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Should I ship a Minigames Adventure game?
Adventure + Minigames
Of 58 developers who shipped a Minigames Adventure game 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.. 71 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.7k, ×14 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $1.3M, ×2809 the market median. Revenue is up 30% on the market; 71 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.7k (exactly $6,712) |
| Top 25% | $36k (exactly $35,991) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,334,066) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 58 |
| Released games | 198 |
| Announced | 71 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Adventure, Minigames; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Exploration
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 27,047 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 7 in 10 of the 34 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 71 games are announced against 28 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SamuraiFair
- + FMVFair
- + PinballFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Mini GolfFair
- + SportsFair
- + GolfFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
Comparable games
It Takes Two 2021 · $262M 
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 2021 · $28M 
Star Wars Outlaws 2024 · $26M 
Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2020 · $17M 
Like a Dragon: Ishin! 2023 · $5.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 | older | $24.99 | 36,950 95% | 1.1M | $28M (exactly $27,701,415) | Red Dot Games |
| | Star Wars Outlaws | $69.99 | 12,268 71% | 368k | $26M (exactly $25,759,120) | Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio | |
| | Yakuza: Like a Dragon | older | $19.99 | 28,036 93% | 841k | $17M (exactly $16,813,189) | RGG Studio |
| | Like a Dragon: Ishin! | older | $39.99 | 4,891 80% | 147k | $5.9M (exactly $5,867,733) | RGG Studio |
 | UFO 50 | $24.99 | 7,134 94% | 214k | $5.3M (exactly $5,348,360) | Mossmouth | |
 | Yakuza 6: The Song of Life | older | $19.99 | 7,017 92% | 211k | $4.2M (exactly $4,208,095) | RGG Studio |
 | Later Alligator | older | $17.99 | 2,749 96% | 82k | $1.5M (exactly $1,483,635) | SmallBü, Pillow Fight |
 | LEGO® Party! | $39.99 | 1,112 87% | 33k | $1.3M (exactly $1,334,066) | SMG Studio | |
 | Shenmue III | older | $29.99 | 1,028 75% | 31k | $925k (exactly $924,892) | YS NET |
 | Cauldron | $14.99 | 1,678 92% | 50k | $755k (exactly $754,597) | SleepyDad Games | |
 | Sledding Game | · EA | $7.99 | 2,915 96% | 87k | $699k (exactly $698,726) | The Sledding Corporation |
 | Parallel Experiment | $9.99 | 702 84% | 21k | $210k (exactly $210,389) | Eleven Puzzles | |
 | The Trolley Solution | $9.99 | 574 77% | 17k | $172k (exactly $172,028) | byDanDans | |
 | Mayor May Knott | $24.99 | 189 100% | 5.7k | $142k (exactly $141,693) | Ravenous Images | |
 | I Just Want to be Single!! Season One | · EA | $14.99 | 260 75% | 7.8k | $117k (exactly $116,922) | m., Tsundere Studio |
 | Lust Sisters 🔞 | $14.99 | 215 67% | 6.5k | $97k (exactly $96,686) | Carnality INC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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