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Should I ship a Steampunk Logic game?
Logic + Steampunk
Only 10 developers shipped a Steampunk Logic 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, IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×3.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $7.9M, ×12680 the market median. Revenue is up 720% on the market; 25 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,692) |
| Top 5% | $8.0M (exactly $7,962,817) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 25 |
| 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 720% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Logic
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 96% positive over 14,087 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + TransportationFair
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Comparable games
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator 2026 · $8.0M 
Opus Magnum 2017 · $3.6M 
Submachine: Legacy 2023 · $960k 
Syberia - Remastered 2025 · $651k 
The Tiny Bang Story 2011 · $570k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator | $19.99 | 13,278 97% | 398k | $8.0M (exactly $7,962,817) | Nick Nieuwoudt, Dominik Latos | |
| | Opus Magnum | older | $19.99 | 5,964 97% | 179k | $3.6M (exactly $3,576,611) | Zachtronics |
| | Submachine: Legacy | older | $24.99 | 1,281 98% | 38k | $960k (exactly $960,366) | Mateusz Skutnik |
| | Syberia - Remastered | $29.99 | 724 70% | 22k | $651k (exactly $651,383) | Virtuallyz Gaming, Microids Studio Paris | |
| | The Tiny Bang Story | older | $4.99 | 3,809 88% | 114k | $570k (exactly $570,207) | Colibri Games |
 | Slice of Sea | older | $24.99 | 523 90% | 16k | $392k (exactly $392,093) | Mateusz Skutnik |
 | Teslagrad 2 | older | $19.99 | 419 76% | 13k | $251k (exactly $251,274) | Rain Games |
 | Haven Moon | older | $11.99 | 646 77% | 19k | $232k (exactly $232,366) | Francois Roussel |
 | Alan's Automaton Workshop | older | $14.99 | 196 82% | 5.9k | $88k (exactly $88,141) | Laputa Labs |
 | Teslagrad Remastered | older | $9.99 | 210 81% | 6.3k | $63k (exactly $62,937) | Rain Games |
 | Power Sink | $14.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | Winterwire Games | |
 | Nova Patria | $11.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | Sower Interactive | |
 | Resonant Dusk | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Verdite Interactive | |
 | Little H.O.P.E. | $1.99 | 29 100% | 870 | $1.7k (exactly $1,731) | Forja Umbra | |
 | About a Boy | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Return 0 Game Studio | |
 | Phrank's Photon Pharm | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Cyber Cheese Industries, LLC |
 | Clockwork Palace: Mysteries of the Mughal Mechanicum | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Studio Saffron Pvt Limited | |
 | GlyphBound | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | yono |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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