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Should I ship a Tower Defense Immersive Sim?
Immersive Sim + Tower Defense
Only 11 developers shipped a Tower Defense 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, Crown of Greed, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 23 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $6.6k (exactly $6,594) |
| Top 5% | $408k (exactly $407,796) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 8 / 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 up 2195% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Tower Defense
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Immersive Sim, Tower Defense
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 61% positive over 1,062 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Crown of Greed 2026 · $408k 
Dwarfs!? 2011 · $193k 
Start Over 2024 · $146k 
Unholy Heights 2013 · $135k 
Merchants of Kaidan 2014 · $103k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Crown of Greed | $19.99 | 680 60% | 20k | $408k (exactly $407,796) | BLUM Entertainment | |
| | Dwarfs!? | older | $9.99 | 644 79% | 19k | $193k (exactly $193,007) | Power of 2 |
| | Start Over | $14.99 | 325 60% | 9.8k | $146k (exactly $146,152) | EY-Studio | |
| | Unholy Heights | older | $3.99 | 1,129 90% | 34k | $135k (exactly $135,141) | Petit Depotto |
| | Merchants of Kaidan | older | $14.99 | 230 60% | 6.9k | $103k (exactly $103,431) | Forever Entertainment S. A. |
 | War of Wizards | older | $19.99 | 140 70% | 4.2k | $84k (exactly $83,958) | Arcane Miracle Entertainment |
 | Towerfolk | · EA | $10.99 | 20 70% | 600 | $6.6k (exactly $6,594) | 99 Interactive |
 | Dough or Die | · EA | $7.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) | Soundbyte Interactive |
 | Tower Defender VR: Last Adventure | older | $19.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Mastery VR |
 | Medievaly: Battle Simulator | $8.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | Steelkrill Studio | |
 | FLAAK TD | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Oedipe Games, Oedipe Games | |
 | Happy Treasure King | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Happy.Gaming | |
 | Illegal Alien Tower Defense | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Forbidden Knowledge | |
 | Void Breaker | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | AA Mini Games Studio | |
 | The Mushroom Adventrue:Call of Distant Realms | · EA | $17.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Shenzhen Yiling Industrial Design Center |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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