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Should I ship a Werewolf Combat game?
Combat + Werewolves
Only 12 developers shipped a Werewolf 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, No Socks RPG, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $85k, ×136 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,225) |
| Top 5% | $86k (exactly $85,714) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, 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
- Werewolves
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Combat
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 92% positive over 481 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Combat with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 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
Necrosmith 2022 · $438k 
GIBZ 2017 · $237k 
Estella's Nightmare: Sealed Space and a Succubus's Curse 2022 · $153k 
No Socks RPG 2026 · $86k 
Sinister Halloween 2019 · $30k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Necrosmith | older | $2.99 | 4,885 85% | 147k | $438k (exactly $438,185) | Alawar |
| | GIBZ | older | $5.99 | 1,321 88% | 40k | $237k (exactly $237,384) | Torrunt |
| | Estella's Nightmare: Sealed Space and a Succubus's Curse | older | $9.99 | 512 70% | 15k | $153k (exactly $153,446) | Playmeow |
| | No Socks RPG | $9.99 | 286 92% | 8.6k | $86k (exactly $85,714) | Spicyfuse | |
| | Sinister Halloween | older | $7.99 | 125 82% | 3.8k | $30k (exactly $29,962) | Celeritas Games |
 | The Dark World | · EA older | $19.99 | 33 54% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | Digital Gods |
 | Janosik 2 | $8.99 | 70 95% | 2.1k | $19k (exactly $18,879) | Onix Games | |
 | Cursed Deal | $7.99 | 51 98% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $12,225) | Massive Crystal Studios | |
 | Monster Showdown | older | $14.99 | 22 72% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | Virtual Uppercut Studios, Yahya Danboos |
 | Middle Evil: The Priest | older | $5.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $5.2k (exactly $5,211) | diedemor studio |
 | Daughter of The Void | · EA | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Shaybabe |
 | Zombies Ate My Femboy | $0.99 | 49 87% | 1.5k | $1.5k (exactly $1,455) | FzzyBzzy | |
 | The Curse of the Howling Woods | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Raguthra Studios, Lee Sargent | |
 | Tribe of Werewolves | · EA | $2.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Gokmen Bolat |
 | Humans Vs Orcs | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | ShakyHand | |
 | Lock. Stock. And Hungry Pumpkins. | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Cornfield Games | |
 | Light'Em Up | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Tiny Launches |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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