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Should I ship a WWII RPG?
RPG + World War II
Only 12 developers shipped a WWII 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, Burden of Command™, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×3.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $410; 1 in 20 cleared $470k, ×750 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 21 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $405 (exactly $405) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) |
| Top 25% | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) |
| Top 5% | $471k (exactly $470,812) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 82 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 90% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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 II
- 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
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 897 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $410. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
RPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + SamuraiPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
- + MinigamesPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
Comparable games
Foxhole 2022 · $43M 
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition 2018 · $8.5M 
Azur Lane Crosswave 2020 · $7.8M 
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts 2023 · $7.0M 
Valkyria Chronicles™ 2014 · $6.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Foxhole | older | $29.99 | 47,330 79% | 1.4M | $43M (exactly $42,582,801) | Siege Camp |
| | Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition | older | $49.99 | 5,691 86% | 171k | $8.5M (exactly $8,534,793) | SEGA |
| | Azur Lane Crosswave | older | $39.99 | 6,537 68% | 196k | $7.8M (exactly $7,842,439) | IDEA FACTORY, COMPILE HEART, FELISTELLA |
| | Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts | older | $34.99 | 6,664 62% | 200k | $7.0M (exactly $6,995,201) | Game-Labs |
| | Valkyria Chronicles™ | older | $19.99 | 10,832 89% | 325k | $6.5M (exactly $6,495,950) | SEGA |
 | Classified: France '44 | older | $39.99 | 844 70% | 25k | $1.0M (exactly $1,012,547) | Absolutely Games |
 | RAID: World War II | older | $9.99 | 2,369 65% | 71k | $710k (exactly $709,989) | Lion game Lion, Sidetrack Games |
 | Burden of Command™ | $24.99 | 628 83% | 19k | $471k (exactly $470,812) | Green Tree Games LLC | |
 | Broken Lines | older | $24.99 | 604 76% | 18k | $453k (exactly $452,819) | BirdIsland/PortaPlay |
 | Lunar Mirror:The Pavilion of Desire | older | $9.99 | 1,329 81% | 40k | $398k (exactly $398,301) | TUTGame |
 | My Waifu Is A Tank Girl! 💕 | $2.99 | 161 80% | 4.8k | $14k (exactly $14,442) | Neko Cloud | |
 | Partisan | $7.99 | 31 83% | 930 | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) | Paradigm | |
 | Sinking The Boats | $6.99 | 34 94% | 1.0k | $7.1k (exactly $7,130) | 孟夏Mengxia | |
 | Under a Desert Sun: Seekers of the Cursed Vessel | · EA | $24.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $4.5k (exactly $4,498) | Revolving Gear Studios |
 | 101st Airborne in Normandy | $4.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Interactive Simulations | |
 | Blade of Vengeance: Night Raid at Swift Peak Pass | $7.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | 几几不小心 | |
 | 谍影：余烬 | $0.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $446 (exactly $446) | 咕噜狗 | |
 | BERSERK TANK | $4.50 | 3 66% | 90 | $405 (exactly $405) | WU YU CHENG | |
 | Survive, Resist, Collaborate - a World War 2 Choice-Based Story | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Asterism Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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