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Should I ship a Werewolf Strategy game?
Strategy + Werewolves
Only 13 developers shipped a Werewolf Strategy 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, Night is Coming, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $0, under ×0.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 32 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper, while revenue is down 100% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $7.2k (exactly $7,196) |
| Top 5% | $290k (exactly $290,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 235% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Strategy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Werewolves
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Choices Matter, Dungeon Crawler
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 6 games average 66% positive over 562 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + FarmingFair
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + SubmarineFair
- + NavalFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Shop KeeperFair
- + HackingFair
Comparable games
Town of Salem 2014 · $4.6M 
Disciples: Liberation 2021 · $3.2M 
KeeperRL 2024 · $1.0M 
Necrosmith 2022 · $438k 
Agrou 2020 · $339k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Town of Salem | older | $4.99 | 30,882 88% | 926k | $4.6M (exactly $4,623,035) | BlankMediaGames |
| | Disciples: Liberation | older | $39.99 | 2,706 73% | 81k | $3.2M (exactly $3,246,388) | Frima Studio |
| | KeeperRL | older | $19.99 | 1,677 83% | 50k | $1.0M (exactly $1,005,697) | Electric Succubi |
| | Necrosmith | older | $2.99 | 4,885 85% | 147k | $438k (exactly $438,185) | Alawar |
| | Agrou | older | $4.99 | 2,267 86% | 68k | $339k (exactly $339,370) | Osmose Studio |
 | Night is Coming | · EA | $24.99 | 387 59% | 12k | $290k (exactly $290,134) | Wild Forest Studio |
 | Eville | older | $14.99 | 433 68% | 13k | $195k (exactly $194,720) | VestGames |
 | The Matriarch | older | $4.99 | 724 75% | 22k | $108k (exactly $108,383) | Chewa |
 | Werewolves Within™ | older | $19.99 | 135 65% | 4.1k | $81k (exactly $80,960) | Ubisoft |
 | Lycans | older | $4.99 | 309 91% | 9.3k | $46k (exactly $46,257) | Onu Games |
 | Successor | $24.99 | 43 60% | 1.3k | $32k (exactly $32,237) | Playwood Project | |
 | Ascension to the Throne: Valkyrie | $4.99 | 102 89% | 3.1k | $15k (exactly $15,269) | DVS | |
 | Dolven | $19.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $7.2k (exactly $7,196) | Covyne Entertainment, The Kids From Yes… (Covyne Entertainment, The Kids From Yesterday) | |
 | Monolilith | · EA | $7.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Malerouille |
 | Silent Howl | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Yorbi | |
 | Liar's Game | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 林某人游戏工作室 | |
 | Silver | · EA | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bezier Games |
 | Moon and Fang | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | WivernRider | |
 | Papermancer | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | The Zivraye Group |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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