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Stealth + Wargame
Only 10 developers shipped a Wargame Stealth 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, Commandos: Origins, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 39 more are announced, ×6.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $21k, ×33 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $7.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $2.7M, ×4404 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 39 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) |
|---|---|
| Median | $21k (exactly $20,509) |
| Top 25% | $83k (exactly $82,759) |
| Top 5% | $2.8M (exactly $2,765,447) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.00 |
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 95% on the market, supply 50% more 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, Wargame
- Price point
- $12.00 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 87% positive over 5,103 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $7.5k. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.5 per shipper.
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Comparable games
This War of Mine 2014 · $49M 
Six Days in Fallujah 2023 · EA · $16M 
Nuclear Option 2023 · EA · $6.2M 
VLADiK BRUTAL 2024 · $3.4M 
Commandos: Origins 2025 · $2.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | This War of Mine | older | $19.99 | 81,804 93% | 2.5M | $49M (exactly $49,057,859) | 11 bit studios |
| | Six Days in Fallujah | · EA older | $39.99 | 13,012 79% | 390k | $16M (exactly $15,610,496) | Highwire Games |
| | Nuclear Option | · EA older | $19.99 | 10,275 95% | 308k | $6.2M (exactly $6,161,917) | Shockfront Studios |
| | VLADiK BRUTAL | older | $11.99 | 9,551 89% | 287k | $3.4M (exactly $3,435,495) | BRUTAL SOFTWARE |
| | Commandos: Origins | $49.99 | 1,844 79% | 55k | $2.8M (exactly $2,765,447) | Claymore Game Studios | |
 | Tactical Assault VR | · EA older | $19.99 | 3,375 77% | 101k | $2.0M (exactly $2,023,987) | HammerFire Interactive |
 | 近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau | $9.99 | 2,780 92% | 83k | $833k (exactly $833,166) | Noto Muteki | |
 | Black One Blood Brothers | · EA older | $17.99 | 1,366 78% | 41k | $737k (exactly $737,230) | Helios Studio |
 | Land of War - The Beginning | older | $19.99 | 713 53% | 21k | $428k (exactly $427,586) | MS GAMES |
 | Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque | older | $14.99 | 930 96% | 28k | $418k (exactly $418,221) | Nidal Nijm Games |
 | F-22: Air Dominance Fighter | $19.99 | 138 91% | 4.1k | $83k (exactly $82,759) | Digital Image Design Ltd. | |
 | Silent Shark | $17.99 | 125 98% | 3.8k | $67k (exactly $67,462) | John Goering | |
 | FULL METAL COFFIN | $4.99 | 137 94% | 4.1k | $21k (exactly $20,509) | Titanite, Mantle Array, Xenith | |
 | Beyond Enemy Lines - Vietnam | · EA | $14.99 | 42 66% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Polygon Art |
 | Partisan | $7.99 | 31 83% | 930 | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) | Paradigm | |
 | Instruments of Peace | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Outlaw Games | |
 | Portable Ops 2 | · EA | $12.00 | 2 0% | 60 | $720 (exactly $720) | Outlaw Games |
 | One Bear Army | · EA | $12.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ONE BEAR ARMY |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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