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Should I ship a Mythological Wargame?
Wargame + Mythology
Only 11 developers shipped a Mythological Wargame 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, Tabletop Tavern, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×4.0 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 $540 against a market of $630. 16 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $55k (exactly $54,863) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,228,785) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 16 |
| 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 600% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Wargame
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 2,632 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Wargame with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + NavalFair
- + TabletopFair
- + LogicFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
Solium Infernum 2024 · $1.9M 
Tabletop Tavern 2026 · $1.2M 
Warriors of the Nile 2020 · $940k 
Warriors of the Nile 2 2022 · $531k 
👑Idle Calibur：Zero💕（选王之剑：零） 2024 · $147k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Solium Infernum | older | $39.99 | 1,571 88% | 47k | $1.9M (exactly $1,884,729) | League of Geeks |
| | Tabletop Tavern | $19.99 | 2,049 89% | 61k | $1.2M (exactly $1,228,785) | TJ | |
| | Warriors of the Nile | older | $12.99 | 2,412 79% | 72k | $940k (exactly $939,956) | Stove Studio |
| | Warriors of the Nile 2 | older | $14.99 | 1,180 88% | 35k | $531k (exactly $530,646) | Stove Studio |
| | 👑Idle Calibur：Zero💕（选王之剑：零） | $10.99 | 445 80% | 13k | $147k (exactly $146,716) | 绝汪 | |
 | The Last King | · EA | $14.99 | 122 79% | 3.7k | $55k (exactly $54,863) | Mayawi software |
 | Firelight Fantasy: Force Energy | older | $11.99 | 140 77% | 4.2k | $50k (exactly $50,358) | Quacky Games |
 | Natti | · EA older | $7.99 | 109 58% | 3.3k | $26k (exactly $26,127) | 4DAYS LAB Co., Ltd. |
 | On the Dragon Wings - Birth of a Hero | older | $4.99 | 85 87% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,724) | Queen |
 | Cemetery Warrior V | older | $3.99 | 32 71% | 960 | $3.8k (exactly $3,830) | Falco Software |
 | Polytropos: A Tactical Odyssey | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Sea Panda Creative | |
 | Story Time | $14.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Plants Can Math LLC | |
 | This sect accepts female disciples only | $8.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | sln | |
 | Azure Defenders | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | StarMatrix Labs | |
 | KOLOSS | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Breakpoint One, Simmation |
 | Xenocide | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Cryptomnesic | |
 | Mini-Map | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | TokAyı Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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