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Should I ship an AI Party Game?
Party Game + Artificial Intelligence
Only 18 developers shipped an AI Party 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, Mimic Party, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 16 developers shipped in the last year and 27 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) |
| Top 5% | $90k (exactly $90,171) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 700% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party Game
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Artificial Intelligence
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Party Game; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Online Co-Op, PvP, Card Game
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 63% positive over 715 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 27 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Party Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + RhythmFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + MinigamesPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
Comparable games
Kill It With Fire 2020 · $1.6M 
Unspottable 2020 · $208k 
Mimic Party 2026 · $90k 
Deviation Game 2025 · EA · $49k 
Dub Together 2026 · $21k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Kill It With Fire | older | $12.99 | 4,036 95% | 121k | $1.6M (exactly $1,572,829) | Casey Donnellan Games LLC |
| | Unspottable | older | $9.99 | 694 89% | 21k | $208k (exactly $207,992) | GrosChevaux |
| | Mimic Party | $6.99 | 430 46% | 13k | $90k (exactly $90,171) | FoliesAPP | |
| | Deviation Game | · EA | $14.99 | 109 90% | 3.3k | $49k (exactly $49,017) | Tomo Kihara, Playfool |
| | Dub Together | $4.99 | 137 95% | 4.1k | $21k (exactly $20,509) | BNNI Games | |
 | Serious Fun Football | · EA older | $9.99 | 51 41% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $15,285) | KW-SFF |
 | okey.gg | · EA | $9.99 | 16 50% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | yilmaz.games |
 | Banana of Doom | · EA | $5.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | Playroom |
 | LuPR: Lunar Post Recruit | $4.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Epic Tech Labs LLC | |
 | Leave a Message | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Made by DIB | |
 | Mad Bang Bang | $12.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Tomorrow Baby | |
 | Untergrund Raceways - Arena | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Vantech Studios | |
 | Human Error | · EA | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Tinker Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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