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Should I ship a Robot Hex Grid game?
Hex Grid + Robots
Only 11 developers shipped a Robot Hex Grid game 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, Gunbot Diplomacy, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.4k, ×5.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.7k; 1 in 20 cleared $27k, ×44 the market median. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 10 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) |
| Top 25% | $27k (exactly $26,863) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $27,844) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 30% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Hex Grid
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 90% positive over 353 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 10 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Hex Grid with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Strategy RPGPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
- + Card BattlerPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
Comparable games
Codex of Victory 2017 · $117k 
War of the Human Tanks 2014 · $102k 
WARBORN 2020 · $38k 
Gunbot Diplomacy 2025 · $28k 
Deep Fringe 2026 · EA · $27k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Codex of Victory | older | $14.99 | 260 69% | 7.8k | $117k (exactly $116,922) | Ino-Co Plus |
| | War of the Human Tanks | older | $9.99 | 339 91% | 10k | $102k (exactly $101,598) | Yakiniku Banzai |
| | WARBORN | older | $24.99 | 51 76% | 1.5k | $38k (exactly $38,235) | Raredrop Games Ltd |
| | Gunbot Diplomacy | $4.99 | 186 86% | 5.6k | $28k (exactly $27,844) | Sleepy Sentry | |
| | Deep Fringe | · EA | $19.99 | 45 88% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Bosoneon Studio |
 | Tactical Annihilation | $15.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $27k (exactly $26,863) | B.G. Game Studio | |
 | Vactics | older | $10.99 | 50 98% | 1.5k | $16k (exactly $16,485) | The Lemur Conspiracy |
 | HexaScape: Cyber Defense | $14.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Clockwork Origins | |
 | Hex Harmony | · EA | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Pixel Builder Studio |
 | UniWar | $7.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | Spooky House | |
 | Sente | $7.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | Oxobox Games Studios | |
 | Orbiteers | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Northborne Studios | |
 | Catnip Wars | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Ender Knight | |
 | Rabbit Comes Home | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ZIPSTED |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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