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Should I ship a Mythological Economy game?
Economy + Mythology
Only 14 developers shipped a Mythological Economy 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, Ascension, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×6.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $19k, ×30 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.8k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.4M, ×2327 the market median. Revenue is up 6960% on the market; 33 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
|---|---|
| Median | $19k (exactly $18,708) |
| Top 25% | $322k (exactly $322,039) |
| Top 5% | $1.5M (exactly $1,461,469) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $15.99 |
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 6960% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Economy
- Price point
- $15.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 66% positive over 5,787 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.8k. 6 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Economy with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Football (Soccer)Fair
- + ScienceFair
- + MiningFair
- + LootFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + God GameFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + IdlerFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
Comparable games
Land of the Vikings 2023 · $1.5M 
Ascension 2025 · EA · $1.5M 
Microcivilization 2026 · $776k 
Zeus + Poseidon 2016 · $574k 
Celestial Empire 2025 · EA · $425k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Land of the Vikings | older | $25.99 | 1,960 72% | 59k | $1.5M (exactly $1,528,212) | Laps Games |
| | Ascension | · EA | $19.99 | 2,437 60% | 73k | $1.5M (exactly $1,461,469) | Element Game 微元游戏 |
| | Microcivilization | $17.99 | 1,437 78% | 43k | $776k (exactly $775,549) | Ondrej Homola | |
| | Zeus + Poseidon | older | $9.99 | 1,915 96% | 57k | $574k (exactly $573,926) | Impressions Games |
| | Celestial Empire | · EA | $19.99 | 709 89% | 21k | $425k (exactly $425,187) | President Studio |
 | Builders of Greece | $19.99 | 537 54% | 16k | $322k (exactly $322,039) | BLUM Entertainment, Strategy Labs | |
 | Builders of Egypt | $19.99 | 461 31% | 14k | $276k (exactly $276,462) | Strategy Labs | |
 | Diggles: The Myth of Fenris | older | $9.99 | 619 89% | 19k | $186k (exactly $185,514) | Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH, Genera… (Spieleentwicklungskombinat GmbH, General Arcade) |
 | Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition | older | $7.99 | 431 85% | 13k | $103k (exactly $103,311) | Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc. |
 | Goblin Camp | $19.99 | 118 76% | 3.5k | $71k (exactly $70,765) | Korppi Games Ltd | |
 | Realms of Madness | $15.99 | 39 89% | 1.2k | $19k (exactly $18,708) | Robin van der Horst | |
 | Creo God Simulator | $9.99 | 35 68% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | MKSM Design LLC | |
 | SOUL PARK | $9.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | CLEDU | |
 | King's Legacy: A Crown Divided Collector's Edition | $14.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Cateia Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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