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Should I ship a Conspiracy Political Sim?
Political Sim + Conspiracy
Only 11 developers shipped a Conspiracy Political Sim 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, Prime Monster, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 40 more are announced, ×4.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $180k, ×389 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 40 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) |
| Top 5% | $185k (exactly $184,708) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 40 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 350% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Political Sim
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Conspiracy
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Political Sim
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 83% positive over 369 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 40 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Political Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DetectiveFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Board GameFair
- + TabletopFair
- + CombatPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + FuturisticPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Shadows of Forbidden Gods 2023 · $627k 
Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升 2023 · $541k 
Sigma Theory: Global Cold War 2019 · $481k 
Prime Monster 2026 · $185k 
Secret Government 2021 · $149k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Shadows of Forbidden Gods | older | $19.99 | 1,046 91% | 31k | $627k (exactly $627,286) | Bobby Two Hands |
| | 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) |
| | Prime Monster | $19.99 | 308 83% | 9.2k | $185k (exactly $184,708) | Cavalier Game Studios | |
| | Secret Government | older | $19.99 | 249 52% | 7.5k | $149k (exactly $149,325) | GameTrek |
 | I Am Your President | older | $14.99 | 263 66% | 7.9k | $118k (exactly $118,271) | President |
 | Booth: A Dystopian Adventure | older | $9.99 | 354 88% | 11k | $106k (exactly $106,094) | Guanpeng Chen |
 | The Shadow Government Simulator | older | $9.99 | 100 75% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,970) | Chupacabra Game Studios |
 | Shadows Behind the Throne 2 | older | $7.99 | 47 76% | 1.4k | $11k (exactly $11,266) | Bobby Two Hands |
 | Statecraft: Corrupted Democracy | $9.99 | 33 90% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | Engincan Çiçek, Bad Engine Studio | |
 | Senatus | $4.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Slashware Interactive, Megalevel | |
 | Your Price, Your Honor. | $2.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | Red Comb Studios | |
 | Imperial Wager: The Shattered Crown of Augustus | $19.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Ke Zhou | |
 | Dark Web: Vigilante | · EA | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Edgebyter_ |
 | Meow World Order | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Spiritual Opium | |
 | The Legend of Abdal | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Redacdev | |
 | Clairval | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Alpharkane | |
 | DOSSIER 089 | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hamza DURAK |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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