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Should I ship a WWII Stealth game?
Stealth + World War II
Only 11 developers shipped a WWII 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, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $43k, ×68 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $9.6k; 1 in 20 cleared $27M, ×43659 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 14 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) |
|---|---|
| Median | $43k (exactly $42,857) |
| Top 25% | $2.8M (exactly $2,765,447) |
| Top 5% | $27M (exactly $27,417,883) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 70 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $17.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Stealth
- 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
- Stealth
- Price point
- $17.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 20,576 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $9.6k. 3 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Stealth with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGFair
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + WargamePoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
Comparable games
Sniper Elite 4 2017 · $98M 
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus 2017 · $42M 
Sniper Elite 5 2022 · $37M 
Wolfenstein: The New Order 2014 · $28M 
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 2024 · $27M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sniper Elite 4 | older | $59.99 | 54,258 91% | 1.6M | $98M (exactly $97,648,123) | Rebellion |
| | Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | older | $39.99 | 35,277 81% | 1.1M | $42M (exactly $42,321,817) | MachineGames |
| | Sniper Elite 5 | older | $49.99 | 24,818 83% | 745k | $37M (exactly $37,219,555) | Rebellion |
| | Wolfenstein: The New Order | older | $19.99 | 46,443 91% | 1.4M | $28M (exactly $27,851,867) | MachineGames |
| | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | $69.99 | 13,058 89% | 392k | $27M (exactly $27,417,883) | MachineGames | |
 | Sniper Elite 3 | older | $29.99 | 21,407 82% | 642k | $19M (exactly $19,259,878) | Rebellion |
 | Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | older | $19.99 | 18,076 90% | 542k | $11M (exactly $10,840,177) | MachineGames |
 | Sniper Elite: Resistance | $49.99 | 4,825 75% | 145k | $7.2M (exactly $7,236,052) | Rebellion | |
 | Partisans 1941 | older | $29.99 | 7,531 82% | 226k | $6.8M (exactly $6,775,641) | Alter Games |
 | Medal of Honor™ | older | $19.99 | 7,021 82% | 211k | $4.2M (exactly $4,210,494) | Electronic Arts |
 | Commandos: Origins | $49.99 | 1,844 79% | 55k | $2.8M (exactly $2,765,447) | Claymore Game Studios | |
 | 63 Days | $29.99 | 413 72% | 12k | $372k (exactly $371,576) | Destructive Creations | |
 | Silent Shark | $17.99 | 125 98% | 3.8k | $67k (exactly $67,462) | John Goering | |
 | Medic: Pacific War | · EA | $9.99 | 143 70% | 4.3k | $43k (exactly $42,857) | Hypnotic Ants |
 | FEAR OF FAITH | · EA | $9.99 | 117 78% | 3.5k | $35k (exactly $35,065) | UNBREAKABLE ARK |
 | Salvation: Echoes of War | $19.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Infinite Entropy | |
 | 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 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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