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Should I ship a Historical Submarine game?
Submarine + Historical
Only 5 developers shipped a Historical Submarine 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, Victory at Sea Atlantic - World War II Naval Warfare, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $52k against a market of $630. 5 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) |
|---|---|
| Median | $52k (exactly $51,782) |
| Top 25% | $67k (exactly $67,462) |
| Top 5% | $110k (exactly $110,372) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $15.99 |
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 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Submarine
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Historical
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Submarine
- Price point
- $15.99 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 $11.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 46,200 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.4k. 5 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Submarine with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + NatureFair
- + StrategyFair
- + Naval CombatPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + NavalPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
Comparable games
UBOAT 2024 · $23M 
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts 2023 · $7.0M 
Cold Waters 2017 · $5.5M 
Wolfpack 2019 · EA · $2.0M 
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter 2023 · $767k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | UBOAT | older | $29.99 | 25,568 83% | 767k | $23M (exactly $23,003,530) | Deep Water Studio |
| | Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts | older | $34.99 | 6,664 62% | 200k | $7.0M (exactly $6,995,201) | Game-Labs |
| | Cold Waters | older | $39.99 | 4,603 87% | 138k | $5.5M (exactly $5,522,219) | Killerfish Games |
| | Wolfpack | · EA older | $34.99 | 1,862 88% | 56k | $2.0M (exactly $1,954,541) | Usurpator AB |
| | Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter | older | $29.99 | 852 73% | 26k | $767k (exactly $766,544) | Iron Wolf Studio S.A. |
 | Silent Hunter® III | older | $9.99 | 2,544 87% | 76k | $762k (exactly $762,437) | Ubisoft |
 | Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic | older | $9.99 | 2,450 44% | 74k | $734k (exactly $734,265) | Ubisoft Romania |
 | Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific | older | $9.99 | 1,120 69% | 34k | $336k (exactly $335,664) | Ubisoft Romania |
 | KURSK | older | $19.99 | 445 47% | 13k | $267k (exactly $266,866) | Jujubee S.A. |
 | Victory at Sea Atlantic - World War II Naval Warfare | $39.99 | 92 60% | 2.8k | $110k (exactly $110,372) | Evil Twin Artworks | |
 | Silent Shark | $17.99 | 125 98% | 3.8k | $67k (exactly $67,462) | John Goering | |
 | ShipShaper: Falconeer Chronicles | · EA | $8.99 | 192 96% | 5.8k | $52k (exactly $51,782) | Tomas Sala |
 | Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945 | $15.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | SLS | |
 | Mythos Mission: Sunken Kingdom | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | OLIVANGO |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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