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Should I ship a WWI RPG?
RPG + World War I
Only 7 developers shipped a WWI RPG 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, Duskpunk, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×3.3 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 $9.9k against a market of $630. 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) |
| Top 25% | $64k (exactly $64,315) |
| Top 5% | $103k (exactly $102,549) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $19.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- RPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- World War I
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- RPG
- Price point
- $19.99 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 $14.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 11,237 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 13 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SamuraiPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
- + MinigamesPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
Comparable games
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts 2023 · $7.0M 
All Quiet in the Trenches 2024 · EA · $690k 
Britannic: Patroness of the Mediterranean 2020 · $368k 
Badiya: Desert Survival 2016 · EA · $170k 
Super Trench Attack! 2014 · $165k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts | older | $34.99 | 6,664 62% | 200k | $7.0M (exactly $6,995,201) | Game-Labs |
| | All Quiet in the Trenches | · EA older | $24.99 | 921 90% | 28k | $690k (exactly $690,474) | Totally Not Aliens |
| | Britannic: Patroness of the Mediterranean | older | $14.99 | 818 90% | 25k | $368k (exactly $367,855) | Vintage Digital Revival |
| | Badiya: Desert Survival | · EA older | $19.99 | 284 50% | 8.5k | $170k (exactly $170,315) | Semaphore |
| | Super Trench Attack! | older | $4.99 | 1,105 90% | 33k | $165k (exactly $165,418) | Retro Army Limited |
 | Changeling Tale | older | $19.99 | 218 98% | 6.5k | $131k (exactly $130,735) | Helmet Fox |
 | Duskpunk | $19.99 | 171 91% | 5.1k | $103k (exactly $102,549) | Clockwork Bird, James Patton | |
 | Trench Face | $2.99 | 717 93% | 22k | $64k (exactly $64,315) | Pulse Blue | |
 | Aircraft Evolution | older | $8.99 | 221 80% | 6.6k | $60k (exactly $59,604) | Satur Entertainment |
 | Lovely Lady RPG | $15.99 | 118 99% | 3.5k | $57k (exactly $56,605) | DAS POPPY UND MIA KUNSTKOLLEKTIV | |
 | Miss Peacock | $9.99 | 33 96% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | Otter Club | |
 | Indicate | $34.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Indicate | |
 | Sycophant | $34.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Fractious | |
 | Lugubrious | $39.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Dingdang |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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