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Incremental + War
Of 28 developers who shipped a War 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.. 42 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is up 505% on the market; 42 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 25% | $8.7k (exactly $8,700) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,235,663) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 505% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- War
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Incremental; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Idler, Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 9 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 8,816 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 21 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
How Many Dudes? 2026 · $1.3M 
Sir, We Have an Orc Problem 2026 · $1.2M 
Military Incremental Complex 2025 · $207k 
Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite 2025 · $125k 
War Tortoise 2024 · $53k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | How Many Dudes? | $14.99 | 2,948 89% | 88k | $1.3M (exactly $1,325,716) | Butterscotch Shenanigans | |
| | Sir, We Have an Orc Problem | $9.99 | 4,123 86% | 124k | $1.2M (exactly $1,235,663) | Mumpitz Games | |
| | Military Incremental Complex | $9.99 | 692 82% | 21k | $207k (exactly $207,392) | Space Kraken Studios | |
| | Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite | $5.99 | 698 83% | 21k | $125k (exactly $125,431) | RyanJakob | |
| | War Tortoise | older | $12.99 | 137 79% | 4.1k | $53k (exactly $53,389) | Foursaken Media |
 | Hydra Heli | $4.99 | 83 91% | 2.5k | $12k (exactly $12,425) | Ideas Per Second | |
 | Songs of Yummy | $3.99 | 98 74% | 2.9k | $12k (exactly $11,731) | DreamStep, FUTU Studio | |
 | Terraforming Titans | $5.00 | 58 94% | 1.7k | $8.7k (exactly $8,700) | terraforming.titans | |
 | Middle Age Conquest | older | $6.99 | 38 76% | 1.1k | $8.0k (exactly $7,969) | Musa GUNGOR |
 | Hydra Heli 2 | $6.99 | 30 80% | 900 | $6.3k (exactly $6,291) | Ideas Per Second | |
 | Triptych Book I: Blockhead | · EA | $13.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $2.5k (exactly $2,518) | Mords, Tootsie |
 | Priceless Return | $0.99 | 80 81% | 2.4k | $2.4k (exactly $2,376) | Home |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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