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Should I ship a Flight Stealth game?
Flight + Stealth
Only 7 developers shipped a Flight Stealth 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, F-22: Air Dominance Fighter, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×5.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 26 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $7.6k (exactly $7,556) |
| Top 5% | $83k (exactly $82,759) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 150% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Flight, Stealth
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 17,393 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 26 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Nuclear Option 2023 · EA · $6.2M 
Arctic Eggs 2024 · $1.6M 
Land of War - The Beginning 2021 · $428k 
Death From Above: A Ukrainian Drone Warstory 2024 · $185k 
F-22: Air Dominance Fighter 2026 · $83k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nuclear Option | · EA older | $19.99 | 10,275 95% | 308k | $6.2M (exactly $6,161,917) | Shockfront Studios |
| | Arctic Eggs | older | $9.99 | 5,343 95% | 160k | $1.6M (exactly $1,601,297) | The Water Museum, cockydoody, abmarnie,… (The Water Museum, cockydoody, abmarnie, Cameron Ginex) |
| | Land of War - The Beginning | older | $19.99 | 713 53% | 21k | $428k (exactly $427,586) | MS GAMES |
| | Death From Above: A Ukrainian Drone Warstory | older | $9.99 | 618 89% | 19k | $185k (exactly $185,215) | Rockodile |
| | F-22: Air Dominance Fighter | $19.99 | 138 91% | 4.1k | $83k (exactly $82,759) | Digital Image Design Ltd. | |
 | F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0 | older | $6.99 | 122 90% | 3.7k | $26k (exactly $25,583) | MicroProse Software |
 | F-19 Stealth Fighter | older | $6.99 | 83 92% | 2.5k | $17k (exactly $17,405) | MicroProse Software, Inc |
 | FIREGROUND Modern War | older | $4.99 | 69 68% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,329) | Xyak-Xyak |
 | Wolf and Pigs | older | $16.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $9.2k (exactly $9,175) | Visual Light |
 | Helicopter Simulator 2025 - Real Flight PC/VR | $17.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $7.6k (exactly $7,556) | Helicopter Simulator | |
 | Red Panda: The Quiet Path | $8.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.4k (exactly $2,427) | Uberbax-Gaming | |
 | SHARKS | · EA | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Ezone PTY LTD |
 | Anders III: Coast Of Pain | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Andrew Simon | |
 | Blue Crow | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Samet MUMCU | |
 | E.L.D. TD | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 4develhope di Benini Elisa |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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