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Should I ship a Character Customization Naval Combat game?
Character Customization + Naval Combat
Only 7 developers shipped a Character Customization Naval Combat 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, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.2k against a market of $630. 32 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 25% | $383k (exactly $382,609) |
| Top 5% | $12M (exactly $11,849,225) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 505% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Naval Combat
- 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
- Character Customization, Naval Combat
- Price point
- $14.99 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 $39.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 23,831 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii 2025 · $12M 
Blazing Sails 2023 · $3.8M 
Caribbean Legend 2024 · $3.4M 
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own 2012 · $867k 
Horizon's Gate 2020 · $727k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | $59.99 | 6,584 88% | 198k | $12M (exactly $11,849,225) | RGG Studio | |
| | Blazing Sails | older | $14.99 | 8,361 87% | 251k | $3.8M (exactly $3,759,942) | Get Up Games, Iceberg Interactive |
| | Caribbean Legend | older | $39.99 | 2,860 74% | 86k | $3.4M (exactly $3,431,142) | BlackMark Studio |
| | Sea Dogs: To Each His Own | older | $14.99 | 1,927 72% | 58k | $867k (exactly $866,572) | BlackMark Studio |
| | Horizon's Gate | older | $19.99 | 1,213 94% | 36k | $727k (exactly $727,436) | Rad Codex |
 | Seablip | · EA older | $14.99 | 1,078 81% | 32k | $485k (exactly $484,777) | Jardar Solli |
 | Caribbean Legend: Age of Pirates | $19.99 | 638 70% | 19k | $383k (exactly $382,609) | ReCon Team | |
 | Boat Crew | · EA older | $24.99 | 431 89% | 13k | $323k (exactly $323,121) | Tabbing Tabby |
 | Waves of Steel | older | $19.99 | 408 90% | 12k | $245k (exactly $244,678) | TMA Games LLC |
 | The Viking Way | · EA older | $14.99 | 331 42% | 9.9k | $149k (exactly $148,851) | Ice Lava Games |
 | A-Spec First Assault | $14.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Digitum Software | |
 | Dragons Reef | $19.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Radoslaw Kutowinski | |
 | Ore Bastards | · EA | $8.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | INDIELLIGENT |
 | Hullbreaker | · EA | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Dalton |
 | advance，fish！ | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 观水清 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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