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Should I ship a Character Customization Political Sim?
Character Customization + Political Sim
Only 12 developers shipped a Character Customization Political Sim 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, The End of History, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 41 more are announced, ×5.1 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 $300k, ×490 the market median. Revenue is up 1770% on the market; 41 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,134) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.2k (exactly $6,236) |
| Top 25% | $158k (exactly $157,941) |
| Top 5% | $307k (exactly $307,440) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 41 |
| 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 1770% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Political Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Character Customization, Political Sim
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 1,328 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 41 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Long Live The Queen 2013 · $1.7M 
Power & Revolution 2020 Edition 2020 · $1.2M 
Lawgivers II 2023 · EA · $424k 
King Of The Castle 2023 · $420k 
The End of History 2025 · EA · $307k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Long Live The Queen | older | $9.99 | 5,832 94% | 175k | $1.7M (exactly $1,747,850) | Hanako Games |
| | Power & Revolution 2020 Edition | older | $49.99 | 769 63% | 23k | $1.2M (exactly $1,153,269) | Eversim |
| | Lawgivers II | · EA older | $24.99 | 565 73% | 17k | $424k (exactly $423,580) | Damian Bernardi |
| | King Of The Castle | older | $9.99 | 1,403 90% | 42k | $420k (exactly $420,479) | Tributary Games |
| | The End of History | · EA | $28.00 | 366 68% | 11k | $307k (exactly $307,440) | Tatamibeya |
 | Pompeii: The Legacy | $19.99 | 266 80% | 8.0k | $160k (exactly $159,520) | Siscia Games | |
 | Sinner Maker | · EA | $9.66 | 545 91% | 16k | $158k (exactly $157,941) | Pantokrator |
 | The Political Machine 2024 | older | $19.99 | 255 74% | 7.7k | $153k (exactly $152,924) | Stardock Entertainment |
 | 4th Generation Warfare | older | $29.99 | 129 59% | 3.9k | $116k (exactly $116,061) | Eversim |
 | You are the Judge! | older | $12.99 | 251 69% | 7.5k | $98k (exactly $97,815) | Steel Games |
 | Political Arena | · EA | $14.99 | 69 73% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,029) | Wayside Press |
 | Governance | · EA | $17.99 | 33 66% | 990 | $18k (exactly $17,810) | Governance Studios |
 | Ascendant Dawn | $15.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $6.2k (exactly $6,236) | Nikous Studio | |
 | Mobocratic Union | $18.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.7k (exactly $1,709) | Proqet Studios | |
 | Age of Resistance | $4.49 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.5k (exactly $1,482) | Luis Humberto | |
 | Black Border 2 | $1.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $1.1k (exactly $1,134) | Bitzooma | |
 | SIM Election USA | $10.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $989 (exactly $989) | SunsixStudios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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