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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Mythological Resource Management game?

Resource Management + Mythology

Of 55 developers who shipped a Mythological Resource Management game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 101 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $770k, ×1235 the market median. Revenue is up 225% on the market; 101 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.1 times the market baseline, revenue up 225% on the market, 101 announced, ×3.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Resource Management + Mythology
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 55
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $16k → $34k → $1.2k → $899 → $3.0k → $2.9k (still earning) → $356 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Resource Management + Mythology: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 55
Bottom 30% $359 (exactly $359)
Median $1.3k (exactly $1,347)
Top 25% $6.6k (exactly $6,593)
Top 5% $776k (exactly $775,549)
Developers, 2 yr 55
Released games 129
Announced 101
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $8.99

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 225% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Resource Management
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Mythology
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Resource Management; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Management, Simulation
Price point
$8.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.

The top 10 games average 74% positive over 25,348 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $360, median $1.3k, 1 in 4 over $6.5k, 1 in 20 over $770k.

3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 29 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 101 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Resource Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Artificial IntelligenceFair102 devs · median $11k · 131 announced
  2. + DwarvesFair15 devs · median $11k · 24 announced
  3. + WesternFair19 devs · median $7.0k · 26 announced
  4. + SnowFair24 devs · median $3.8k · 36 announced
  5. + JRPGFair36 devs · median $2.7k · 27 announced
  6. + UnderwaterFair51 devs · median $2.3k · 74 announced
  7. + CollectathonFair167 devs · median $1.9k · 222 announced
  8. + IncrementalFair630 devs · median $1.8k · 1,025 announced
  9. + IdlerFair656 devs · median $1.6k · 979 announced
  10. + ArcadeFair322 devs · median $1.5k · 495 announced
  11. + HorsesFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 18 announced
  12. + Quick-Time EventsFair46 devs · median $719 · 55 announced

All 214 pairs on the Resource Management page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Age of Mythology: Retold 2024 · $19M Soulmask 2026 · $17M Thea: The Awakening 2015 · $2.0M Land of the Vikings 2023 · $1.5M Ascension 2025 · EA · $1.5M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Age of Mythology: Retold older $29.99 20,943 90% 628k $19M (exactly $18,842,417) World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, Tantal… (World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, Tantalus Media, CaptureAge, Virtuos Games)
Soulmask $29.99 18,445 76% 553k $17M (exactly $16,594,966) CampFire Studio
Thea: The Awakening older $19.99 3,318 87% 100k $2.0M (exactly $1,989,805) MuHa Games
Land of the Vikings older $25.99 1,960 72% 59k $1.5M (exactly $1,528,212) Laps Games
Ascension · EA $19.99 2,437 60% 73k $1.5M (exactly $1,461,469) Element Game 微元游戏
Gord older $49.99 809 53% 24k $1.2M (exactly $1,213,257) Covenant.dev
Niffelheim older $19.99 1,820 73% 55k $1.1M (exactly $1,091,454) Ellada Games
Warriors of the Nile older $12.99 2,412 79% 72k $940k (exactly $939,956) Stove Studio
Microcivilization $17.99 1,437 78% 43k $776k (exactly $775,549) Ondrej Homola
Zeus + Poseidon older $9.99 1,915 96% 57k $574k (exactly $573,926) Impressions Games
Celestial Empire · EA $19.99 709 89% 21k $425k (exactly $425,187) President Studio
无休仙途 $5.99 966 72% 29k $174k (exactly $173,590) GOCORE
Stack to Ascension $12.99 331 54% 9.9k $129k (exactly $128,991) Stack to Ascension
Camelot Unchained · EA $9.99 369 38% 11k $111k (exactly $110,589) Unchained Entertainment
The Eastern Sacrifice $9.99 356 55% 11k $107k (exactly $106,693) 五条虾仁(5 shrimps)
These Doomed Isles $14.99 180 66% 5.4k $81k (exactly $80,946) Triplevision Games Limited
Goblin Camp $19.99 118 76% 3.5k $71k (exactly $70,765) Korppi Games Ltd

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.