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Should I ship a War Class-Based game?
Class-Based + War
Only 17 developers shipped a War Class-Based 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, Onward, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 59 more are announced, ×7.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $32k, ×21 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $5.9k; 1 in 20 cleared $6.4M, ×4315 the market median. Revenue is up 230% on the market; 59 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) |
|---|---|
| Median | $32k (exactly $31,601) |
| Top 25% | $1.4M (exactly $1,406,437) |
| Top 5% | $6.5M (exactly $6,463,164) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 59 |
| Announced | 59 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 230% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Class-Based
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- War
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Tactical, Action, FPS
- Price point
- $14.99 typical · top 25% priced $27.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Realistic, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $27.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 23,487 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $5.9k. 6 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 59 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Class-Based with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HeavenFair
- + SupernaturalLong shot
- + 2D PlatformerLong shot
- + FPSPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Third-Person ShooterPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
Comparable games
BattleBit Remastered 2023 · EA · $57M 
Isonzo 2022 · $17M 
Onward 2025 · $6.5M 
Day of Defeat: Source 2010 · $4.8M 
Gallipoli 2026 · $3.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BattleBit Remastered | · EA older | $14.99 | 127,680 82% | 3.8M | $57M (exactly $57,417,696) | SgtOkiDoki, Vilaskis, TheLiquidHorse |
| | Isonzo | older | $39.99 | 14,434 85% | 433k | $17M (exactly $17,316,470) | BlackMill Games |
| | Onward | $24.99 | 8,621 69% | 259k | $6.5M (exactly $6,463,164) | Downpour Interactive | |
| | Day of Defeat: Source | older | $9.99 | 16,004 90% | 480k | $4.8M (exactly $4,796,399) | Valve |
| | Gallipoli | $29.99 | 4,015 78% | 120k | $3.6M (exactly $3,612,296) | BlackMill Games | |
 | Tower Dominion | $17.49 | 5,117 85% | 154k | $2.7M (exactly $2,684,890) | Parallel 45 Games | |
 | Forefront | $27.99 | 1,913 84% | 57k | $1.6M (exactly $1,606,346) | Triangle Factory | |
 | Three Kingdoms Mushouden | $24.99 | 1,876 72% | 56k | $1.4M (exactly $1,406,437) | NanBei Studio | |
 | War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields | older | $24.99 | 1,489 80% | 45k | $1.1M (exactly $1,116,303) | raptor lab |
 | TRIBES 3: Rivals | · EA older | $19.99 | 1,324 61% | 40k | $794k (exactly $794,003) | Prophecy Games |
 | Heroes of Valor | · EA | $14.99 | 1,324 90% | 40k | $595k (exactly $595,403) | Fancy Cat Interactive |
 | Camelot Unchained | · EA | $9.99 | 369 38% | 11k | $111k (exactly $110,589) | Unchained Entertainment |
 | The Adventurers | $12.99 | 150 78% | 4.5k | $58k (exactly $58,455) | Eternal Vigilance Entertainment | |
 | 叛逆の守護者 | $16.99 | 62 93% | 1.9k | $32k (exactly $31,601) | 朧燕 | |
 | Dead Wells: The Devil Fragment | $14.99 | 40 70% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Echo7Project |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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