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Should I ship a Werewolf Adventure game?
Adventure + Werewolves
Of 44 developers who shipped a Werewolf 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.. 61 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.5k, ×9.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $2.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $160k, ×350 the market median. Revenue is down 25% on the market; 61 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $23,581) |
| Top 5% | $166k (exactly $166,402) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 44 |
| Released games | 138 |
| Announced | 61 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 down 25% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Adventure
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Werewolves
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Adventure; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Choices Matter, Dating Sim, Action
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 3,696 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.1k. 7 in 10 of the 30 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 61 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Adventure with a different setting or mood, 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
Raging Loop 2017 · $9.5M 
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood 2022 · $1.3M 
Project Werewulf 2025 · $700k 
Virgo Versus The Zodiac 2019 · $474k 
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest 2020 · $362k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Raging Loop | older | $29.99 | 10,568 95% | 317k | $9.5M (exactly $9,508,030) | KEMCO |
| | Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood | older | $29.99 | 1,463 69% | 44k | $1.3M (exactly $1,316,261) | Cyanide Studio |
| | Project Werewulf | $29.99 | 778 83% | 23k | $700k (exactly $699,967) | FTRGameStudio | |
| | Virgo Versus The Zodiac | older | $19.99 | 790 92% | 24k | $474k (exactly $473,763) | Moonana |
| | Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest | older | $14.99 | 805 83% | 24k | $362k (exactly $362,008) | Different Tales |
 | Chronicles of the Wolf | $19.99 | 417 82% | 13k | $250k (exactly $250,075) | Migami Games | |
 | GIBZ | older | $5.99 | 1,321 88% | 40k | $237k (exactly $237,384) | Torrunt |
 | Overcast - Walden and the Werewolf | older | $4.99 | 1,236 61% | 37k | $185k (exactly $185,029) | Microblast Games |
 | The Seven Realms: High Lathión | $12.99 | 427 80% | 13k | $166k (exactly $166,402) | SeptCloud Games | |
 | Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names | older | $19.99 | 234 92% | 7.0k | $140k (exactly $140,330) | Choice of Games |
 | Monster College | $9.99 | 435 95% | 13k | $130k (exactly $130,370) | Monster Eye Games | |
 | Wolf Mate | $6.99 | 613 93% | 18k | $129k (exactly $128,546) | eTIRUe | |
 | No Socks RPG | $9.99 | 286 92% | 8.6k | $86k (exactly $85,714) | Spicyfuse | |
 | Break Wolf | $11.99 | 171 98% | 5.1k | $62k (exactly $61,509) | RE Atelier | |
 | Sloppy Fields | · EA | $9.79 | 201 95% | 6.0k | $59k (exactly $59,034) | PixelPanzone |
 | Haunted Lands | $5.99 | 251 77% | 7.5k | $45k (exactly $45,105) | alevgor | |
 | A College of Thirst & Claws | · EA | $11.99 | 117 73% | 3.5k | $42k (exactly $42,085) | SeptCloud Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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