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Should I ship a Conspiracy Resource Management game?
Resource Management + Conspiracy
Of 21 developers who shipped a Conspiracy Resource Management game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 57 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 $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $46k, ×98 the market median. Revenue is up 2540% on the market; 57 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $14,671) |
| Top 5% | $46k (exactly $46,401) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 57 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 2540% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Resource Management
- 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
- Resource Management; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Action, Exploration
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, Pixel Graphics, Retro
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 1,938 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. 57 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Resource Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Photomaly 2026 · $271k 
Secret Government 2021 · $149k 
Undead Inc. 2024 · $95k 
Subversive Memories 2026 · $46k 
LAN Party Adventures 2025 · $42k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Photomaly | $6.99 | 1,292 89% | 39k | $271k (exactly $270,932) | Revira Interactive | |
| | Secret Government | older | $19.99 | 249 52% | 7.5k | $149k (exactly $149,325) | GameTrek |
| | Undead Inc. | older | $19.99 | 158 27% | 4.7k | $95k (exactly $94,753) | Rightsized Games |
| | Subversive Memories | $11.99 | 129 96% | 3.9k | $46k (exactly $46,401) | Southward Studio | |
| | LAN Party Adventures | $14.99 | 93 89% | 2.8k | $42k (exactly $41,822) | LEAP Game Studios | |
 | Deep Space Exploitation | $8.99 | 131 96% | 3.9k | $35k (exactly $35,331) | JuhrJuhr | |
 | Waiting For The Raven | older | $14.99 | 61 77% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | Musclebird |
 | These Darker Tides | $7.99 | 76 90% | 2.3k | $18k (exactly $18,217) | Pixel Drip Games | |
 | Animaly Bar: NO HUMANITY! | $4.99 | 98 90% | 2.9k | $15k (exactly $14,671) | Domnaier | |
 | 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 | |
 | Dystopian Pet Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $8.8k (exactly $8,805) | dinca.team |
 | My Liege | $9.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | SugoiPenguin Gaming |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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