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Should I ship a Procedural Generation Real-Time game?
Real-Time + Procedural Generation
Only 9 developers shipped a Procedural Generation Real-Time 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, Endzone 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $11k against a market of $630. 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) |
|---|---|
| Median | $11k (exactly $11,242) |
| Top 25% | $86k (exactly $86,342) |
| Top 5% | $804k (exactly $804,332) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real-Time
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Procedural Generation
- 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, Procedural Generation
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $12.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 13,764 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $9.0k. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Real-Time with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + BuildingPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + Action RTSPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + RTSPoor odds
Comparable games
Endzone - A World Apart 2021 · $6.2M 
Gord 2023 · $1.2M 
Endzone 2 2025 · $804k 
Nevergrind Online 2024 · $586k 
Dice Legacy 2021 · $401k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Endzone - A World Apart | older | $24.99 | 8,311 76% | 249k | $6.2M (exactly $6,230,757) | Gentlymad Studios |
| | Gord | older | $49.99 | 809 53% | 24k | $1.2M (exactly $1,213,257) | Covenant.dev |
| | Endzone 2 | $29.99 | 894 65% | 27k | $804k (exactly $804,332) | Gentlymad Studios | |
| | Nevergrind Online | older | $15.99 | 1,221 86% | 37k | $586k (exactly $585,714) | Neverworks Games |
| | Dice Legacy | older | $14.99 | 892 67% | 27k | $401k (exactly $401,132) | DESTINYbit |
 | Mini Settlers | $12.99 | 592 85% | 18k | $231k (exactly $230,702) | Knight Owl Games | |
 | Cosmodread | older | $14.99 | 391 91% | 12k | $176k (exactly $175,833) | White Door Games |
 | Drox Operative 2 | older | $19.99 | 275 89% | 8.3k | $165k (exactly $164,918) | Soldak Entertainment |
 | Zombasite | older | $19.99 | 194 76% | 5.8k | $116k (exactly $116,342) | Soldak Entertainment |
 | Din's Legacy | older | $19.99 | 185 77% | 5.6k | $111k (exactly $110,944) | Soldak Entertainment |
 | Outside the Blocks | $14.99 | 192 87% | 5.8k | $86k (exactly $86,342) | Michał Kubas | |
 | Stardust Exile | $14.99 | 44 70% | 1.3k | $20k (exactly $19,787) | Apseren | |
 | Fleetbreakers | · EA | $14.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $11k (exactly $11,242) | Last Keep |
 | Infest | $14.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | Chute Apps | |
 | Eclipse Breaker | $11.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) | Lunar Workshop, Jorge Rodriguez | |
 | Space Sim Tycoon | $15.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | SuperChicken Productions LLC | |
 | AI PAINTER: Painting Simulator | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Magic Cat |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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