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Should I ship a Flight Grand Strategy?
Grand Strategy + Flight
Only 2 developers shipped a Flight Grand Strategy in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 7 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.. 7 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $37k against a market of $1.5k. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $13k (exactly $13,041) |
|---|---|
| Median | $17k (exactly $16,639) |
| Top 25% | $50k (exactly $50,358) |
| Top 5% | $2.7M (exactly $2,726,091) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 7 / 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: 28%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Grand Strategy
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Flight
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Grand Strategy, Flight
- 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 $49.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 31,737 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $14k. 7 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Grand Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SportsFair
- + RogueliteFair
- + CrimeFair
- + RacingFair
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- + TabletopLong shot
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
Comparable games
X4: Foundations 2018 · $38M 
Starpoint Gemini Warlords 2017 · $3.2M 
Star Trek: Infinite 2023 · $2.7M 
Skies above the Great War 2024 · $50k 
ATC Ground Point 2024 · $37k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | X4: Foundations | older | $49.99 | 25,257 79% | 758k | $38M (exactly $37,877,923) | Egosoft |
| | Starpoint Gemini Warlords | older | $34.99 | 3,076 72% | 92k | $3.2M (exactly $3,228,877) | Little Green Men Games |
| | Star Trek: Infinite | older | $29.99 | 3,030 41% | 91k | $2.7M (exactly $2,726,091) | Nimble Giant Entertainment |
| | Skies above the Great War | older | $11.99 | 140 75% | 4.2k | $50k (exactly $50,358) | Puntigames |
| | ATC Ground Point | $15.99 | 77 81% | 2.3k | $37k (exactly $36,937) | Blueon | |
 | Airline Ops | · EA | $14.99 | 37 29% | 1.1k | $17k (exactly $16,639) | Smoky Bay Studio |
 | Bomber Command | older | $14.99 | 29 44% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | Silent S Studios, LLC |
 | Rise - The Vieneo Province | older | $19.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Unistellar Industries, LLC |
 | Avia corporation | older | $5.99 | 46 41% | 1.4k | $8.3k (exactly $8,266) | Elusor Games |
 | Empire of Empires | older | $4.99 | 29 75% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | · |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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