,240,850) AMPLITUDE Studios
Age of Wonders: Planetfall older $29.99 4,758 80% 143k $4.3M (exactly $4,280,773) Triumph Studios
Solasta II · EA $39.99 2,931 75% 88k $3.5M (exactly $3,516,321) Tactical Adventures
Expeditions: Viking older $29.99 3,293 82% 99k $3.0M (exactly $2,962,712) Logic Artists
Scythe: Digital Edition older $19.99 3,164 89% 95k $1.9M (exactly $1,897,451) The Knights of Unity
Sheltered 2 older $19.99 2,015 45% 60k $1.2M (exactly $1,208,396) Unicube
Blackguards older $9.99 3,000 63% 90k $899k (exactly $899,100) Daedalic Entertainment
Expeditions: Conquistador older $19.99 1,228 77% 37k $736k (exactly $736,432) Logic Artists
Those Who Rule $17.99 1,116 89% 33k $602k (exactly $602,305) Eldin Turulja
道衍诀 · EA older $11.99 988 49% 30k $355k (exactly $355,384) 宁德动游网络科技有限公司
The Dead Await $12.99 108 67% 3.2k $42k (exactly $42,088) Shotx
Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss $19.99 22 63% 660 $13k (exactly $13,193) Polyarc
Sigilfarer: A Dice-Rolling Roguelite $11.99 33 72% 990 $12k (exactly $11,870) Viabo Games
Beneath The Six · EA $7.99 26 73% 780 $6.2k (exactly $6,232) Magicave
À La Mine $8.99 12 91% 360 $3.2k (exactly $3,236) Studio Dés Kréatifs
ErMa (Early Mammal) $7.99 11 90% 330 $2.6k (exactly $2,637) AlmyriganHero
Meridian $9.99 4 100% 120 $1.2k (exactly $1,199) Turn Based Hedgehog
Tiny Kings · EA $4.99 2 50% 60 $299 (exactly $299) Floating Chicken Games

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.