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Should I ship an Outbreak Sim Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Outbreak Sim
Only 12 developers shipped an Outbreak Sim Real Time Tactics 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, Calyx, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $600. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,184) |
| Top 5% | $353k (exactly $353,109) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 down 20% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Outbreak Sim
- 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
- Real Time Tactics, Outbreak Sim
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 798 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Real Time Tactics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + God GamePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
ICBM 2020 · $993k 
Calyx 2026 · EA · $353k 
Welcome Back, Commander 2025 · $103k 
Perfect Heist 2018 · $60k 
Z-Collapse 2022 · $34k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ICBM | older | $19.99 | 1,655 91% | 50k | $993k (exactly $992,503) | SoftWarWare, K-Project |
| | Calyx | · EA | $24.99 | 471 88% | 14k | $353k (exactly $353,109) | Studio 568 |
| | Welcome Back, Commander | $14.99 | 230 80% | 6.9k | $103k (exactly $103,431) | S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L. | |
| | Perfect Heist | older | $4.99 | 398 76% | 12k | $60k (exactly $59,581) | yeswecamp |
| | Z-Collapse | older | $12.99 | 87 73% | 2.6k | $34k (exactly $33,904) | Pok&Co |
 | Rebirth evolution | older | $8.99 | 125 61% | 3.8k | $34k (exactly $33,712) | 异界游网络科技 |
 | Zombie Party 丧尸派对 | older | $5.99 | 140 77% | 4.2k | $25k (exactly $25,158) | Joychasing Games |
 | Post-Apo Builder | $9.99 | 54 37% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $16,184) | Septarian Games | |
 | Last Generation: Survival | older | $19.99 | 20 50% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Furious Dogs |
 | Biletide | $5.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $4.3k (exactly $4,313) | Formic Games | |
 | Supreme Ruler Global Outbreak | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | BattleGoat Studios | |
 | Sandbox Apocalypse | · EA | $11.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | 7Druids GmbH |
 | Dead Night Highway | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Mr. Pink | |
 | Centre 18 | · EA | $12.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $779 (exactly $779) | Lucas |
 | Manifest369 power defence | · EA | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | ManifestStudios |
 | THE BEST INVESTOR | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | THE FRENCH GRINDER |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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