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Should I ship a Gothic Tactical game?
Tactical + Gothic
Only 16 developers shipped a Gothic 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, Void War, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 32 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $25,490) |
| Top 5% | $2.2M (exactly $2,190,704) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 32 |
| 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 down 65% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 4,060 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters 2022 · $15M 
Othercide 2020 · $4.1M 
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic) 2016 · $2.3M 
Void War 2025 · $2.2M 
At Dead Of Night 2020 · $1.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters | older | $44.99 | 11,426 76% | 343k | $15M (exactly $15,421,672) | Complex Games |
| | Othercide | older | $29.99 | 4,516 82% | 135k | $4.1M (exactly $4,063,045) | Lightbulb Crew |
| | Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic) | older | $14.99 | 5,135 68% | 154k | $2.3M (exactly $2,309,210) | Tindalos Interactive |
| | Void War | $19.99 | 3,653 94% | 110k | $2.2M (exactly $2,190,704) | Tundra | |
| | At Dead Of Night | older | $15.99 | 3,289 94% | 99k | $1.6M (exactly $1,577,733) | Baggy Cat Ltd. |
 | Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars | older | $29.99 | 408 62% | 12k | $367k (exactly $367,078) | Palindrome Interactive |
 | Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister | older | $19.99 | 596 70% | 18k | $357k (exactly $357,421) | Soul Assembly Ltd |
 | Disciples II: Gallean's Return | older | $5.99 | 1,475 83% | 44k | $265k (exactly $265,058) | Strategy First |
 | Tenebris: Terra Incognita | $19.99 | 313 79% | 9.4k | $188k (exactly $187,706) | Phantasmica Studios | |
 | LEGRAND LEGACY: Tale of the Fatebounds | older | $19.99 | 300 67% | 9.0k | $180k (exactly $179,910) | SEMISOFT |
 | Ex Sanguis | · EA | $19.99 | 45 77% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Lightbulb Crew |
 | Atre: Dominance Wars | · EA | $24.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $25k (exactly $25,490) | Ironward |
 | Papercraft Tactics | $7.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | AGE Zero | |
 | BLEST | $6.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Oedipe Games | |
 | Vlad Voievod Dracula: Dungeons of Egrigoz | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Tiberius | |
 | Mobs 'N Monsters | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Ghostie Games | |
 | My Kirin kidney and my beloved teachers | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | OKEdragon | |
 | My Kirin kidney and my beloved teachers 2 | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | OKEdragon |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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