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Should I ship a Robot Resource Management game?
Resource Management + Robots
Of 63 developers who shipped a Robot 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.. 140 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.0 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $280k, ×455 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 140 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,282) |
| Top 25% | $8.9k (exactly $8,895) |
| Top 5% | $286k (exactly $286,009) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 63 |
| Released games | 145 |
| Announced | 140 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 25% more 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.
- Resource Management
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Robots
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Resource Management; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Building, Strategy, Automation
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 3,856 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 7 in 10 of the 34 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 140 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Outpost: Infinity Siege 2024 · $8.7M 
Five Nights at Freddy's 2014 · $8.0M 
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 2014 · $5.7M 
Per Aspera 2020 · $3.7M 
FOUNDRY 2024 · EA · $2.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Outpost: Infinity Siege | older | $24.99 | 11,636 65% | 349k | $8.7M (exactly $8,723,509) | Team Ranger |
| | Five Nights at Freddy's | older | $4.99 | 53,607 94% | 1.6M | $8.0M (exactly $8,024,968) | Scott Cawthon |
| | Five Nights at Freddy's 2 | older | $7.99 | 23,871 93% | 716k | $5.7M (exactly $5,721,879) | Scott Cawthon |
| | Per Aspera | older | $29.99 | 4,105 76% | 123k | $3.7M (exactly $3,693,268) | Tlön Industries |
| | FOUNDRY | · EA older | $29.99 | 3,272 82% | 98k | $2.9M (exactly $2,943,818) | Channel 3 Entertainment |
 | Automation Empire | older | $29.99 | 2,584 65% | 78k | $2.3M (exactly $2,324,825) | DOG HOGGLER |
 | Autonauts | older | $19.99 | 3,596 90% | 108k | $2.2M (exactly $2,156,521) | Denki |
 | Nova Lands | older | $19.99 | 2,512 90% | 75k | $1.5M (exactly $1,506,446) | BEHEMUTT |
 | Haydee 2 | older | $24.99 | 1,649 87% | 49k | $1.2M (exactly $1,236,255) | Haydee Interactive |
 | Good Company | older | $24.99 | 1,480 73% | 44k | $1.1M (exactly $1,109,556) | Chasing Carrots |
 | Microtopia | $19.99 | 881 87% | 26k | $528k (exactly $528,336) | Cordyceps Collective | |
 | Blossom: The Seed of Life | $16.99 | 1,011 88% | 30k | $515k (exactly $515,307) | Pebbledust Games | |
 | Annihilate The Spance | · EA | $29.99 | 347 90% | 10k | $312k (exactly $312,196) | Skyglow Softworks |
 | Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft | $14.99 | 636 83% | 19k | $286k (exactly $286,009) | Luden.io | |
 | World End Diner | $16.99 | 415 93% | 12k | $212k (exactly $211,525) | Andymente | |
 | Dismantling Workshop of Bio-Girl | $29.99 | 120 61% | 3.6k | $108k (exactly $107,964) | 渡里laboratory | |
 | Sky End Market | · EA | $18.99 | 164 96% | 4.9k | $93k (exactly $93,431) | Andymente |
 | Cyber Tower 2048 | $29.99 | 92 88% | 2.8k | $83k (exactly $82,772) | Galactic Geckon | |
 | Icaria | $24.99 | 79 75% | 2.4k | $59k (exactly $59,226) | Blindsight Games LLC | |
 | Prospector | $14.99 | 111 64% | 3.3k | $50k (exactly $49,917) | Loonworks Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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