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Should I ship an AI Dynamic Narration game?
Dynamic Narration + Artificial Intelligence
Of 28 developers who shipped an AI Dynamic Narration 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.. 66 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×3.8 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $8.9k, ×19 the market median. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 66 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) |
| Top 5% | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 67 |
| Announced | 66 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 265% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dynamic Narration
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Artificial Intelligence
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Dynamic Narration; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Immersive Sim, Simulation, Life Sim
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 1,302 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 66 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
while True: learn() 2019 · $2.9M 
Event[0] 2016 · $869k 
Death Squared 2017 · $212k 
Hymer 2000 2025 · $154k 
DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures 2024 · $51k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | while True: learn() | older | $12.99 | 7,350 91% | 221k | $2.9M (exactly $2,864,295) | Luden.io |
| | Event[0] | older | $19.99 | 1,449 79% | 43k | $869k (exactly $868,965) | Ocelot Society |
| | Death Squared | older | $14.99 | 471 90% | 14k | $212k (exactly $211,809) | SMG Studio |
| | Hymer 2000 | $4.99 | 1,031 89% | 31k | $154k (exactly $154,341) | doBell | |
| | DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures | older | $9.99 | 169 86% | 5.1k | $51k (exactly $50,649) | Oleg Skutte |
 | Return to Grace | older | $14.99 | 87 94% | 2.6k | $39k (exactly $39,124) | Creative Bytes Studios |
 | Daigaku Gurashi | older | $4.99 | 148 96% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $22,156) | YamiToast |
 | AI Society | $9.99 | 30 63% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | b8ve | |
 | Fan Speak | $6.99 | 39 94% | 1.2k | $8.2k (exactly $8,178) | Fan Speak Studio | |
 | ELEA | older | $4.99 | 47 53% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | Kyodai Ltd |
 | Ten Tek Desire | $4.99 | 46 80% | 1.4k | $6.9k (exactly $6,886) | Inspite , W-I-W | |
 | Dropper Factory | $3.99 | 49 91% | 1.5k | $5.9k (exactly $5,865) | Brora | |
 | Command by Voice: World Conquest | · EA | $9.99 | 19 52% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Side Meicai |
 | CielChan: Anime Desktop AI Companion | $9.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Elushis | |
 | ORACLE: Humanity, Automated | · EA | $9.99 | 18 44% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | ZANKYO GAMES |
 | RolemIAster | · EA | $5.99 | 23 56% | 690 | $4.1k (exactly $4,133) | ABAFE |
 | Radiance of Souls | $2.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $2.5k (exactly $2,512) | Langonier |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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