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Diplomacy + PvE
Only 4 developers shipped a PvE Diplomacy game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 9 did: 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.. 27 more are announced, ×14 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.0k against a market of $630. 27 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $16,639) |
| Top 5% | $12M (exactly $12,135,582) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 38%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Diplomacy, PvE
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 19,645 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.0k. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×14 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Diplomacy with a different second tag, 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
Dune: Spice Wars 2023 · $12M 
Star Trek: Infinite 2023 · $2.7M 
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 2013 · $1.2M 
Medieval Kingdom Wars 2019 · $1.0M 
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® 2011 · $206k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dune: Spice Wars | older | $34.99 | 11,561 79% | 347k | $12M (exactly $12,135,582) | Shiro Games |
| | Star Trek: Infinite | older | $29.99 | 3,030 41% | 91k | $2.7M (exactly $2,726,091) | Nimble Giant Entertainment |
| | Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes | older | $24.99 | 1,655 78% | 50k | $1.2M (exactly $1,240,754) | Stardock Entertainment |
| | Medieval Kingdom Wars | older | $14.99 | 2,233 76% | 67k | $1.0M (exactly $1,004,180) | Reverie World Studios |
| | Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® | older | $9.99 | 687 78% | 21k | $206k (exactly $205,894) | Ironclad Games Corporation, Stardock En… (Ironclad Games Corporation, Stardock Entertainment) |
 | Socialism Simulator | older | $3.99 | 240 95% | 7.2k | $29k (exactly $28,728) | Sempiternal Rain |
 | Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition | older | $4.99 | 139 47% | 4.2k | $21k (exactly $20,808) | Stardock Entertainment |
 | Great Powers | $14.99 | 37 67% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | Flame-Dragons, Flame-Dragons | |
 | Stellar Sovereigns | older | $24.99 | 20 55% | 600 | $15k (exactly $14,994) | Imagined Reality |
 | Age of Viking Conquest | older | $4.99 | 43 62% | 1.3k | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) | Nemoïd Apps |
 | Nuice Industries | · EA | $7.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | CastleWind |
 | MA 2 – President Simulator | $4.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Oxiwyle Inc. | |
 | Ghost of Kyiv | $2.04 | 1 100% | 30 | $61 (exactly $61) | Jonald |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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