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Should I ship a God Game Strategy RPG?
God Game + Strategy RPG
Only 12 developers shipped a God Game Strategy RPG 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, 吾皇万岁, 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, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $59; 1 in 20 cleared $63k, ×101 the market median. Revenue is up 1720% on the market; 26 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,470) |
| Top 5% | $63k (exactly $63,173) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 1720% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- God Game
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- God Game, Strategy RPG
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 65% positive over 513 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition 2019 · $1.6M 
Populous™: The Beginning 2024 · $66k 
吾皇万岁 2026 · $63k 
Cyber Ops 2020 · $49k 
Crownbound - Fantasy Kingdom Sim 2025 · $26k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition | older | $14.99 | 3,579 55% | 107k | $1.6M (exactly $1,609,476) | Klabater |
| | Populous™: The Beginning | older | $4.99 | 438 88% | 13k | $66k (exactly $65,569) | Bullfrog Productions |
| | 吾皇万岁 | $4.99 | 422 68% | 13k | $63k (exactly $63,173) | AI GAME STUDIO | |
| | Cyber Ops | older | $14.99 | 108 42% | 3.2k | $49k (exactly $48,568) | Octeto Studios |
| | Crownbound - Fantasy Kingdom Sim | $11.99 | 73 47% | 2.2k | $26k (exactly $26,258) | Bart Mamzer | |
 | Battle Craft | older | $17.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | Yaremchuk |
 | Populous™ | older | $4.99 | 57 84% | 1.7k | $8.5k (exactly $8,533) | Bullfrog Productions |
 | TRIBAL "The 12 Gates" | older | $24.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $6.7k (exactly $6,747) | Tribal.Games |
 | Alpha Lyrae Discovery | · EA older | $10.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $5.3k (exactly $5,275) | xe2050 |
 | Populous™ II: Trials of the Olympian Gods | older | $4.99 | 32 78% | 960 | $4.8k (exactly $4,790) | Bullfrog Productions |
 | Quest-Top | $7.00 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,470) | Weiser Games | |
 | 手机时代 Mobile era | $8.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | LI XIAOLEI | |
 | Spiritual Clinic Simulator | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Ling Chen | |
 | Planetary Governor | · EA | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Lensy |
 | Crown Chained | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | MazeGame | |
 | Surplus Value Simulator | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | WANGZHENGYU | |
 | Save stray cats | $0.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | stray cat | |
 | Element Warriors | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DPlay Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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