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Should I ship a Grand Strategy FPS?
FPS + Grand Strategy
Only 11 developers shipped a Grand Strategy FPS 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, Death row inmates on the run 2--The Resistance, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $18,034) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 down 45% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FPS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Grand Strategy
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Grand Strategy
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 74% positive over 206 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Total Conflict: Resistance 2023 · EA · $4.6M 
Home Wars 2017 · $342k 
Attack on Toys 2021 · EA · $243k 
Street Lords 2023 · $52k 
Hypnosis Card 2024 · $32k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Total Conflict: Resistance | · EA older | $29.99 | 5,089 74% | 153k | $4.6M (exactly $4,578,573) | Thunder Devs. |
| | Home Wars | older | $9.99 | 1,141 78% | 34k | $342k (exactly $341,958) | Insane Dreamers |
| | Attack on Toys | · EA older | $6.99 | 1,158 93% | 35k | $243k (exactly $242,833) | N7T-GAMES |
| | Street Lords | older | $14.99 | 115 57% | 3.5k | $52k (exactly $51,716) | Studio HK |
| | Hypnosis Card | older | $4.99 | 216 71% | 6.5k | $32k (exactly $32,335) | Naku Kinoko |
 | Death row inmates on the run 2--The Resistance | $6.99 | 86 55% | 2.6k | $18k (exactly $18,034) | zzzgame | |
 | Trump Simulator 2025 | $3.99 | 106 91% | 3.2k | $13k (exactly $12,688) | Luke Gayson | |
 | We Need To Cook - Drug Empire Simulator | older | $4.99 | 84 58% | 2.5k | $13k (exactly $12,575) | Harold Crow |
 | Inheritors2078 | older | $11.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $6.8k (exactly $6,834) | Elhaitham Ashmawy, Mohamed Eshmawy, Nou… (Elhaitham Ashmawy, Mohamed Eshmawy, Nour Ashmawy) |
 | Bank Robber | older | $2.99 | 47 68% | 1.4k | $4.2k (exactly $4,216) | Softwaves |
 | Scionide | · EA | $14.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | SYONIX |
 | King Quest | $15.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $959 (exactly $959) | slc studios | |
 | Reality Rifts | $3.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Infinity Requiem Studio | |
 | Escape the Maze | · EA | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Fatih CALISKAN |
 | Beyond The Second Hour | $1.25 | 2 50% | 60 | $75 (exactly $75) | Mohamed Samy | |
 | The graveyard duty fall of the last demon | · EA | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Faustina Mutamba |
 | Exodus Frontier: The Last Stand | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Shupernom LTD | |
 | The Secret of Island of Fear | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hamza sonay, Yusuf sonay, Mustafa baş |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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