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Should I ship a Werewolf Arcade game?
Arcade + Werewolves
Only 10 developers shipped a Werewolf 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, Lone Wolf, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×3.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $3.5k, ×7.6 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,455) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) |
| Top 5% | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 10% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Arcade
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high 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
- Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 89% positive over 115 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
GIBZ 2017 · $237k 
Monster Showdown 2022 · $9.9k 
SEARCH ALL - FOXES 2021 · $9.6k 
Bloody Paws Unleashed 2022 · $7.2k 
Middle Evil: The Priest 2024 · $5.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | GIBZ | older | $5.99 | 1,321 88% | 40k | $237k (exactly $237,384) | Torrunt |
| | Monster Showdown | older | $14.99 | 22 72% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | Virtual Uppercut Studios, Yahya Danboos |
| | SEARCH ALL - FOXES | older | $2.99 | 107 92% | 3.2k | $9.6k (exactly $9,598) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Bloody Paws Unleashed | older | $7.99 | 30 86% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Merso Entertainment |
| | Middle Evil: The Priest | older | $5.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $5.2k (exactly $5,211) | diedemor studio |
 | VonGarland Castle : Sacrilege of the Night | older | $9.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Ash Jackson |
 | Lone Wolf | $19.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Play-Em | |
 | Beast Mode: Night of the Werewolf Silver Bullet Edition | older | $4.99 | 23 78% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | Apeirogon Games |
 | DEMONK | $9.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | VETO GAMES | |
 | Love Rocket | $6.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | KingKura | |
 | Halloween 1985 | $4.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | SpoonBox Studio | |
 | Zombies Ate My Femboy | $0.99 | 49 87% | 1.5k | $1.5k (exactly $1,455) | FzzyBzzy | |
 | Who's beast | $1.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $1.3k (exactly $1,254) | Progrediens Studio | |
 | DIMENGUARD | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | RayMag | |
 | 666 Malevolence Lane | $6.66 | 1 100% | 30 | $200 (exactly $200) | Bearly_A_Studio | |
 | The Big Owl Night | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Visual Slumber Studios | |
 | Nocturne Maze: Shadows in the Hedge | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Xayba |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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