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Should I ship a Military Deckbuilding?
Deckbuilding + Military
Only 17 developers shipped a Military Deckbuilding 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, Broken Arrow, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.0k, ×4.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $38M, ×61908 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 24 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,992) |
| Top 25% | $26k (exactly $25,793) |
| Top 5% | $39M (exactly $38,878,223) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 85% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Deckbuilding
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card pools and run logic
- Military
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Deckbuilding; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Tactical, Card Game
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 57% positive over 28,336 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Deckbuilding with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + 2D FighterFair
- + Party GameFair
- + SwordplayFair
- + Point & ClickFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + LogicFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
Comparable games
Broken Arrow 2025 · $39M 
Dune: Imperium 2024 · $2.6M 
Hexarchy 2023 · $738k 
Knights in Tight Spaces 2025 · $498k 
Heart of Crown PC 2017 · $396k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Broken Arrow | $49.99 | 25,924 55% | 778k | $39M (exactly $38,878,223) | Steel Balalaika | |
| | Dune: Imperium | older | $22.99 | 3,806 94% | 114k | $2.6M (exactly $2,624,998) | Dire Wolf |
| | Hexarchy | older | $19.99 | 1,231 83% | 37k | $738k (exactly $738,231) | Main Tank Software |
| | Knights in Tight Spaces | $19.99 | 831 69% | 25k | $498k (exactly $498,351) | Ground Shatter | |
| | Heart of Crown PC | older | $24.99 | 528 80% | 16k | $396k (exactly $395,842) | illuCalab, FLIPFLOPs, Japanime Digital |
 | There Are No Orcs | $8.99 | 1,188 93% | 36k | $320k (exactly $320,404) | BaseTrade Studio | |
 | Flaregate Network | $14.99 | 58 77% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $26,083) | Keycard Studio, LLC | |
 | Spinera | $6.99 | 123 77% | 3.7k | $26k (exactly $25,793) | Arvis Games | |
 | Tuggowar | $7.99 | 103 91% | 3.1k | $25k (exactly $24,689) | Tension Games | |
 | Armor Clash 2022 [RTS] | older | $9.99 | 34 44% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Windforce |
 | ModernFire | · EA | $9.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | FireLineGames |
 | MoeArmy vs SuArmy | $2.99 | 54 83% | 1.6k | $4.8k (exactly $4,844) | KumiLGames | |
 | Bound Survivor | $3.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $3.0k (exactly $2,992) | Gorilla Sip | |
 | Ship of the line | · EA | $7.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $2.2k (exactly $2,157) | YDS |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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