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Should I ship a Roman Combat game?
Combat + Rome
Only 16 developers shipped a Roman 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, Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.5k, ×10 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $550k, ×886 the market median. Revenue is up 225% on the market; 29 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) |
| Top 25% | $26k (exactly $26,445) |
| Top 5% | $556k (exactly $556,277) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 225% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Strategy, Management
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,255 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Combat with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Real-Time with PauseStrong odds
- + 4XFair
- + TypingFair
- + VampiresFair
- + SnowFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Match 3Long shot
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Political SimPoor odds
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
Comparable games
We Who Are About To Die 2022 · EA · $5.4M 
Warlord: Britannia 2022 · $1.1M 
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder 2025 · $556k 
Imperivm RTC - HD Edition "Great Battles of Rome" 2021 · $245k 
Jerez's Arena Ⅱ 2022 · $206k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | We Who Are About To Die | · EA older | $21.99 | 8,134 88% | 244k | $5.4M (exactly $5,366,000) | Jordy Lakiere |
| | Warlord: Britannia | older | $19.99 | 1,890 88% | 57k | $1.1M (exactly $1,133,433) | Darkmatter Games |
| | Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder | $24.99 | 742 83% | 22k | $556k (exactly $556,277) | Coreffect Interactive | |
| | Imperivm RTC - HD Edition "Great Battles of Rome" | older | $9.99 | 817 71% | 25k | $245k (exactly $244,855) | Dinamic Software, Imperivm World |
| | Jerez's Arena Ⅱ | older | $24.99 | 275 80% | 8.3k | $206k (exactly $206,168) | 永恆艾莉絲工坊 |
 | Gladius | Gladiator VR Sword fighting | older | $14.99 | 286 74% | 8.6k | $129k (exactly $128,614) | VirtualAge |
 | Gladiator Command | · EA | $9.99 | 241 96% | 7.2k | $72k (exactly $72,228) | Marius Spikas |
 | Fall of an Empire | $29.99 | 80 67% | 2.4k | $72k (exactly $71,976) | JG Games | |
 | Story of a Gladiator | older | $10.99 | 177 75% | 5.3k | $58k (exactly $58,357) | Brain Seal Ltd |
 | Asterix & Obelix Slap Them All! 2 | older | $24.99 | 73 79% | 2.2k | $55k (exactly $54,728) | Mr. Nutz Studio |
 | Rise of a Legend | · EA | $17.99 | 49 77% | 1.5k | $26k (exactly $26,445) | Masquarade, Nicholas St. Germain |
 | Explorers of Esmar | · EA | $15.99 | 35 85% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,790) | Tipri Games |
 | Reavers of New Rome | $14.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $11k (exactly $11,242) | Renegade Sector Games | |
 | Tribe Nation | $9.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Random Worlds s.r.o. | |
 | Ovidius (Blood for Love) | $6.99 | 31 67% | 930 | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) | Narrator Studio | |
 | Smerch Battle Arena | · EA | $9.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Smerch Games |
 | Arrows and Antiquity | $4.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | True Neutral Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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