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Should I ship a Lemmings Strategy game?
Strategy + Lemmings
Only 8 developers shipped a Lemmings Strategy 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, Craftlings, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $960 against a market of $630. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) |
| Top 5% | $187k (exactly $186,507) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 1700% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy, Lemmings
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $18.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 25,974 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 12 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Forts 2017 · $9.5M 
Zombie Night Terror 2016 · $1.3M 
Craftlings 2026 · $187k 
Tethered 2017 · $114k 
Moons Of Darsalon 2023 · $77k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Forts | older | $14.99 | 21,216 92% | 636k | $9.5M (exactly $9,540,835) | EarthWork Games |
| | Zombie Night Terror | older | $12.99 | 3,352 93% | 101k | $1.3M (exactly $1,306,274) | NoClip |
| | Craftlings | $19.99 | 311 86% | 9.3k | $187k (exactly $186,507) | ARIANO Games GmbH | |
| | Tethered | older | $18.99 | 200 81% | 6.0k | $114k (exactly $113,940) | Secret Sorcery Limited |
| | Moons Of Darsalon | older | $19.67 | 131 78% | 3.9k | $77k (exactly $77,303) | Dr. Kucho! Games |
 | MouseCraft | older | $9.99 | 200 85% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,940) | Crunching Koalas |
 | Flockers™ | older | $9.99 | 158 76% | 4.7k | $47k (exactly $47,353) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
 | Radiant Defense | older | $9.99 | 140 82% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $41,958) | Hexage |
 | Eets Munchies | older | $6.99 | 198 81% | 5.9k | $42k (exactly $41,521) | Klei Entertainment |
 | So Many Me | older | $14.99 | 68 91% | 2.0k | $31k (exactly $30,580) | Extend Studio |
 | Necrotyper | $14.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Vildiur | |
 | For the Crown | $9.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Gierki Dev | |
 | Pit Pioneers | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Shearware | |
 | Square Fishing Builder | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | codegamerstudio | |
 | Royal Impostor | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Maylop Games | |
 | Population Goals! | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Thirty55 Design | |
 | Road Place | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ozamiatin |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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