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Should I ship a Dinosaur Strategy game?

Strategy + Dinosaurs

Of 29 developers who shipped a Dinosaur Strategy 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.. 47 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×3.0 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $400k, ×641 the market median. Revenue is up 35% on the market; 47 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 35% on the market, 47 announced, ×2.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Strategy + Dinosaurs
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 29
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $716 → $6.6k → $298 → $2.5k → $59 → $11k → $1.3k (still earning) → $150 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Strategy + Dinosaurs: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 29
Bottom 30% $120 (exactly $120)
Median $1.9k (exactly $1,887)
Top 25% $17k (exactly $17,383)
Top 5% $403k (exactly $402,616)
Developers, 2 yr 29
Released games 118
Announced 47
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 up 35% on the market, supply 215% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Strategy
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Dinosaurs
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Strategy; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Base Building, Building, Action
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 92% positive over 13,053 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $1.9k, 1 in 4 over $17k, 1 in 20 over $400k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 47 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Strategy with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + FMVStrong odds50 devs · median $65k · 27 announced
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  3. + BaseballFair14 devs · median $7.5k · 7 announced
  4. + LGBTQ+Fair89 devs · median $6.7k · 91 announced
  5. + WuxiaFair23 devs · median $4.7k · 41 announced
  6. + FarmingFair44 devs · median $4.3k · 42 announced
  7. + Martial ArtsFair81 devs · median $3.0k · 94 announced
  8. + SubmarineFair21 devs · median $2.4k · 23 announced
  9. + NavalFair66 devs · median $2.2k · 88 announced
  10. + IdlerFair696 devs · median $1.9k · 988 announced
  11. + Shop KeeperFair159 devs · median $1.8k · 264 announced
  12. + HackingFair96 devs · median $1.2k · 132 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Jurassic World Evolution 2 2021 · $71M The Isle 2015 · EA · $67M Jurassic World Evolution 2018 · $65M Jurassic World Evolution 3 2025 · $20M PixARK 2019 · $6.7M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Jurassic World Evolution 2 older $59.99 39,644 90% 1.2M $71M (exactly $71,347,307) Frontier Developments
The Isle · EA older $19.99 111,397 80% 3.3M $67M (exactly $66,804,781) Afterthought LLC
Jurassic World Evolution older $44.99 48,311 87% 1.4M $65M (exactly $65,205,357) Frontier Developments
Jurassic World Evolution 3 $59.99 11,387 93% 342k $20M (exactly $20,493,184) Frontier Developments
PixARK older $19.99 11,142 73% 334k $6.7M (exactly $6,681,857) Snail Games USA
Prehistoric Kingdom · EA older $29.99 5,640 90% 169k $5.1M (exactly $5,074,308) Blue Meridian
Beasts of Bermuda · EA older $19.99 8,430 69% 253k $5.1M (exactly $5,055,471) Sastrei Studios, LLC
Age of Wonders: Planetfall older $29.99 4,758 80% 143k $4.3M (exactly $4,280,773) Triumph Studios
Animal Revolt Battle Simulator older $14.99 6,571 95% 197k $3.0M (exactly $2,954,979) VDimension
Curious Expedition 2 older $19.99 3,861 88% 116k $2.3M (exactly $2,315,442) Maschinen-Mensch
Dinotica $17.99 746 86% 22k $403k (exactly $402,616) XA Studio
Tamer: King of Dinosaurs · EA $24.99 347 86% 10k $260k (exactly $260,146) Ride the Lion Studios
Toy Tactics $24.99 121 91% 3.6k $91k (exactly $90,714) Kraken Empire
Repterra $19.99 122 90% 3.7k $73k (exactly $73,163) Chute Apps
DragonRoad $19.98 82 91% 2.5k $49k (exactly $49,151) XuJie
Bean Beasts $13.99 113 89% 3.4k $47k (exactly $47,426) Anxious Noob
Cardburners $9.99 58 98% 1.7k $17k (exactly $17,383) GrosChevaux
Demiurges $14.99 36 88% 1.1k $16k (exactly $16,189) Berih
Happy Monster · EA $8.99 41 82% 1.2k $11k (exactly $11,058) Destined Game Studio

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.