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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic Grand Strategy?
Grand Strategy + Post-apocalyptic
Only 11 developers shipped a Post-apocalyptic 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, ZEPHON, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $16k, ×11 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $2.2M, ×1472 the market median. Revenue is up 7015% on the market; 13 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $16k (exactly $16,184) |
| Top 25% | $99k (exactly $99,305) |
| Top 5% | $2.2M (exactly $2,205,049) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 13 |
| 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 up 7015% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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
The top 9 games average 81% positive over 2,612 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 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
Phoenix Point 2020 · $4.0M 
ZEPHON 2024 · $2.2M 
Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath 2009 · $1.1M 
Imagine Earth 2021 · $607k 
Floodland 2022 · $552k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Phoenix Point | older | $24.99 | 5,375 73% | 161k | $4.0M (exactly $4,029,637) | Snapshot Games Inc. |
| | ZEPHON | $39.99 | 1,838 83% | 55k | $2.2M (exactly $2,205,049) | Proxy Studios | |
| | Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath | older | $6.96 | 5,499 93% | 165k | $1.1M (exactly $1,148,191) | EA Los Angeles |
| | Imagine Earth | older | $24.99 | 810 79% | 24k | $607k (exactly $607,257) | Serious Bros. |
| | Floodland | older | $19.99 | 921 54% | 28k | $552k (exactly $552,324) | Vile Monarch |
 | Raiders! Forsaken Earth | older | $19.99 | 268 80% | 8.0k | $161k (exactly $160,720) | Creative Storm Entertainment |
 | Extinction Day | $19.99 | 206 74% | 6.2k | $124k (exactly $123,538) | DryGin Studios | |
 | Project Rebearth | $17.99 | 184 70% | 5.5k | $99k (exactly $99,305) | Program Sam | |
 | Worlds Upon The Wind | $9.99 | 238 99% | 7.1k | $71k (exactly $71,329) | Max Shawabkeh | |
 | Age of Undead | older | $19.99 | 80 76% | 2.4k | $48k (exactly $47,976) | Insane Dreamers |
 | Death row inmates on the run 2--The Resistance | $6.99 | 86 55% | 2.6k | $18k (exactly $18,034) | zzzgame | |
 | Post-Apo Builder | $9.99 | 54 37% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $16,184) | Septarian Games | |
 | Supreme Ruler Global Outbreak | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | BattleGoat Studios | |
 | Sidereal Dominion: Avalon | · EA | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Spatha Games |
 | zombie tide incoming Rising | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | AA Mini Games Studio | |
 | Hexa Merge | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Andre Nothof |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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