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Wargame + Zombies
Only 19 developers shipped a Zombie Wargame 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, After Long Night, 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, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180, ×0.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $59. 39 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper, while revenue is up 1335% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $21,333) |
| Top 5% | $114k (exactly $114,186) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 up 1335% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Wargame; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Roguelite, Tower Defense
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.90 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.90 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 1,228 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Wargame with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + NavalFair
- + TabletopFair
- + LogicFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + StealthPoor odds
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
Bodycam 2024 · EA · $60M 
Death Crown 2019 · $201k 
After Long Night 2025 · $114k 
FIRE STATE 2026 · EA · $90k 
World Empire 2027 2022 · $48k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bodycam | · EA older | $33.32 | 60,179 80% | 1.8M | $60M (exactly $60,154,928) | Reissad Studio |
| | Death Crown | older | $12.99 | 516 89% | 15k | $201k (exactly $201,085) | 5WORD Team |
| | After Long Night | $9.99 | 381 72% | 11k | $114k (exactly $114,186) | 疯狗工作室 | |
| | FIRE STATE | · EA | $9.90 | 302 68% | 9.1k | $90k (exactly $89,694) | UnderFire |
| | World Empire 2027 | older | $19.99 | 80 77% | 2.4k | $48k (exactly $47,976) | iGindisGames |
 | Age of Undead | older | $19.99 | 80 76% | 2.4k | $48k (exactly $47,976) | Insane Dreamers |
 | ZombieCards | $5.99 | 232 48% | 7.0k | $42k (exactly $41,690) | HotScent | |
 | Z-Collapse | older | $12.99 | 87 73% | 2.6k | $34k (exactly $33,904) | Pok&Co |
 | Rescue Operation | older | $3.99 | 253 87% | 7.6k | $30k (exactly $30,284) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Beach Defense: Zombie Invasion | $3.99 | 197 81% | 5.9k | $24k (exactly $23,581) | Only Fun Games | |
 | Bees vs Zombees | $7.99 | 89 92% | 2.7k | $21k (exactly $21,333) | DeadPixel | |
 | WARRIORS | · EA | $17.99 | 6 0% | 180 | $3.2k (exactly $3,238) | BAKROS DYNAMICS |
 | Night of the Dead Simulator | $7.99 | 12 50% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Unknown People Lab | |
 | Supreme Ruler Global Outbreak | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | BattleGoat Studios | |
 | Instruments of Peace | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Outlaw Games | |
 | Arena Fighter | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | TAHA Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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