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Should I ship a Historical Time Management game?
Time Management + Historical
Of 35 developers who shipped a Historical Time Management game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 76 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $25M, ×40858 the market median. Revenue is up 110% on the market; 76 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $600 (exactly $600) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,794) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $10,912) |
| Top 5% | $26M (exactly $25,658,867) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 35 |
| Released games | 130 |
| Announced | 76 |
| 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 up 110% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high 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
- Time Management; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Economy, Simulation
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Realistic, Top-Down, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 45,096 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 76 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Time Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dungeon CrawlerFair
- + ProgrammingFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + AgricultureFair
- + Time TravelFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + LootFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
The Blood of Dawnwalker 2026 · $33M 
Farthest Frontier 2025 · $26M 
Tavern Master 2021 · $5.7M 
Turmoil 2016 · $5.1M 
News Tower 2025 · $3.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Blood of Dawnwalker | $69.99 | 15,789 86% | 474k | $33M (exactly $33,152,163) | Rebel Wolves | |
| | Farthest Frontier | $34.99 | 24,444 86% | 733k | $26M (exactly $25,658,867) | Crate Entertainment | |
| | Tavern Master | older | $14.99 | 12,613 92% | 378k | $5.7M (exactly $5,672,066) | Untitled Studio |
| | Turmoil | older | $12.99 | 13,154 92% | 395k | $5.1M (exactly $5,126,114) | Gamious |
| | News Tower | $24.99 | 4,316 94% | 129k | $3.2M (exactly $3,235,705) | Sparrow Night | |
 | Siege Survival: Gloria Victis | older | $24.99 | 1,367 79% | 41k | $1.0M (exactly $1,024,840) | Black Eye Games |
 | Car Manufacture | · EA older | $19.99 | 1,395 66% | 42k | $837k (exactly $836,581) | STEREO GAMES S.A. |
 | Computer Tycoon | · EA older | $19.99 | 916 84% | 27k | $549k (exactly $549,325) | Progorion |
 | Help Will Come Tomorrow | older | $19.99 | 777 80% | 23k | $466k (exactly $465,967) | Arclight Creations |
 | Blockbuster Inc. | older | $24.99 | 618 51% | 19k | $463k (exactly $463,315) | Super Sly Fox |
 | Mad Television Tycoon | · EA | $20.99 | 262 84% | 7.9k | $165k (exactly $164,981) | Eggcode |
 | Feudal Baron: King's Land | $19.99 | 78 33% | 2.3k | $47k (exactly $46,777) | Sim Farm S.A. | |
 | Lord Goblin | · EA | $9.99 | 89 76% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,673) | BBBen and his Big Brass Band |
 | The Home County | · EA | $13.99 | 57 91% | 1.7k | $24k (exactly $23,923) | Swanworth |
 | The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410 | · EA | $29.99 | 23 60% | 690 | $21k (exactly $20,693) | Ashborne Games |
 | Automatic Kingdom | $12.99 | 28 75% | 840 | $11k (exactly $10,912) | Matthew Pontarolo | |
 | The First Settlement VR | $14.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Christian Wendt |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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