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Should I ship a Dragon Wargame?
Wargame + Dragons
Only 8 developers shipped a Dragon Wargame 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, BRIGANDINE ABYSS, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.6k against a market of $630. 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $718 (exactly $718) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.6k (exactly $6,649) |
| Top 25% | $100k (exactly $100,328) |
| Top 5% | $372k (exactly $371,926) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 1780% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Wargame
- Price point
- $8.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 2,477 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Wargame with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + NavalFair
- + TabletopFair
- + LogicFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
BRIGANDINE ABYSS 2026 · $372k 
The Falconeer: Revolution Remaster 2020 · $249k 
Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner 2023 · $220k 
Mage and Monsters 2022 · $135k 
Mage and Monsters II 2025 · $100k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BRIGANDINE ABYSS | $49.99 | 248 35% | 7.4k | $372k (exactly $371,926) | Adglobe | |
| | The Falconeer: Revolution Remaster | older | $19.99 | 416 81% | 12k | $249k (exactly $249,475) | Tomas Sala |
| | Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner | older | $29.99 | 245 46% | 7.4k | $220k (exactly $220,426) | Black March Studios |
| | Mage and Monsters | older | $4.99 | 903 89% | 27k | $135k (exactly $135,179) | Lasse Zacho Malver |
| | Mage and Monsters II | $8.99 | 372 82% | 11k | $100k (exactly $100,328) | Lasse Zacho Malver | |
 | Sunbreak War | $8.99 | 122 81% | 3.7k | $33k (exactly $32,903) | Candlelight Studio | |
 | On the Dragon Wings - Birth of a Hero | older | $4.99 | 85 87% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,724) | Queen |
 | Fantasy Empires | older | $9.99 | 33 84% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | Silicon Knights |
 | Open The Gate: Just A Little | $5.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $6.6k (exactly $6,649) | Abubu Dance | |
 | A Token War | older | $12.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $6.2k (exactly $6,235) | UpRoom Games |
 | Hidden Heir | $4.99 | 21 66% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | AYS CODE YAZILIM | |
 | Gladiator | $2.99 | 8 0% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | coreloop | |
 | All-Front Assault | $8.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $270 (exactly $270) | Star Heart Workshop | |
 | Dragons of 1066 | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Huge Workshop |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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