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Should I ship a Futuristic Diplomacy game?
Diplomacy + Futuristic
Only 11 developers shipped a Futuristic 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, Galaxy Princess Zorana, 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, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $9.0k, ×14 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×184 the market median. Revenue is up 55% on the market; 24 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) |
| Top 25% | $39k (exactly $38,674) |
| Top 5% | $115k (exactly $115,454) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 55% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Diplomacy
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Futuristic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Diplomacy
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 957 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 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
Stellaris 2016 · $210M 
Galactic Civilizations IV 2023 · $2.6M 
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition 2012 · $2.0M 
Interstellar Space: Genesis 2019 · $641k 
Base One 2021 · $343k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Stellaris | older | $49.99 | 139,718 85% | 4.2M | $210M (exactly $209,535,085) | Paradox Development Studio |
| | Galactic Civilizations IV | older | $39.99 | 2,207 72% | 66k | $2.6M (exactly $2,647,738) | Stardock Entertainment |
| | ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition | older | $9.99 | 6,626 79% | 199k | $2.0M (exactly $1,985,812) | AMPLITUDE Studios |
| | Interstellar Space: Genesis | older | $29.99 | 712 83% | 21k | $641k (exactly $640,586) | Praxis Games |
| | Base One | older | $24.99 | 458 36% | 14k | $343k (exactly $343,363) | PixFroze |
 | Revival: Recolonization | older | $29.99 | 335 69% | 10k | $301k (exactly $301,400) | HeroCraft PC |
 | Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition | older | $9.99 | 955 80% | 29k | $286k (exactly $286,214) | Stardock Entertainment |
 | The Pegasus Expedition | older | $19.99 | 242 69% | 7.3k | $145k (exactly $145,127) | Kalla Gameworks |
 | Galaxy Princess Zorana | $24.99 | 154 88% | 4.6k | $115k (exactly $115,454) | Hanako Games | |
 | Stellar Monarch | older | $14.99 | 206 78% | 6.2k | $93k (exactly $92,638) | Silver Lemur Games |
 | Technotopia | $4.99 | 599 86% | 18k | $90k (exactly $89,670) | Yustas | |
 | Lunar Ascendant | $14.99 | 86 44% | 2.6k | $39k (exactly $38,674) | Darts Games | |
 | CODE: PANDORA 2 | $9.99 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | Towndarktales | |
 | CEO Sim: Cyberpunk | $14.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | JAD Labs | |
 | Donutal | $9.99 | 30 93% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | Arc System Works | |
 | Alexandria IV | $11.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | J. M. Beraldo, Time Galleon | |
 | Space Trader Corps | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | D Squires | |
 | Eon Empires | $9.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Aeonforge Studio | |
 | Mark's Power | $0.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $564 (exactly $564) | Dmitriy Zaletov |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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