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Should I ship a WWI Grand Strategy?
Grand Strategy + World War I
Only 6 developers shipped a WWI 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, Age of History 3, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced, ×3.5 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 $190k against a market of $1.5k. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
|---|---|
| Median | $187k (exactly $186,666) |
| Top 25% | $795k (exactly $795,335) |
| Top 5% | $5.4M (exactly $5,425,169) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 7 |
| 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: 10%, 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
- World War I
- 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
- 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 $34.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 152,996 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.6k. 4 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 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
Victoria 3 2022 · $62M 
Iron Harvest 2020 · $11M 
Victoria II 2010 · $9.9M 
Age of History II 2018 · $8.6M 
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts 2023 · $7.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Victoria 3 | older | $49.99 | 41,251 71% | 1.2M | $62M (exactly $61,864,125) | Paradox Development Studio |
| | Iron Harvest | older | $29.99 | 11,682 74% | 350k | $11M (exactly $10,510,295) | KING Art |
| | Victoria II | older | $19.99 | 16,504 92% | 495k | $9.9M (exactly $9,897,449) | Paradox Development Studio |
| | Age of History II | older | $5.99 | 47,614 89% | 1.4M | $8.6M (exactly $8,556,236) | Łukasz Jakowski |
| | Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts | older | $34.99 | 6,664 62% | 200k | $7.0M (exactly $6,995,201) | Game-Labs |
 | Age of History 3 | $9.99 | 18,102 85% | 543k | $5.4M (exactly $5,425,169) | Łukasz Jakowski | |
 | The Great War: Western Front™ | older | $34.99 | 2,733 66% | 82k | $2.9M (exactly $2,868,830) | Petroglyph |
 | Hearts of Iron III | older | $9.99 | 4,962 76% | 149k | $1.5M (exactly $1,487,111) | Paradox Development Studio |
 | KAISERPUNK | $29.99 | 884 71% | 27k | $795k (exactly $795,335) | Overseer Games | |
 | Age of History 2: Definitive Edition | $9.99 | 2,600 83% | 78k | $779k (exactly $779,220) | Łukasz Jakowski | |
 | Warnament | $12.99 | 479 84% | 14k | $187k (exactly $186,666) | Luden.io | |
 | On The Western Front | $13.99 | 88 84% | 2.6k | $37k (exactly $36,934) | Aggroblakh | |
 | Of Crowns & Chains | · EA | $4.99 | 17 64% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | BlueJayAvis |
 | Front Frontiers | $2.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | baus96 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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