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Should I ship a Management MMORPG?
MMORPG + Management
Only 5 developers shipped a paid Management MMORPG 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, MMO98, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 21 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $600 against a market of $1.3k. 21 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $505 (exactly $505) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $8.3k (exactly $8,342) |
| Top 5% | $107k (exactly $107,157) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 66%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- MMORPG
- effort 10 / 10 · low · persistent world servers and a live economy
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- MMORPG, Management
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 8 games average 70% positive over 666 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $510. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
MMORPG with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
Comparable games
MMO98 2026 · $107k 
The Auto Sort Is Broken 2025 · $8.3k 
Pillazon: MMO Drug Lord Tycoon 2023 · EA · $4.9k 
Between Two Stars 2022 · EA · $1.1k 
Girl X Island 2024 · $629 | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MMO98 | $6.99 | 511 69% | 15k | $107k (exactly $107,157) | BiteMe Games | |
| | The Auto Sort Is Broken | $2.99 | 93 80% | 2.8k | $8.3k (exactly $8,342) | Fractal Projects | |
| | Pillazon: MMO Drug Lord Tycoon | · EA older | $4.99 | 33 66% | 990 | $4.9k (exactly $4,940) | PiCorp |
| | Between Two Stars | · EA older | $5.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | AdamGreen.tech |
| | Girl X Island | older | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | MitaGame3D |
 | Mythic Manager | · EA | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Oracle Algorithms |
 | Cheese Co-op Clicker Simulator | $0.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $505 (exactly $505) | asxgames | |
 | Ambasu | · EA | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Ekofi Gaming |
 | Death Trading Card Game | older | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Death |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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