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Should I ship a Shooter Grand Strategy?
Grand Strategy + Shooter
Only 10 developers shipped a Shooter 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, Death row inmates on the run 2--The Resistance, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $75. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper, while revenue is down 20% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $75 (exactly $75) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $18,034) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Grand Strategy, Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 178 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $75. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Total Conflict: Resistance 2023 · EA · $4.6M 
Home Wars 2017 · $342k 
Attack on Toys 2021 · EA · $243k 
Street Lords 2023 · $52k 
Control Craft 2 2016 · $41k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Total Conflict: Resistance | · EA older | $29.99 | 5,089 74% | 153k | $4.6M (exactly $4,578,573) | Thunder Devs. |
| | Home Wars | older | $9.99 | 1,141 78% | 34k | $342k (exactly $341,958) | Insane Dreamers |
| | Attack on Toys | · EA older | $6.99 | 1,158 93% | 35k | $243k (exactly $242,833) | N7T-GAMES |
| | Street Lords | older | $14.99 | 115 57% | 3.5k | $52k (exactly $51,716) | Studio HK |
| | Control Craft 2 | older | $4.99 | 274 72% | 8.2k | $41k (exactly $41,018) | Cristian Manolachi, Atomic Fabrik |
 | Death row inmates on the run 2--The Resistance | $6.99 | 86 55% | 2.6k | $18k (exactly $18,034) | zzzgame | |
 | Desert Special Forces | older | $19.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Gamesforgames |
 | Inheritors2078 | older | $11.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $6.8k (exactly $6,834) | Elhaitham Ashmawy, Mohamed Eshmawy, Nou… (Elhaitham Ashmawy, Mohamed Eshmawy, Nour Ashmawy) |
 | Energy Island Corp. | older | $5.99 | 34 88% | 1.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) | SpirkopGames |
 | The Armed Shadow | $9.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Survalker | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Scionide | · EA | $14.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | SYONIX |
 | MEMOLOGY: ITALIAN MEME WAR | $0.99 | 45 97% | 1.4k | $1.3k (exactly $1,336) | Piece Of Voxel, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Infinite Evo TD | $4.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Starchase Games | |
 | GALAXY WARS Ⅱ | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | JIT Inc | |
 | Beyond The Second Hour | $1.25 | 2 50% | 60 | $75 (exactly $75) | Mohamed Samy | |
 | Virtual Campus | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Virtual teacher | |
 | zombie tide incoming Rising | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | AA Mini Games Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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