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Should I ship an AI Perma Death game?
Perma Death + Artificial Intelligence
Only 11 developers shipped an AI Perma Death 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, SILENT BREATH, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240, ×0.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper, while revenue is down 50% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 5% | $337k (exactly $336,863) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 25 |
| 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 down 50% on the market, supply 165% more 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.
- Perma Death
- 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
- Perma Death
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 67% positive over 1,153 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 25 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Perma Death with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LGBTQ+Strong odds
- + Turn-BasedFair
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Creature CollectorFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + PiratesFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Interactive FictionFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
Comparable games
SILENT BREATH 2026 · $337k 
Mind 2022 · $201k 
Trailer Shop Simulator 2021 · $40k 
THE BYTE 2022 · $11k 
HeadHorse Legacy 2023 · $9.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SILENT BREATH | $9.99 | 1,124 67% | 34k | $337k (exactly $336,863) | EXODIAC STUDIOS | |
| | Mind | older | $17.99 | 372 69% | 11k | $201k (exactly $200,768) | WHIRLLAXY LIMITED |
| | Trailer Shop Simulator | older | $4.99 | 265 73% | 8.0k | $40k (exactly $39,670) | GidAzGames |
| | THE BYTE | older | $24.99 | 15 80% | 450 | $11k (exactly $11,246) | AVAKE |
| | HeadHorse Legacy | older | $4.99 | 66 86% | 2.0k | $9.9k (exactly $9,880) | Yellow Pixel Games |
 | История бомжа | older | $4.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | Quarlellle |
 | Super Robolom | older | $24.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $6.0k (exactly $5,998) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | GROUND-UNBOUND | older | $4.99 | 37 86% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Frinky |
 | Mouse Hunter | older | $9.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Stas Paty9mkin |
 | Death row inmates on the run | older | $6.99 | 22 50% | 660 | $4.6k (exactly $4,613) | zzzgame |
 | 201 - The Bad Number | $4.02 | 10 80% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,206) | Pavel Kopylov | |
 | AI Fantasy | $4.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Zueir AI | |
 | SHULERO – Dice Roguelike | $4.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Airem | |
 | 9 MINUTES AND 59 SECONDS TO HEAVEN | $2.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Fake Carbonara | |
 | Midnight Looters | · EA | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | ECO Dijital |
 | Jettison | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | RadGames.io | |
 | 夜烬迷航 Veil of Ember | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | YZTStudio | |
 | Riftborn | · EA | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MoonRift LLC |
 | Droid Kontrolle | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | MasterZorrax |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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