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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Grand Strategy?
Grand Strategy + Multiple Endings
Of 22 developers who shipped a Multiple Endings Grand Strategy in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 44 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $560, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180. 44 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper, while revenue is up 70% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $564 (exactly $564) |
| Top 25% | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) |
| Top 5% | $167k (exactly $167,311) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 22 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Grand Strategy, Multiple Endings; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Economy, Management
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,986 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Grand Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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