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Should I ship a Submarine Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Submarine
Only 12 developers shipped a Submarine Immersive Sim 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, Modern Naval Warfare, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×0.6 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600. 20 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper, while revenue is up 175% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 5% | $427k (exactly $426,529) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 8 / 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 up 175% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Immersive Sim
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Submarine
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Submarine
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 593 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter 2023 · $767k 
IronWolf VR 2022 · $652k 
Model Builder: Complete Edition 2022 · $634k 
Modern Naval Warfare 2026 · EA · $427k 
Dangerous Waters 2006 · $159k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter | older | $29.99 | 852 73% | 26k | $767k (exactly $766,544) | Iron Wolf Studio S.A. |
| | IronWolf VR | older | $19.99 | 1,087 94% | 33k | $652k (exactly $651,874) | Ionized Studios |
| | Model Builder: Complete Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,058 74% | 32k | $634k (exactly $634,483) | Moonlit S.A. |
| | Modern Naval Warfare | · EA | $59.99 | 237 58% | 7.1k | $427k (exactly $426,529) | Wave Ops |
| | Dangerous Waters | older | $14.99 | 353 79% | 11k | $159k (exactly $158,744) | Sonalysts |
 | Crash Dive 2 | older | $11.99 | 233 95% | 7.0k | $84k (exactly $83,810) | Panic Ensues Software |
 | Sonar Shock | older | $7.99 | 224 80% | 6.7k | $54k (exactly $53,693) | Raphael Bossniak |
 | Beach Club Simulator 2024 | older | $8.99 | 185 78% | 5.6k | $50k (exactly $49,894) | Catsupp Games |
 | Zen Aquarium | $4.99 | 302 93% | 9.1k | $45k (exactly $45,209) | Astro Cat | |
 | UBOAT: The Silent Wolf VR | older | $19.99 | 69 59% | 2.1k | $41k (exactly $41,379) | Titan GameZ |
 | Dark of the Depths | $4.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | GhastlyVastly | |
 | 7821 Akuji | $8.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | CatBiteStudios | |
 | Sub Optimal Co. | $3.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | It's A Sidegame | |
 | Scrap Diver | $3.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | BricchiLab | |
 | Depth Diver | · EA | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Nerra Tolstoï, FLaV |
 | Deep Saturation | $2.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Panic Panda | |
 | The Great Ocean | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Actrio Studio | |
 | Aquascaping Designer | $0.99 | 5 0% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | Nipinfo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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