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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a WWII Resource Management game?

Resource Management + World War II

Only 11 developers shipped a WWII 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, Ground of Aces, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.0 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $1.2M, ×2027 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 19 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.0 times the market baseline, revenue down 100% on the market, 19 announced, ×3.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Resource Management + World War II
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 11
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $13k → $1.3k → $480 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Resource Management + World War II: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 11
Bottom 30% $1.0k (exactly $1,015)
Median $1.3k (exactly $1,256)
Top 25% $366k (exactly $365,567)
Top 5% $1.3M (exactly $1,273,076)
Developers, 2 yr 11
Released games 35
Announced 19
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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 100% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 17%, 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
World War II
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Resource Management
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 85% positive over 4,812 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $1.1k, median $1.3k, 1 in 4 over $360k, 1 in 20 over $1.2M.

3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.

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

Tank Mechanic Simulator 2020 · $5.3M Ground of Aces 2025 · EA · $1.3M WW2 Rebuilder 2023 · $902k KAISERPUNK 2025 · $795k Aircraft Carrier Survival 2022 · $705k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Tank Mechanic Simulator older $19.99 8,792 87% 264k $5.3M (exactly $5,272,562) DeGenerals S.A.
Ground of Aces · EA $29.99 1,415 84% 42k $1.3M (exactly $1,273,076) Blindflug Studios AG
WW2 Rebuilder older $19.99 1,504 84% 45k $902k (exactly $901,949) Madnetic Games
KAISERPUNK $29.99 884 71% 27k $795k (exactly $795,335) Overseer Games
Aircraft Carrier Survival older $19.99 1,176 59% 35k $705k (exactly $705,247) Gambit Games Studio
Close Combat: The Bloody First older $39.99 397 51% 12k $476k (exactly $476,281) Matrix Games
Click and Conquer $4.99 2,442 92% 73k $366k (exactly $365,567) SOCKHOUSE STUDIOS
Through the Darkest of Times older $14.99 778 85% 23k $350k (exactly $349,867) Paintbucket Games
My Child Lebensborn Remastered older $7.99 1,299 96% 39k $311k (exactly $311,370) Teknopilot AS, Sarepta Studio AS
Making History: The Second World War older $29.99 268 78% 8.0k $241k (exactly $241,120) Factus Games
Pact of Steel $14.99 12 83% 360 $5.4k (exactly $5,396) Steel Potato Games LLC
Of Crowns & Chains · EA $4.99 17 64% 510 $2.5k (exactly $2,545) BlueJayAvis
Loop My Crank $2.99 14 42% 420 $1.3k (exactly $1,256) GameRoom3 Studio
The Syndicate: Classified Operations $4.99 7 57% 210 $1.0k (exactly $1,048) A and I Software
War Untold · EA $1.99 17 82% 510 $1.0k (exactly $1,015) Green Giraffe
Grenadier Command · EA $15.99 1 100% 30 $480 (exactly $480) kratijun
Sparkfront: Online $0.99 3 0% 90 $89 (exactly $89) Selçuk Oruç

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