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Should I ship an Incremental Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Incremental
Of 62 developers who shipped an Incremental 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.. 94 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $420 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 41 developers shipped in the last year and 94 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $416 (exactly $416) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 5% | $33k (exactly $32,504) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 62 |
| Released games | 194 |
| Announced | 94 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 215% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Incremental; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Idler, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 1,947 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 33 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 94 games are announced against 41 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MinigamesFair
- + BikesFair
- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
- + TypingLong shot
- + Time AttackLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
Book of Demons 2018 · $6.0M 
Yogurt! 2020 · $381k 
BORE BLASTERS 2024 · $212k 
Furry Love 2020 · $134k 
Mad Bullets 2016 · $120k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Book of Demons | older | $24.99 | 8,010 91% | 240k | $6.0M (exactly $6,005,097) | Thing Trunk |
| | Yogurt! | older | $4.99 | 2,542 75% | 76k | $381k (exactly $380,537) | 430Games, __Ja__ga__imo__ |
| | BORE BLASTERS | older | $9.99 | 709 80% | 21k | $212k (exactly $212,487) | 8BitSkull |
| | Furry Love | older | $0.99 | 4,504 87% | 135k | $134k (exactly $133,769) | Red Six Development |
| | Mad Bullets | older | $14.99 | 266 92% | 8.0k | $120k (exactly $119,620) | isTom Games Kft. |
 | Tools Up! Ultimate Edition | older | $34.99 | 111 76% | 3.3k | $117k (exactly $116,517) | The Knights of Unity |
 | Loot Tycoon | · EA | $6.99 | 544 71% | 16k | $114k (exactly $114,077) | Parallel Portal |
 | Chicken Assassin: Reloaded | older | $4.99 | 715 94% | 21k | $107k (exactly $107,036) | OneShark |
 | Furry Love 2 | older | $0.99 | 2,663 87% | 80k | $79k (exactly $79,091) | 빌리 헤링턴, Red Six Development |
 | The Unexpected Quest | older | $12.99 | 166 77% | 5.0k | $65k (exactly $64,690) | Rionix |
 | Eldara | $7.50 | 243 83% | 7.3k | $55k (exactly $54,675) | Eldara Games | |
 | Goth Obsession: Touch Adventure | $2.99 | 560 81% | 17k | $50k (exactly $50,232) | Mora the Goth Girl | |
 | Tap 4 Sex | $6.99 | 155 72% | 4.7k | $33k (exactly $32,504) | Papalon, DreamBig Games | |
 | Pet Lands | $14.99 | 47 46% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $21,136) | Tbjbu2, Adria Martinez Exposito | |
 | Row Divers | $2.99 | 187 85% | 5.6k | $17k (exactly $16,774) | hermurx | |
 | Mad Merchant | $5.99 | 72 79% | 2.2k | $13k (exactly $12,938) | Ravenholm Interactive | |
 | Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding) | · EA | $7.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $9.3k (exactly $9,348) | Raclette Games |
 | The Island - Escape Room | $9.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Flat Cat Games | |
 | Glory Wall! | $2.99 | 73 50% | 2.2k | $6.5k (exactly $6,548) | Hentai Puzzle |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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