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Should I ship a WWII Tabletop game?
Tabletop + World War II
Only 9 developers shipped a WWII Tabletop 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, Frontline: Assault Corps WW2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $14k, ×24 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 10 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 5% | $15k (exactly $14,840) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tabletop
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high 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
- Tabletop
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 80% positive over 117 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Axis & Allies 1942 Online 2021 · $2.9M 
The Troop 2023 · $979k 
Hex of Steel 2020 · $647k 
Headquarters: World War II 2024 · $609k 
Total Tank Generals 2023 · $213k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Axis & Allies 1942 Online | older | $19.99 | 4,810 78% | 144k | $2.9M (exactly $2,884,557) | Beamdog |
| | The Troop | older | $39.99 | 816 83% | 24k | $979k (exactly $978,955) | Giant Flame |
| | Hex of Steel | older | $24.99 | 863 95% | 26k | $647k (exactly $646,991) | War Frogs Studio |
| | Headquarters: World War II | older | $39.99 | 508 74% | 15k | $609k (exactly $609,448) | Starni Games |
| | Total Tank Generals | older | $24.99 | 284 72% | 8.5k | $213k (exactly $212,915) | Noobz From Poland |
 | Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics | older | $24.99 | 153 68% | 4.6k | $115k (exactly $114,704) | Auroch Digital |
 | Valor & Victory | older | $19.99 | 163 69% | 4.9k | $98k (exactly $97,751) | Yobowargames |
 | Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game | · EA older | $4.99 | 566 82% | 17k | $85k (exactly $84,730) | Lock 'n Load Publishing |
 | Diorama Builder | older | $4.99 | 391 94% | 12k | $59k (exactly $58,533) | Virtual Arts Studio |
 | Frontline: Panzer Blitzkrieg! | older | $9.99 | 102 86% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,569) | Frontline: Games Series |
 | Frontline: Assault Corps WW2 | $14.99 | 33 75% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Frontline: Games Series | |
 | Board game party | $2.99 | 50 80% | 1.5k | $4.5k (exactly $4,485) | Willgw | |
 | Panzer Commander | $6.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Fancing Game Studio | |
 | Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945 | $15.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | SLS | |
 | Frontline: Afrika Korps | $14.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Frontline: Games Series | |
 | Broken Front | $4.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | KOArtist Games | |
 | Archie's War | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Bull Elephant Games | |
 | MyHiStory | $7.00 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | BurnRiver, https://space.bilibili.com/1… (BurnRiver, https://space.bilibili.com/17858438) | |
 | World War 3: Card Battler | · EA | $0.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | Angel Star Studios |
 | WEGO World War II: Desert War | $39.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | BK Wargames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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