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Should I ship a Roman Tactical game?
Tactical + Rome
Only 10 developers shipped a Roman Tactical 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, Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $26k, ×42 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $450k, ×731 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $26k (exactly $26,445) |
| Top 25% | $216k (exactly $215,784) |
| Top 5% | $459k (exactly $458,816) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Tactical
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 82% positive over 2,193 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition 2013 · $49M 
Total War: ATTILA 2015 · $16M 
Total War: ROME REMASTERED 2021 · $11M 
Expeditions: Rome 2022 · $7.0M 
Total War: PHARAOH 2023 · $3.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | older | $29.99 | 54,547 87% | 1.6M | $49M (exactly $49,075,936) | CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive |
| | Total War: ATTILA | older | $19.99 | 26,918 82% | 808k | $16M (exactly $16,142,725) | CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive |
| | Total War: ROME REMASTERED | older | $29.99 | 12,627 77% | 379k | $11M (exactly $11,360,512) | Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive |
| | Expeditions: Rome | older | $44.99 | 5,156 86% | 155k | $7.0M (exactly $6,959,053) | Logic Artists |
| | Total War: PHARAOH | older | $29.99 | 3,622 63% | 109k | $3.3M (exactly $3,258,713) | CREATIVE ASSEMBLY |
 | The Age of Decadence | older | $14.99 | 3,582 82% | 107k | $1.6M (exactly $1,610,825) | Iron Tower Studio |
 | Field of Glory: Empires | older | $39.99 | 734 81% | 22k | $881k (exactly $880,580) | Ageod |
 | Field of Glory II | older | $29.99 | 705 87% | 21k | $634k (exactly $634,288) | Byzantine Games |
 | Warriors of the Nile 2 | older | $14.99 | 1,180 88% | 35k | $531k (exactly $530,646) | Stove Studio |
 | Ludus Magnatus: Gladiator Manager Simulator | · EA | $24.99 | 612 81% | 18k | $459k (exactly $458,816) | Contec Games |
 | Bloodgrounds | $19.99 | 561 77% | 17k | $336k (exactly $336,432) | Exordium Games | |
 | Gods of Sand | $9.99 | 720 86% | 22k | $216k (exactly $215,784) | Achenar Studios | |
 | Strategos | · EA | $24.99 | 233 85% | 7.0k | $175k (exactly $174,680) | Strategos Games |
 | Rise of a Legend | · EA | $17.99 | 49 77% | 1.5k | $26k (exactly $26,445) | Masquarade, Nicholas St. Germain |
 | Roman General | · EA | $8.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | Moore Games |
 | Centurion's Gambit | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | iebaz | |
 | Ludus Manager | $4.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | WARSONG ENTERTAINMENT | |
 | Primus | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Ethan Clarke | |
 | Medieval Siege | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Mind Inside Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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