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Should I ship a Mars Combat game?
Combat + Mars
Only 10 developers shipped a Mars 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, 1 Trait Escape, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $630. 15 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) |
| Top 5% | $53k (exactly $53,347) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 200% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Combat
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 95% positive over 207 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
1 Trait Escape 2024 · $53k 
DemonStar 2023 · $22k 
BlackChain 2021 · $16k 
G WARRIOR 2024 · $16k 
Corridor 7: Alien Invasion 2021 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 1 Trait Escape | $9.99 | 178 97% | 5.3k | $53k (exactly $53,347) | Andrew Katz, Jeremy Collette | |
| | DemonStar | older | $2.99 | 248 94% | 7.4k | $22k (exactly $22,246) | Scott Host |
| | BlackChain | older | $4.99 | 110 84% | 3.3k | $16k (exactly $16,467) | Borington |
| | G WARRIOR | older | $4.99 | 106 90% | 3.2k | $16k (exactly $15,868) | Liao Kai, LKK GAME |
| | Corridor 7: Alien Invasion | older | $9.99 | 41 85% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | Capstone Software |
 | Caverns of Mars: Recharged | older | $9.99 | 34 88% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | SneakyBox |
 | Star Titans : War of the Galaxy | $14.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Mediawork | |
 | Scionide | · EA | $14.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | SYONIX |
 | Birchian Flight Simulator | · EA older | $19.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | BirchTree, Generalissimo Birchimus, Cap… (BirchTree, Generalissimo Birchimus, Captain Birchia, Lieutenant Soli Deo Gloria, The ZFC defined set of all developers of the Birchian 6D metaverse inside the 5th Phase of the Birchian Universe, after Setember of 2024.) |
 | NeverDeath | older | $19.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Greedy Merchant |
 | Rank: Warmaster Bunker Buster | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Laser Beams & Particle Streams Soft… (Laser Beams & Particle Streams Software, Inc.) | |
 | Blood Aliens 3 | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Ciberrex Games | |
 | Astro Miners | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Jinx Digital | |
 | Mars Bot Battle | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Christopher Shove, Ph.D. | |
 | Mine Defender | · EA | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Rust Power |
 | Pink Devil | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Lola Fisher | |
 | Zero-G Combat | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Fantasia for Information |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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