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Should I ship an AI Trivia game?
Trivia + Artificial Intelligence
Only 14 developers shipped an AI Trivia 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, BidKing, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120, ×0.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $1.9M, ×4199 the market median. Revenue is up 4900% on the market; 7 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $120 (exactly $120) |
| Top 25% | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) |
| Top 5% | $2.0M (exactly $1,994,749) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 4900% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Trivia
- effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring
- 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
- Trivia; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Typing, Adventure
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Funny, Stylized
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 9 games average 34% positive over 22,553 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Trivia with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + DetectiveFair
- + MysteryFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + InvestigationLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + Choose Your Own AdventurePoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
Comparable games
BidKing 2026 · $2.0M 
Moviehouse – The Film Studio Tycoon 2023 · $74k 
The Birth of an Artificial Intelligence 2021 · $57k 
Party Quiz 2026 · $53k 
探岛海龟汤 2025 · $33k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BidKing | $2.99 | 22,238 33% | 667k | $2.0M (exactly $1,994,749) | MindSurge Network & Games | |
| | Moviehouse – The Film Studio Tycoon | older | $10.99 | 225 32% | 6.8k | $74k (exactly $74,182) | Odyssey Studios |
| | The Birth of an Artificial Intelligence | older | $34.99 | 54 77% | 1.6k | $57k (exactly $56,684) | 基本操作PlayClass |
| | Party Quiz | $11.99 | 147 80% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,876) | White Ink | |
| | 探岛海龟汤 | $9.99 | 110 71% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $32,967) | 探岛工作室 | |
 | Couch Detective | · EA | $4.99 | 19 57% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Gamtropy |
 | ZiDouQianWen | older | $15.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | WANG XUEYUAN |
 | Empty Skull | · EA older | $6.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Ironbellys Crew |
 | Don't Click The Flower | $1.99 | 28 82% | 840 | $1.7k (exactly $1,672) | Studio Leclercq | |
 | 易经·占卜 | $6.00 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,440) | 三页先生 | |
 | 单词农场 | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | LC Game | |
 | Verify: Please prove that you are human | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | 若小言 | |
 | Escape From Lab | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | P.E.G | |
 | CUPRUM2929 | · EA | $6.10 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Vaslabs, Vaslabs LTD |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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