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Should I ship a Military Investigation game?
Investigation + Military
Only 8 developers shipped a Military Investigation game 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, Lavender Quartz 境界秤動, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.6k against a market of $630. 17 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 25% | $30k (exactly $29,680) |
| Top 5% | $108k (exactly $107,910) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 down 95% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Investigation
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Military
- 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
- Investigation
- Price point
- $10.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 667 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Investigation with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Escape RoomFair
- + IdlerFair
- + TriviaLong shot
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + GothicPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Card GamePoor odds
- + SciencePoor odds
Comparable games
Lavender Quartz 境界秤動 2025 · $108k 
Agent Horny - Season 1 2024 · $30k 
Field Hospital: Dr. Taylor's Story 2020 · $16k 
My Military Life 2021 · $15k 
Paracom 2025 · $6.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lavender Quartz 境界秤動 | $11.99 | 300 95% | 9.0k | $108k (exactly $107,910) | Edanoue, Inc. | |
| | Agent Horny - Season 1 | $14.99 | 66 75% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $29,680) | Mr.CreepGames | |
| | Field Hospital: Dr. Taylor's Story | older | $4.99 | 105 89% | 3.2k | $16k (exactly $15,718) | Gard Interactive |
| | My Military Life | older | $4.99 | 99 90% | 3.0k | $15k (exactly $14,820) | RealStone Studio |
| | Paracom | $10.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $6.9k (exactly $6,924) | Steel Widow Klan | |
 | The Faction | older | $19.99 | 11 63% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | GamesBraz |
 | After The War | older | $4.99 | 36 36% | 1.1k | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) | piratecat games |
 | COPS 2170 The Power of Law | older | $11.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | GFI |
 | Pleiades - A Subversion Saga Game | older | $7.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $2.2k (exactly $2,157) | Joshua Linscott, 1122 Industries |
 | Bookstore Simulator | older | $9.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Bookstore Simulator |
 | Frontline Footage | · EA | $4.99 | 11 54% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | D4rkSt0rm Studios |
 | Renounced | · EA | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Emergency Exit |
 | SNEAKALOT | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Bami Michael | |
 | Circle Begins | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | LAMSON Forge | |
 | Dark Sea | $0.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $238 (exactly $238) | DarkSignal Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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