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Tactical + God Game
Only 15 developers shipped a God Game Tactical 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, MINOS, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×468 the market median. Revenue is up 875% on the market; 23 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $539 (exactly $539) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,490) |
| Top 5% | $294k (exactly $293,597) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 58 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 875% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Tactical, God Game
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 719 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
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Comparable games
The Settlers: New Allies 2024 · $1.4M 
MINOS 2026 · $294k 
Deity Empires 2018 · $250k 
Exodus Borealis 2021 · $146k 
Reprisal Universe 2014 · $71k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Settlers: New Allies | older | $39.99 | 1,175 49% | 35k | $1.4M (exactly $1,409,648) | Ubisoft Düsseldorf |
| | MINOS | $17.99 | 544 88% | 16k | $294k (exactly $293,597) | Artificer | |
| | Deity Empires | older | $24.99 | 333 86% | 10k | $250k (exactly $249,650) | BaileyHausdorff Systems |
| | Exodus Borealis | older | $19.99 | 243 91% | 7.3k | $146k (exactly $145,727) | Smug Marmot Studios |
| | Reprisal Universe | older | $6.99 | 337 75% | 10k | $71k (exactly $70,669) | electrolyte |
 | Populous™: The Beginning | older | $4.99 | 438 88% | 13k | $66k (exactly $65,569) | Bullfrog Productions |
 | Cyber Ops | older | $14.99 | 108 42% | 3.2k | $49k (exactly $48,568) | Octeto Studios |
 | Random Legion | older | $5.99 | 146 68% | 4.4k | $26k (exactly $26,236) | Stardust Light Studio |
 | Mind the Vikings | · EA older | $10.99 | 74 36% | 2.2k | $24k (exactly $24,398) | Miso Games |
 | Epoch of Guardians | $11.99 | 32 81% | 960 | $12k (exactly $11,510) | 伊洛维游戏 | |
 | Football Fictional World Simulator | $14.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | keigo0221 | |
 | Creo God Simulator | $9.99 | 35 68% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | MKSM Design LLC | |
 | Idle Together | $6.99 | 37 75% | 1.1k | $7.8k (exactly $7,759) | Eragone | |
 | Command by Voice: World Conquest | · EA | $9.99 | 19 52% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Side Meicai |
 | Weather Dragger | $7.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | Geese & Goose | |
 | BLEST | $6.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Oedipe Games | |
 | Meow Box City | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Bobo Interactive | |
 | Cult of Abaruth | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | Codename: Pierogi Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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