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Should I ship a Medieval Real-Time with Pause game?
Real-Time with Pause + Medieval
Only 10 developers shipped a Medieval Real-Time with Pause 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, Diplomacy is Not an Option, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $87k, ×58 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $14k; 1 in 20 cleared $9.8M, ×6549 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 22 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $14k (exactly $13,941) |
|---|---|
| Median | $87k (exactly $86,965) |
| Top 25% | $561k (exactly $561,319) |
| Top 5% | $9.8M (exactly $9,810,329) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real-Time with Pause
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Medieval
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Real-Time with Pause
- Price point
- $19.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 13,523 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $14k. 22 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real-Time with Pause with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CombatStrong odds
- + ActionFair
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Choices MatterPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Crusader Kings III 2020 · $142M 
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition 2018 · $17M 
Diplomacy is Not an Option 2024 · $9.8M 
The DioField Chronicle 2022 · $1.2M 
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) 2012 · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Crusader Kings III | older | $49.99 | 94,615 90% | 2.8M | $142M (exactly $141,894,116) | Paradox Development Studio |
| | Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition | older | $19.99 | 28,146 77% | 844k | $17M (exactly $16,879,156) | Owlcat Games |
| | Diplomacy is Not an Option | $29.99 | 10,904 85% | 327k | $9.8M (exactly $9,810,329) | Door 407 | |
| | The DioField Chronicle | older | $59.99 | 685 49% | 21k | $1.2M (exactly $1,232,794) | Square Enix, LANCARSE Ltd. |
| | Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) | older | $14.99 | 2,722 94% | 82k | $1.2M (exactly $1,224,083) | Level Up Labs, LLC |
 | Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness | older | $29.99 | 924 74% | 28k | $831k (exactly $831,323) | GrapeOcean Technologies |
 | Europa Universalis III Complete | older | $14.99 | 1,372 85% | 41k | $617k (exactly $616,988) | Paradox Development Studio |
 | Let Them Trade | $17.99 | 1,070 84% | 32k | $577k (exactly $577,479) | Spaceflower | |
 | Banquet for Fools | $19.99 | 936 89% | 28k | $561k (exactly $561,319) | Hannah and Joseph Games | |
 | Here Comes The Swarm | · EA | $19.99 | 358 84% | 11k | $215k (exactly $214,693) | CableHook Games |
 | Elengard: Ascension | · EA | $24.99 | 116 77% | 3.5k | $87k (exactly $86,965) | Stèphano M. M. G. |
 | Crownbound - Fantasy Kingdom Sim | $11.99 | 73 47% | 2.2k | $26k (exactly $26,258) | Bart Mamzer | |
 | Earth of Oryn | · EA | $14.99 | 31 64% | 930 | $14k (exactly $13,941) | Earth of Oryn |
 | Samurai Conqueror | $13.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $7.6k (exactly $7,555) | Miura Production | |
 | Arinoa: Conquest | $14.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) | Alternate | |
 | Imperial Wager: The Shattered Crown of Augustus | $19.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Ke Zhou |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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