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Should I ship a WWII Flight game?
Flight + World War II
Only 16 developers shipped a WWII Flight 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, Ground of Aces, 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, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $1.2M, ×2027 the market median. Revenue is up 115% on the market; 16 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $51k (exactly $51,266) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,273,076) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 88 |
| 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 up 115% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Flight
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- World War II
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Flight
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 2,926 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 7 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Flight with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Choose Your Own AdventureFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + CatsFair
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + TradingPoor odds
- + MiningPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + EconomyPoor odds
- + RTSPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
Comparable games
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad 2014 · $13M 
Bomber Crew 2017 · $5.0M 
Ground of Aces 2025 · EA · $1.3M 
Aces of Thunder 2026 · $1.0M 
LUFTRAUSERS 2014 · $1.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad | older | $49.99 | 8,749 79% | 262k | $13M (exactly $13,120,875) | FOR-GAMES CR LTD |
| | Bomber Crew | older | $15.99 | 10,416 88% | 312k | $5.0M (exactly $4,996,555) | Runner Duck |
| | Ground of Aces | · EA | $29.99 | 1,415 84% | 42k | $1.3M (exactly $1,273,076) | Blindflug Studios AG |
| | Aces of Thunder | $29.99 | 1,159 57% | 35k | $1.0M (exactly $1,042,752) | Gaijin Entertainment | |
| | LUFTRAUSERS | older | $9.99 | 3,398 91% | 102k | $1.0M (exactly $1,018,381) | Vlambeer |
 | IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 | older | $9.99 | 2,653 88% | 80k | $795k (exactly $795,104) | 1C: Maddox Games |
 | Model Builder: Complete Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,058 74% | 32k | $634k (exactly $634,483) | Moonlit S.A. |
 | Land of War - The Beginning | older | $19.99 | 713 53% | 21k | $428k (exactly $427,586) | MS GAMES |
 | IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition | older | $9.99 | 1,116 66% | 33k | $334k (exactly $334,465) | Team Fusion Simulations, 1C: Maddox Gam… (Team Fusion Simulations, 1C: Maddox Games) |
 | Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China | older | $14.99 | 695 69% | 21k | $313k (exactly $312,542) | ACE MADDOX |
 | Scramble: Battle of Britain | · EA | $29.99 | 209 88% | 6.3k | $188k (exactly $188,037) | Slitherine Ltd. |
 | Vincemus - Air Combat | $14.99 | 114 82% | 3.4k | $51k (exactly $51,266) | Virtual Convict | |
 | Valor 1944 | $9.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Sunroom Games | |
 | Real RC: Flight Simulator Aircraft Remote Control 2026 | $29.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $2.7k (exactly $2,699) | Thetis Games | |
 | Bearplane | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Matthew Burton | |
 | Sky Scramble | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | SpunjLabs | |
 | Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races | · EA | $14.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Hard Shark Games |
 | FLAAK TD | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Oedipe Games, Oedipe Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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