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Should I ship a Mythological Incremental game?
Incremental + Mythology
Of 43 developers who shipped a Mythological Incremental 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.. 31 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 65% on the market; 31 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $838 (exactly $838) |
| Top 25% | $5.9k (exactly $5,930) |
| Top 5% | $107k (exactly $106,693) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 90 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 65% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Incremental; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Idler, RPG
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Stylized, Hand-drawn
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 5,294 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Incremental with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + OtomeStrong odds
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + FarmingFair
- + Dynamic NarrationFair
- + MiningFair
- + Souls-likeFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + UndergroundFair
- + LootFair
- + SupernaturalFair
Comparable games
Microcivilization 2026 · $776k 
xiuzhen idle 2025 · $416k 
The Eastern Sacrifice 2025 · $107k 
挂机神话 2023 · $101k 
Mosaic of The Pharaohs 2025 · $80k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Microcivilization | $17.99 | 1,437 78% | 43k | $776k (exactly $775,549) | Ondrej Homola | |
| | xiuzhen idle | $5.99 | 2,313 79% | 69k | $416k (exactly $415,646) | 游戏养家工作室 | |
| | The Eastern Sacrifice | $9.99 | 356 55% | 11k | $107k (exactly $106,693) | 五条虾仁(5 shrimps) | |
| | 挂机神话 | older | $1.99 | 1,693 90% | 51k | $101k (exactly $101,072) | 狮子 |
| | Mosaic of The Pharaohs | $8.99 | 297 92% | 8.9k | $80k (exactly $80,101) | Mark Ffrench | |
 | Reprisal Universe | older | $6.99 | 337 75% | 10k | $71k (exactly $70,669) | electrolyte |
 | Citizen of Rome - Dynasty Ascendant | older | $9.99 | 235 80% | 7.1k | $70k (exactly $70,430) | Citizen of Life Games |
 | Ancient Cultivatrix | $8.99 | 240 67% | 7.2k | $65k (exactly $64,728) | 五条虾仁(5 shrimps) | |
 | Egyptian Senet | older | $9.99 | 200 81% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Ezzat Studios |
 | Reviver | $8.99 | 202 91% | 6.1k | $54k (exactly $54,479) | Cotton Game | |
 | Unlucky Mummy | $4.49 | 281 84% | 8.4k | $38k (exactly $37,851) | Karaclan | |
 | XXX Pussy House | $6.99 | 66 71% | 2.0k | $14k (exactly $13,840) | Dreamers Workshop | |
 | Knock on Fate：The Guardian Pusher | $5.99 | 58 87% | 1.7k | $10k (exactly $10,423) | 刚正面的红领巾 | |
 | Mosaica: Arboreal | $4.99 | 44 81% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | RymPow |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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