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Should I ship a Roman Grand Strategy?
Grand Strategy + Rome
Only 7 developers shipped a Roman 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, Pax Augusta, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.4k against a market of $1.5k. 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.4k (exactly $3,352) |
| Top 25% | $72k (exactly $71,976) |
| Top 5% | $423k (exactly $422,831) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 90% on the market, supply 25% fewer 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
- Rome
- 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
- $8.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $19.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 119,942 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $3.0k. 6 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year.
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: ROME II - Emperor Edition 2013 · $49M 
Imperator: Rome 2019 · $23M 
Total War: ATTILA 2015 · $16M 
Total War: ROME REMASTERED 2021 · $11M 
Total War: PHARAOH 2023 · $3.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | older | $29.99 | 54,547 87% | 1.6M | $49M (exactly $49,075,936) | CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive |
| | Imperator: Rome | older | $39.99 | 19,492 65% | 585k | $23M (exactly $23,384,552) | Paradox Development Studio |
| | Total War: ATTILA | older | $19.99 | 26,918 82% | 808k | $16M (exactly $16,142,725) | CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive |
| | Total War: ROME REMASTERED | older | $29.99 | 12,627 77% | 379k | $11M (exactly $11,360,512) | Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive |
| | Total War: PHARAOH | older | $29.99 | 3,622 63% | 109k | $3.3M (exactly $3,258,713) | CREATIVE ASSEMBLY |
 | Field of Glory: Empires | older | $39.99 | 734 81% | 22k | $881k (exactly $880,580) | Ageod |
 | Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients | older | $29.99 | 507 82% | 15k | $456k (exactly $456,148) | Longbow Games |
 | Pax Augusta | $24.99 | 564 69% | 17k | $423k (exactly $422,831) | Roger Gassmann | |
 | Aggressors: Ancient Rome | older | $29.99 | 222 79% | 6.7k | $200k (exactly $199,733) | Kubat Software |
 | Age of Gladiators | older | $7.99 | 709 77% | 21k | $170k (exactly $169,947) | Creative Storm Entertainment |
 | Fall of an Empire | $29.99 | 80 67% | 2.4k | $72k (exactly $71,976) | JG Games | |
 | Orbi Universo II | $24.99 | 85 75% | 2.6k | $64k (exactly $63,724) | Orbi Universo Team | |
 | Grow Empire: Rome | $3.99 | 28 64% | 840 | $3.4k (exactly $3,352) | Games Station | |
 | Roman General | · EA | $8.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | Moore Games |
 | Restitutor: Empire Restored | · EA | $5.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) | FishPond |
 | Ludus Manager | $4.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | WARSONG ENTERTAINMENT |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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