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Should I ship a Wargame Sports game?
Sports + Wargame
Only 6 developers shipped a Wargame Sports 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, Dawn of Anarchy, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.3k against a market of $630. 12 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,336) |
| Top 25% | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) |
| Top 5% | $52k (exactly $52,462) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 12 |
| 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 25% fewer 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Wargame
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 84% positive over 250 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Dawn of Anarchy 2025 · $52k 
House of Lizards 2023 · $12k 
Desert Special Forces 2024 · $12k 
Just skill shooter 2 2024 · $9.6k 
The Mythical City 2 2024 · $9.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Dawn of Anarchy | $13.99 | 125 84% | 3.8k | $52k (exactly $52,462) | Quacky Games | |
| | House of Lizards | older | $0.99 | 405 85% | 12k | $12k (exactly $12,028) | Ancient Russ |
| | Desert Special Forces | older | $19.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | Gamesforgames |
| | Just skill shooter 2 | older | $9.99 | 32 53% | 960 | $9.6k (exactly $9,590) | Gamesforgames |
| | The Mythical City 2 | older | $19.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Gamesforgames |
 | Hakan's War Manager | older | $7.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Oba Games |
 | Gold Defence | $9.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Bastionforge | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Winning Tactics | $9.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Summoner's Automata | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Survalker | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames | |
 | MEMOLOGY: ITALIAN MEME WAR | $0.99 | 45 97% | 1.4k | $1.3k (exactly $1,336) | Piece Of Voxel, Gamesforfarm | |
 | KOLOSS | · EA | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Breakpoint One, Simmation |
 | Stadium | $16.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Madstages, Stadium Games | |
 | Jugger - the video game | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Knorrmal Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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