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Should I ship a Conspiracy Management game?
Management + Conspiracy
Only 14 developers shipped a Conspiracy Management 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, Photomaly, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 43 more are announced, ×5.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.6k, ×5.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $270k, ×431 the market median. Revenue is up 550% on the market; 43 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,394) |
| Top 5% | $271k (exactly $270,932) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 43 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 550% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Conspiracy
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Resource Management, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, First-Person, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 1,519 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 43 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance 2024 · $4.1M 
Happy's Humble Burger Farm 2021 · $1.0M 
Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升 2023 · $541k 
Sigma Theory: Global Cold War 2019 · $481k 
The Fabulous Fear Machine 2023 · $293k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance | older | $39.99 | 3,395 82% | 102k | $4.1M (exactly $4,072,982) | Slitherine Ltd. |
| | Happy's Humble Burger Farm | older | $19.99 | 1,704 93% | 51k | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,889) | Scythe Dev Team |
| | Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升 | older | $24.99 | 721 86% | 22k | $541k (exactly $540,534) | Maestro Cinetik |
| | Sigma Theory: Global Cold War | older | $17.99 | 892 77% | 27k | $481k (exactly $481,412) | Mi-Clos Studio, Goblinz Studio, FibreTi… (Mi-Clos Studio, Goblinz Studio, FibreTigre) |
| | The Fabulous Fear Machine | older | $17.99 | 542 89% | 16k | $293k (exactly $292,517) | Fictiorama Studios |
 | Photomaly | $6.99 | 1,292 89% | 39k | $271k (exactly $270,932) | Revira Interactive | |
 | I Am Your President | older | $14.99 | 263 66% | 7.9k | $118k (exactly $118,271) | President |
 | LAN Party Adventures | $14.99 | 93 89% | 2.8k | $42k (exactly $41,822) | LEAP Game Studios | |
 | Rough Justice: '84 | older | $19.99 | 67 64% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $40,180) | Gamma Minus |
 | REPLAY BOYS | older | $9.99 | 120 94% | 3.6k | $36k (exactly $35,964) | Split Narrative Inc. |
 | The State of Nowhere | $19.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $16k (exactly $15,592) | Anomaly Works | |
 | Merchants of Rosewall | $19.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $11k (exactly $11,394) | Big Blue Sky Games | |
 | Statecraft: Corrupted Democracy | $9.99 | 33 90% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | Engincan Çiçek, Bad Engine Studio | |
 | My Liege | $9.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | SugoiPenguin Gaming | |
 | Red Supreme | $7.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Dormouse | |
 | Rescue Team: Lights. Camera. Outer Space | $6.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Game Mixer | |
 | Rescue Team: Phantom Crisis | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Game Mixer | |
 | The Tavern Tales: Medieval Simulator | · EA | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Flash Ray Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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