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Should I ship a Transhumanist Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Transhumanism
Only 15 developers shipped a Transhumanist Action-Adventure 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, Ambrosia Sky, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 49 more are announced, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.1k, ×8.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $840; 1 in 20 cleared $200k, ×319 the market median. Revenue is up 90% on the market; 49 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $839 (exactly $839) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,266) |
| Top 5% | $200k (exactly $200,170) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 49 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 26%, 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
- Transhumanism
- 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
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 601 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $840. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MinigamesFair
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- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
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- + Time AttackLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
USAC: Code Breach 2022 · $480k 
Ambrosia Sky 2025 · $200k 
The Anacrusis 2023 · $185k 
HELL GALAXY 2026 · $67k 
Apex Heroines 2024 · $55k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | USAC: Code Breach | older | $14.99 | 1,067 91% | 32k | $480k (exactly $479,830) | Questions Factory |
| | Ambrosia Sky | $24.99 | 267 89% | 8.0k | $200k (exactly $200,170) | Soft Rains, Blackbird Interactive | |
| | The Anacrusis | older | $9.99 | 617 68% | 19k | $185k (exactly $184,915) | Stray Bombay |
| | HELL GALAXY | $24.99 | 89 74% | 2.7k | $67k (exactly $66,723) | Italian Games Factory | |
| | Apex Heroines | older | $19.99 | 91 87% | 2.7k | $55k (exactly $54,573) | XIAOXIAO STUDIO |
 | Vampire: The Masquerade — Sins of the Sires | older | $11.99 | 143 39% | 4.3k | $51k (exactly $51,437) | Choice of Games |
 | SONOKUNI | $14.99 | 109 98% | 3.3k | $49k (exactly $49,017) | DON YASA CREW | |
 | Mortal Blitz | older | $19.99 | 66 72% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $39,580) | Skonec Entertainment |
 | It Comes In Waves | older | $2.99 | 382 92% | 11k | $34k (exactly $34,265) | Antonio Freyre |
 | Messiah | older | $19.99 | 51 60% | 1.5k | $31k (exactly $30,585) | Shiny Entertainment |
 | Camelot 10000CE | $7.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $11k (exactly $11,266) | Miziziziz | |
 | NBB.EXE | $19.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $11k (exactly $10,795) | Raptus Games | |
 | Alter Evo | $14.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Technical Fiction | |
 | Forehead Chip | $9.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Naturally Intelligent | |
 | Kovoclak | $9.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | lingouf | |
 | Serene Estates: Last Guy | $12.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.3k (exactly $4,287) | Team Serene | |
 | Void Jump VR | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | LemmoLab |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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