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Should I ship a Fantasy Diplomacy game?
Diplomacy + Fantasy
Only 6 developers shipped a Fantasy Diplomacy 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, The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 46 more are announced, ×12 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $120k against a market of $630. 46 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) |
|---|---|
| Median | $115k (exactly $115,454) |
| Top 25% | $520k (exactly $519,542) |
| Top 5% | $1.0M (exactly $1,016,593) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 46 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $24.99 |
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 100% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Diplomacy
- Price point
- $24.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 23,664 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $5.4k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 46 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×12 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Diplomacy with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Interactive FictionFair
- + Space SimLong shot
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
Comparable games
Fabledom 2024 · $4.3M 
Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator 2023 · EA · $1.9M 
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 2013 · $1.2M 
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition 2020 · $1.0M 
The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian 2026 · $1.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fabledom | older | $20.99 | 6,772 85% | 203k | $4.3M (exactly $4,264,328) | Grenaa Games |
| | Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator | · EA older | $6.99 | 8,904 96% | 267k | $1.9M (exactly $1,867,169) | JoySpark Games |
| | Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes | older | $24.99 | 1,655 78% | 50k | $1.2M (exactly $1,240,754) | Stardock Entertainment |
| | A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,705 71% | 51k | $1.0M (exactly $1,022,488) | Dire Wolf |
| | The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian | $24.99 | 1,356 74% | 41k | $1.0M (exactly $1,016,593) | Schisma Games | |
 | Synergy | $24.99 | 693 79% | 21k | $520k (exactly $519,542) | Leikir Studio | |
 | King Of The Castle | older | $9.99 | 1,403 90% | 42k | $420k (exactly $420,479) | Tributary Games |
 | Great Houses of Calderia | older | $24.99 | 411 60% | 12k | $308k (exactly $308,127) | Resistance Games |
 | Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind | older | $19.99 | 460 81% | 14k | $276k (exactly $275,862) | A Sharp |
 | Goblins of Elderstone | older | $19.99 | 305 69% | 9.2k | $183k (exactly $182,908) | Outerdawn, Lost Goblin |
 | Galaxy Princess Zorana | $24.99 | 154 88% | 4.6k | $115k (exactly $115,454) | Hanako Games | |
 | Deluge | $9.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $9.3k (exactly $9,291) | Riggy2k3 | |
 | My Liege | $9.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | SugoiPenguin Gaming | |
 | The Princess's Tower | · EA | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Infernal Empire Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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