The benchmark for economic strategies—25% of the titles in the niche have earned over $1 million

Economic strategy games are not the most popular genre for discussion. However, from a perspective of future potential, the niche is almost a blue ocean—with a low number of releases and high median earnings. This is the focus of our report today.

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What this article will cover:

• The challenges of defining the genre;
• Its main criteria;
• The number of releases in the genre: how many such games are on the market;
• Segment benchmark: median revenue, upper and lower bounds, sales, and other metrics;
• A list of the highest-grossing economic strategies on Steam.