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Should I ship a WWI RTS?
RTS + World War I
Only 6 developers shipped a WWI RTS 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, Age of History 3, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.2k against a market of $1.5k. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) |
| Top 25% | $184k (exactly $183,938) |
| Top 5% | $5.4M (exactly $5,425,169) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- RTS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- World War I
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- RTS
- Price point
- $8.99 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 $34.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 115,859 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 10 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
RTS with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomeFair
- + Outbreak SimFair
- + HorrorFair
- + NavalFair
- + TabletopFair
- + SportsLong shot
- + PuzzleLong shot
- + World War IIPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
Comparable games
Iron Harvest 2020 · $11M 
Victoria II 2010 · $9.9M 
Age of History II 2018 · $8.6M 
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts 2023 · $7.0M 
Age of History 3 2024 · $5.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Iron Harvest | older | $29.99 | 11,682 74% | 350k | $11M (exactly $10,510,295) | KING Art |
| | Victoria II | older | $19.99 | 16,504 92% | 495k | $9.9M (exactly $9,897,449) | Paradox Development Studio |
| | Age of History II | older | $5.99 | 47,614 89% | 1.4M | $8.6M (exactly $8,556,236) | Łukasz Jakowski |
| | Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts | older | $34.99 | 6,664 62% | 200k | $7.0M (exactly $6,995,201) | Game-Labs |
| | Age of History 3 | $9.99 | 18,102 85% | 543k | $5.4M (exactly $5,425,169) | Łukasz Jakowski | |
 | Last Train Home | older | $39.99 | 4,511 86% | 135k | $5.4M (exactly $5,411,847) | Ashborne Games |
 | The Great War: Western Front™ | older | $34.99 | 2,733 66% | 82k | $2.9M (exactly $2,868,830) | Petroglyph |
 | Hearts of Iron III | older | $9.99 | 4,962 76% | 149k | $1.5M (exactly $1,487,111) | Paradox Development Studio |
 | Supreme Ruler Ultimate | older | $19.99 | 1,169 77% | 35k | $701k (exactly $701,049) | BattleGoat Studios |
 | Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 | older | $8.99 | 1,918 68% | 58k | $517k (exactly $517,285) | Great War Team |
 | Age of Clicks | · EA | $12.99 | 472 65% | 14k | $184k (exactly $183,938) | David Ius |
 | Tactics of World War I | $8.99 | 12 58% | 360 | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) | Headless Horseman Games | |
 | Of Crowns & Chains | · EA | $4.99 | 17 64% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | BlueJayAvis |
 | Streamlands: Defense | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | NGD Studios | |
 | hotland | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | AdamasZ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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