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Should I ship a Dynamic Narration Tactical game?
Tactical + Dynamic Narration
Only 13 developers shipped a Dynamic Narration Tactical 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, Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator, 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.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 16 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $7.2k (exactly $7,204) |
| Top 5% | $459k (exactly $458,816) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 16 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 450% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tactical
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Dynamic Narration
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Tactical, Dynamic Narration
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 82% positive over 778 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 16 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter 2023 · $767k 
Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator 2026 · EA · $459k 
Blitzkrieg Anthology 2014 · $208k 
Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology 2014 · $167k 
Agarta 2022 · $45k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter | older | $29.99 | 852 73% | 26k | $767k (exactly $766,544) | Iron Wolf Studio S.A. |
| | Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator | · EA | $24.99 | 612 81% | 18k | $459k (exactly $458,816) | Contec Games |
| | Blitzkrieg Anthology | older | $4.99 | 1,392 89% | 42k | $208k (exactly $208,382) | Nival |
| | Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology | older | $4.99 | 1,116 84% | 33k | $167k (exactly $167,065) | Nival |
| | Agarta | older | $2.99 | 498 71% | 15k | $45k (exactly $44,671) | FF Digital |
 | It Stares Back | · EA older | $9.99 | 79 92% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Light Arc Studio Ltd |
 | Observe | · EA | $7.99 | 74 91% | 2.2k | $18k (exactly $17,738) | Kisotik Games |
 | NAPOLEON: RULE OF IRON | $19.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Eisengeist Studio | |
 | TD Worlds | older | $10.99 | 25 68% | 750 | $8.2k (exactly $8,242) | NewOldMax |
 | Clutch Legend: FPS Career Simulator | $6.49 | 37 89% | 1.1k | $7.2k (exactly $7,204) | Federico Mariotti | |
 | Command by Voice: World Conquest | · EA | $9.99 | 19 52% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Side Meicai |
 | Dynasty! | $14.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | newberry94005 | |
 | Malware Tycoon | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | JIMMY DIAMOND | |
 | Junkyard Universe | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Sarah Dressel | |
 | Star Surge | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Typhoon | |
 | Gully Champ | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Studio Innovate Private Limited |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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