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Should I ship a Magic Grand Strategy?
Grand Strategy + Magic
Only 7 developers shipped a Magic Grand Strategy 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, Elemental: Reforged, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×14 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.5k against a market of $1.5k. 27 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $18,887) |
| Top 5% | $430k (exactly $430,057) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Grand Strategy
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Magic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Grand Strategy
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 42,052 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×14 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Grand Strategy with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RoguelikeFair
- + SportsFair
- + RogueliteFair
- + CrimeFair
- + RacingFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceLong shot
- + TabletopLong shot
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
Comparable games
Total War: WARHAMMER 2016 · $58M 
Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith 2017 · $2.3M 
SpellForce: Conquest of Eo 2023 · $1.9M 
Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes 2013 · $1.2M 
Spirit Island 2020 · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Total War: WARHAMMER | older | $59.99 | 32,105 79% | 963k | $58M (exactly $57,779,368) | CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (L… (CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Linux), Feral Interactive (Mac)) |
| | Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith | older | $39.99 | 1,924 94% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,308,223) | Illwinter Game Design |
| | SpellForce: Conquest of Eo | older | $29.99 | 2,149 80% | 64k | $1.9M (exactly $1,933,455) | Owned by Gravity |
| | Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes | older | $24.99 | 1,655 78% | 50k | $1.2M (exactly $1,240,754) | Stardock Entertainment |
| | Spirit Island | older | $24.99 | 1,545 91% | 46k | $1.2M (exactly $1,158,286) | Handelabra Games Inc. |
 | Warlock - Master of the Arcane | older | $24.99 | 1,003 86% | 30k | $752k (exactly $751,949) | Ino-Co Plus |
 | Elemental: Reforged | $29.99 | 478 73% | 14k | $430k (exactly $430,057) | Stardock Entertainment | |
 | Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars | older | $29.99 | 408 62% | 12k | $367k (exactly $367,078) | Palindrome Interactive |
 | CountryBalls Heroes | older | $14.99 | 408 77% | 12k | $183k (exactly $183,478) | Innominate Games |
 | Planar Conquest | older | $9.99 | 377 55% | 11k | $113k (exactly $112,987) | Wastelands Interactive |
 | Broken Alliance | · EA | $14.99 | 42 80% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Placeholder Gameworks |
 | Royal Lord - 王权领主 | $14.99 | 40 90% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | 开发鸭 | |
 | Heroic Aegisio: Origins | $7.99 | 27 77% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | Vview Games | |
 | Elemental Empire | $9.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | WizardingGames | |
 | Lightcore Guardians | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Jampot Games | |
 | Fantasy War Heroes: Chilling Fog | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hetocode |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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