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Should I ship a Combat Diplomacy game?
Diplomacy + Combat
Only 10 developers shipped a Combat Diplomacy 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, Nations, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×3.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $840; 1 in 20 cleared $63k, ×101 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 25 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $838 (exactly $838) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,579) |
| Top 5% | $63k (exactly $63,408) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 down 90% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 25%, 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
- Diplomacy, Combat
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 78% positive over 352 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $840. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + SandboxPoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
Comparable games
Power & Revolution 2023 Edition 2023 · $748k 
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition 2011 · $286k 
Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs 2024 · $75k 
Nations 2025 · EA · $63k 
Journey to Foundation 2024 · $40k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Power & Revolution 2023 Edition | older | $49.99 | 499 60% | 15k | $748k (exactly $748,350) | Eversim |
| | Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition | older | $9.99 | 955 80% | 29k | $286k (exactly $286,214) | Stardock Entertainment |
| | Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs | older | $9.99 | 249 84% | 7.5k | $75k (exactly $74,625) | Object Software, ZOOM Platform Media, J… (Object Software, ZOOM Platform Media, Jordan Freeman Group) |
| | Nations | · EA | $14.99 | 141 89% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $63,408) | Krzysztof Steiner |
| | Journey to Foundation | older | $24.99 | 53 56% | 1.6k | $40k (exactly $39,734) | Archiact Interactive Ltd. |
 | Divided Reigns | older | $9.99 | 132 87% | 4.0k | $40k (exactly $39,560) | Andrew Ryan Henke, Adam Dover |
 | Countryballs Conquest | $4.99 | 85 87% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,724) | Indenial Games | |
 | 1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact | $5.99 | 70 41% | 2.1k | $13k (exactly $12,579) | Wastelands Interactive | |
 | Girls' civilization 2 | older | $12.99 | 26 53% | 780 | $10k (exactly $10,132) | Moondolino |
 | Clockwork Dawn | · EA older | $14.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Terra Studios LLC |
 | Conqueror's Stage | $7.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) | LeftLane Interactive | |
 | MA 2 – President Simulator | $4.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Oxiwyle Inc. | |
 | Atomic City | $1.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $955 (exactly $955) | anthund | |
 | War and Politics | · EA | $3.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | JIYUTORISEI |
 | Coup Ahoo | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Antti Haavikko | |
 | Ghost of Kyiv | $2.04 | 1 100% | 30 | $61 (exactly $61) | Jonald | |
 | BETRAYED | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Almost Good Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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