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Should I ship a WWII Turn-Based Tactics?
Turn-Based Tactics + World War II
Of 24 developers who shipped a WWII Turn-Based Tactics in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $180k, ×299 the market median. Revenue is down 55% on the market; 33 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $480 (exactly $480) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) |
| Top 5% | $188k (exactly $188,037) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 124 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.00 |
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 55% on the market, supply 10% 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.
- Turn-Based Tactics
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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
- Turn-Based Tactics; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Tactical
- Price point
- $7.00 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $7.00.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,241 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 8 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Company of Heroes 3 2023 · $44M 
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition 2018 · $8.5M 
Panzer Corps 2 2020 · $4.2M 
Axis & Allies 1942 Online 2021 · $2.9M 
Panzer Corps Gold 2014 · $2.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Company of Heroes 3 | older | $59.99 | 24,516 59% | 735k | $44M (exactly $44,121,445) | Relic Entertainment |
| | Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition | older | $49.99 | 5,691 86% | 171k | $8.5M (exactly $8,534,793) | SEGA |
| | Panzer Corps 2 | older | $39.99 | 3,512 84% | 105k | $4.2M (exactly $4,213,346) | Flashback Games |
| | Axis & Allies 1942 Online | older | $19.99 | 4,810 78% | 144k | $2.9M (exactly $2,884,557) | Beamdog |
| | Panzer Corps Gold | older | $29.99 | 2,227 91% | 67k | $2.0M (exactly $2,003,632) | Flashback Games, The Lordz Games Studio |
 | Unity of Command II | older | $29.99 | 2,042 79% | 61k | $1.8M (exactly $1,837,187) | 2x2 Games, Croteam |
 | Classified: France '44 | older | $39.99 | 844 70% | 25k | $1.0M (exactly $1,012,547) | Absolutely Games |
 | Sumerian Six | older | $29.99 | 1,101 94% | 33k | $991k (exactly $990,570) | Artificer |
 | 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 |
 | Burden of Command™ | $24.99 | 628 83% | 19k | $471k (exactly $470,812) | Green Tree Games LLC | |
 | Scramble: Battle of Britain | · EA | $29.99 | 209 88% | 6.3k | $188k (exactly $188,037) | Slitherine Ltd. |
 | Forgotten but Unbroken | $19.99 | 249 76% | 7.5k | $149k (exactly $149,325) | Centurion Developments | |
 | WEGO World War II: Stalingrad | $39.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $22k (exactly $21,595) | Brian Kelly | |
 | Frontline: Assault Corps WW2 | $14.99 | 33 75% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Frontline: Games Series | |
 | Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin | $5.99 | 49 87% | 1.5k | $8.8k (exactly $8,805) | Battlefront.com | |
 | WEGO World War II: Overlord | $39.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) | Brian Kelly | |
 | SGS Sealion | $24.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) | Strategy Game Sudio | |
 | Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord | $5.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $4.9k (exactly $4,852) | Battlefront.com | |
 | Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps | $5.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $2.7k (exactly $2,696) | Battlefront.com |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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