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Should I ship a Transhumanist Combat game?
Combat + Transhumanism
Only 13 developers shipped a Transhumanist 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, Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 50 more are announced, ×5.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.1k, ×13 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $3.8M, ×6145 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 50 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) |
| Top 25% | $67k (exactly $66,723) |
| Top 5% | $3.9M (exactly $3,859,249) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 50 |
| 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 down 100% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Combat
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Transhumanism
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Combat; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, PvE, Character Customization
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $69.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $69.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 3,295 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 4 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 50 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.6 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
Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion 2025 · $3.9M 
Clone Drone in the Hyperdome 2024 · $628k 
USAC: Code Breach 2022 · $480k 
Disintegration 2020 · $189k 
Glitchpunk 2024 · $104k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion | $69.99 | 1,838 63% | 55k | $3.9M (exactly $3,859,249) | Marvelous Inc. | |
| | Clone Drone in the Hyperdome | $19.99 | 1,048 91% | 31k | $628k (exactly $628,486) | Doborog Games | |
| | USAC: Code Breach | older | $14.99 | 1,067 91% | 32k | $480k (exactly $479,830) | Questions Factory |
| | Disintegration | older | $29.99 | 210 60% | 6.3k | $189k (exactly $188,937) | V1 Interactive |
| | Glitchpunk | $19.99 | 174 47% | 5.2k | $104k (exactly $104,348) | Dark Lord | |
 | HELL GALAXY | $24.99 | 89 74% | 2.7k | $67k (exactly $66,723) | Italian Games Factory | |
 | Apex Heroines | older | $19.99 | 91 87% | 2.7k | $55k (exactly $54,573) | XIAOXIAO STUDIO |
 | War of the Human Tanks - ALTeR | older | $12.99 | 80 95% | 2.4k | $31k (exactly $31,176) | Yakiniku Banzai |
 | Super Adventure Hand | older | $12.99 | 75 96% | 2.3k | $29k (exactly $29,228) | Devm Games |
 | Saga of Sins | older | $14.99 | 47 76% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Bonus Level Entertainment |
 | OverRider | · EA | $9.99 | 50 82% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | Tension Meow |
 | Camelot 10000CE | $7.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $11k (exactly $11,266) | Miziziziz | |
 | Brotherhood | $9.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | FatCatGames | |
 | Posthuman: Guardians vs PSION | $6.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Choice of Games | |
 | Goddess Scroll - Brave Star | $9.99 | 7 14% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Revenge Red Eyes | |
 | Charge! | $15.00 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Honor Games® |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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