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Should I ship a Trivia Arcade game?
Arcade + Trivia
Only 13 developers shipped a Trivia Arcade game 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, The Jackbox Survey Scramble, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $140 against a market of $480. 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $143 (exactly $143) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) |
| Top 5% | $95k (exactly $95,305) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 70% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Arcade, Trivia; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Board Game, Logic, Puzzle
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 2D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 7 games average 90% positive over 391 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Arcade with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
The Jackbox Party Pack 10 2023 · $450k 
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2020 · $364k 
Brain Show: Party Game 2023 · $105k 
The Jackbox Survey Scramble 2024 · $95k 
Wer weiß denn sowas? - Das 2. Spiel 2019 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Jackbox Party Pack 10 | older | $29.99 | 500 65% | 15k | $450k (exactly $449,850) | Jackbox Games, Inc. |
| | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire | older | $29.99 | 405 52% | 12k | $364k (exactly $364,378) | Appeal Studios, Balio Studio |
| | Brain Show: Party Game | older | $14.99 | 234 73% | 7.0k | $105k (exactly $105,230) | Simplicity Games |
| | The Jackbox Survey Scramble | $9.99 | 318 90% | 9.5k | $95k (exactly $95,305) | Jackbox Games, Inc | |
| | Wer weiß denn sowas? - Das 2. Spiel | older | $29.99 | 18 66% | 540 | $16k (exactly $16,195) | bitComposer Interactive GmbH |
 | Gallery: Coloring book & decor | $9.99 | 36 97% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Beresnev Games | |
 | Schlag den Star - Das 2. Spiel | older | $19.99 | 13 7% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Beatshapers |
 | Who Dies First ? | $4.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Stupid games | |
 | Cute Girl | older | $0.99 | 84 75% | 2.5k | $2.5k (exactly $2,495) | Cute Girl corp |
 | Play Together: Party Games | $14.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Plot Interactive | |
 | Medieval Questionnaire | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | MedievalQuest | |
 | Meanings hidden in plain sight | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | bmbchp | |
 | CrystalLinker:Infinity | $2.39 | 2 100% | 60 | $143 (exactly $143) | Moeghost Studio | |
 | Robot Trivia Funtime | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Silicon Kiwi | |
 | Top Web Search 23 | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Source Byte | |
 | BallQuizzle | · EA | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Joseph Dolmaya |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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