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Should I ship an FMV Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + FMV
Of 21 developers who shipped an FMV Action-Adventure 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 $6.5k, ×10 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $250k, ×400 the market median. Revenue is up 3400% on the market; 33 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $536 (exactly $536) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) |
| Top 25% | $46k (exactly $46,177) |
| Top 5% | $251k (exactly $250,933) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 83 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 3400% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- FMV
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, FMV; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, First-Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 2,727 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 8 in 10 of the 10 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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- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
Erica 2021 · $586k 
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore 2024 · $536k 
Bloodshore 2021 · $371k 
Undercover 2026 · $300k 
Refate: Echoes of Desire 2025 · $251k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Erica | older | $11.99 | 1,629 78% | 49k | $586k (exactly $585,951) | Flavourworks |
| | Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore | older | $19.99 | 893 96% | 27k | $536k (exactly $535,532) | Seedy Eye Software |
| | Bloodshore | older | $14.99 | 826 68% | 25k | $371k (exactly $371,452) | Wales Interactive, Good Gate Media, Way… (Wales Interactive, Good Gate Media, Wayout Pictures, Posterity Entertainment) |
| | Undercover | $14.99 | 667 77% | 20k | $300k (exactly $299,950) | intiny | |
| | Refate: Echoes of Desire | $14.99 | 558 87% | 17k | $251k (exactly $250,933) | Terraflame Entertainment | |
 | Killing Time: Resurrected | $24.99 | 320 92% | 9.6k | $240k (exactly $239,904) | Nightdive Studios, 3DO | |
 | Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers | older | $19.99 | 199 91% | 6.0k | $119k (exactly $119,340) | Loomiarts, Fehorama Filmes |
 | The Salesman | $4.99 | 724 82% | 22k | $108k (exactly $108,383) | Backstab Industries | |
 | Mia and the Dragon Princess | older | $14.99 | 213 67% | 6.4k | $96k (exactly $95,786) | Wales Interactive, Dead Pixel Productio… (Wales Interactive, Dead Pixel Productions, Good Gate Media) |
 | Hand of Doom | older | $9.99 | 308 87% | 9.2k | $92k (exactly $92,308) | Torple Dook |
 | WANTED: Wild Sluts 🔞 | $14.99 | 140 68% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $62,958) | Lewd Star | |
 | Stardust Demon | $19.99 | 77 83% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | resnijars | |
 | Only Whores Survive 🔞 | $9.99 | 148 61% | 4.4k | $44k (exactly $44,356) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Obey the Insect God | $19.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $14k (exactly $13,793) | Chunkle Freaky's Movies Games, Charles… (Chunkle Freaky's Movies Games, Charles Davis) | |
 | Earnest Evans Collection | $49.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $10k (exactly $10,498) | Mighty Rabbit Studios, Headless Chicken… (Mighty Rabbit Studios, Headless Chicken Games) | |
 | The Wraith Train: Illusory Domain | $3.99 | 63 85% | 1.9k | $7.5k (exactly $7,541) | 司命工作室 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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