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Should I ship a Strategy RPG Space Sim?
Space Sim + Strategy RPG
Only 8 developers shipped a Strategy RPG Space Sim 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, Starminer, 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, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.9k, ×7.8 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $1.6M, ×2605 the market median. Revenue is up 265% on the market; 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $416 (exactly $416) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.9k (exactly $4,908) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $17,391) |
| Top 5% | $1.6M (exactly $1,635,655) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
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 up 265% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Space Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Strategy RPG
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Space Sim, Strategy RPG
- Price point
- $11.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 72% positive over 1,945 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Space Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DestructionFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + WarFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + SportsFair
- + DiplomacyLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
Starpoint Gemini Warlords 2017 · $3.2M 
Starminer 2026 · EA · $1.6M 
Lightracer Spark 2023 · $378k 
Base One 2021 · $343k 
WarOS 2025 · EA · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Starpoint Gemini Warlords | older | $34.99 | 3,076 72% | 92k | $3.2M (exactly $3,228,877) | Little Green Men Games |
| | Starminer | · EA | $29.99 | 1,818 72% | 55k | $1.6M (exactly $1,635,655) | CoolAndGoodGames |
| | Lightracer Spark | older | $12.99 | 970 83% | 29k | $378k (exactly $378,009) | Smartmelon Games |
| | Base One | older | $24.99 | 458 36% | 14k | $343k (exactly $343,363) | PixFroze |
| | WarOS | · EA | $19.99 | 29 72% | 870 | $17k (exactly $17,391) | The7 Studio |
 | Spacefleet: Heat Death | · EA | $11.99 | 36 86% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,949) | Spacezero Interactive |
 | Epic Astro Story | older | $8.99 | 44 84% | 1.3k | $12k (exactly $11,867) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Galactic Crew II | older | $13.99 | 27 33% | 810 | $11k (exactly $11,332) | Benjamin Rommel Games |
 | Kairobotica | older | $8.99 | 42 73% | 1.3k | $11k (exactly $11,327) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | TuHou Remilia - Begin Of Scarlet Family | older | $6.99 | 33 9% | 990 | $6.9k (exactly $6,920) | CoKe_Deer |
 | Idle Fleet | $3.99 | 41 82% | 1.2k | $4.9k (exactly $4,908) | Idleforge Games | |
 | Ironseed 2 : Consensus | $15.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Robert Morgan | |
 | Ironseed 3 : Vigil | $17.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $540 (exactly $540) | Robert Morgan | |
 | Halley Mission: 2061 | $0.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $416 (exactly $416) | PcZ Games | |
 | Muhe space | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | klmfs | |
 | Ironseed : Lost Chapter | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Robert Morgan | |
 | RobotAssembly | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ONEKICK CO.,LTD. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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