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Naval Combat + Turn-Based Combat
Only 15 developers shipped a Turn-Based Combat Naval Combat 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, Red Rogue Sea, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 24 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $27,014) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 flat on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Naval Combat
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Turn-Based Combat
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Naval Combat, Turn-Based Combat; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, Difficult
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 128 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Naval Combat with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MilitaryFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + RTSPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
Comparable games
Port Royale 4 2020 · $1.7M 
Horizon's Gate 2020 · $727k 
Strategic Mind: The Pacific 2019 · $484k 
Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale 2024 · $99k 
Highwater 2024 · $32k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Port Royale 4 | older | $39.99 | 1,405 56% | 42k | $1.7M (exactly $1,685,578) | Gaming Minds |
| | Horizon's Gate | older | $19.99 | 1,213 94% | 36k | $727k (exactly $727,436) | Rad Codex |
| | Strategic Mind: The Pacific | older | $29.99 | 538 74% | 16k | $484k (exactly $484,039) | Starni Games |
| | Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale | older | $24.99 | 132 51% | 4.0k | $99k (exactly $98,960) | Gaming Minds Studios |
| | Highwater | older | $19.99 | 53 66% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $31,784) | Demagog Studio |
 | Frontline: Panzer Blitzkrieg! | older | $9.99 | 102 86% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,569) | Frontline: Games Series |
 | Naval Hurricane | · EA older | $9.99 | 91 91% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $27,273) | Efril |
 | Red Rogue Sea | $16.99 | 53 64% | 1.6k | $27k (exactly $27,014) | Firemage Studios | |
 | Dread Admiral | $13.99 | 59 89% | 1.8k | $25k (exactly $24,762) | Tescrin Games | |
 | Frontline: World War II | older | $11.99 | 47 85% | 1.4k | $17k (exactly $16,906) | Frontline: Games Series |
 | Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945 | $15.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | SLS | |
 | Mech and Tech 1 | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | colmer_it UG | |
 | Tales of Arcrath | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Codex Games USA | |
 | Midway 1981 | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | David Riggle | |
 | Coup Ahoo | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Antti Haavikko | |
 | Pirate Sagas: The Golden Age | · EA | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Pirate Sagas |
 | Caribbean Prospector | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Denis Salanta |
 | Xenocide | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Cryptomnesic |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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