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Should I ship a Time-Travel Resource Management game?

Resource Management + Time Travel

Only 16 developers shipped a Time-Travel Resource Management 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, Cronos: The New Dawn, 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 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 795% on the market; 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 795% on the market, 14 announced, ×1.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Resource Management + Time Travel
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 16
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $180 → $599 → $2.2k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Resource Management + Time Travel: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 16
Bottom 30% $179 (exactly $179)
Median $600 (exactly $600)
Top 25% $5.9k (exactly $5,940)
Top 5% $14M (exactly $13,953,074)
Developers, 2 yr 16
Released games 29
Announced 14
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $5.99

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 795% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Time Travel
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Resource Management; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Incremental, Management
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $59.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $59.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 7,922 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $600, 1 in 4 over $5.9k, 1 in 20 over $13M.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Resource Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Artificial IntelligenceFair102 devs · median $11k · 131 announced
  2. + DwarvesFair15 devs · median $11k · 24 announced
  3. + WesternFair19 devs · median $7.0k · 26 announced
  4. + SnowFair24 devs · median $3.8k · 36 announced
  5. + JRPGFair36 devs · median $2.7k · 27 announced
  6. + UnderwaterFair51 devs · median $2.3k · 74 announced
  7. + CollectathonFair167 devs · median $1.9k · 222 announced
  8. + IncrementalFair630 devs · median $1.8k · 1,025 announced
  9. + IdlerFair656 devs · median $1.6k · 979 announced
  10. + ArcadeFair322 devs · median $1.5k · 495 announced
  11. + HorsesFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 18 announced
  12. + Quick-Time EventsFair46 devs · median $719 · 55 announced

All 214 pairs on the Resource Management page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Cronos: The New Dawn 2025 · $14M River Town Factory 2024 · $574k Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival 2023 · $484k 回到2001买房子 2025 · $29k Roads of time 2020 · $9.0k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Cronos: The New Dawn $59.99 7,753 87% 233k $14M (exactly $13,953,074) Bloober Team
River Town Factory older $14.99 1,277 88% 38k $574k (exactly $574,267) iFAction Studio
Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival older $19.99 807 69% 24k $484k (exactly $483,958) Tbjbu2
回到2001买房子 $19.99 48 72% 1.4k $29k (exactly $28,786) 新起点制作组
Roads of time older $14.99 20 80% 600 $9.0k (exactly $8,994) GameOn Production
Tale of Immortal Ring $4.99 51 66% 1.5k $7.6k (exactly $7,635) Solo Gaming
Loopbound · EA $5.50 36 72% 1.1k $5.9k (exactly $5,940) Escheria
Code Tycoon $9.99 15 80% 450 $4.5k (exactly $4,496) Mennen Games
Palladise Island older $0.99 143 88% 4.3k $4.2k (exactly $4,247) TOTATO
Movierooms - Cinema Management · EA $14.99 5 80% 150 $2.2k (exactly $2,248) Mad Pumpkins
Idle Time $4.99 6 16% 180 $898 (exactly $898) Woodland Software
Second Chance at a Billion $10.00 2 50% 60 $600 (exactly $600) ElderYew
Time and Space Legacy $9.99 2 100% 60 $599 (exactly $599) Maxime Schadkowski
Star Clicker Odyssey $4.99 4 50% 120 $599 (exactly $599) Colmillo Estelar

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.