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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Assassin Character Customization game?

Character Customization + Assassins

Only 8 developers shipped an Assassin Character Customization 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, Reverse Fishing, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×6.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.

Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $1.5k. 19 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 80% on the market, 19 announced, ×6.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Character Customization + Assassins
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 8

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Character Customization + Assassins: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 8
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $0 (exactly $0)
Top 25% $1.0k (exactly $1,048)
Top 5% $2.5k (exactly $2,545)
Developers, 2 yr 8
Released games 26
Announced 19
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
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 40% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.

Character Customization
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Assassins
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Character Customization
Price point
$5.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.

The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 79% positive over 11,545 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $0, 1 in 4 over $1.0k, 1 in 20 over $2.5k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Customization with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

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  2. + Real-TimeStrong odds7 devs · median $2.0k · 6 announced
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  4. + TransportationFair19 devs · median $7.2k · 24 announced
  5. + MinigamesFair27 devs · median $5.7k · 34 announced
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  7. + BikesFair11 devs · median $1.5k · 10 announced
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  11. + Precision PlatformerFair103 devs · median $748 · 116 announced
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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Partisans 1941 2020 · $6.8M Aragami 2 2021 · $3.6M Space Trader: Merchant Marine 2008 · $67k Eruption 爆发 2021 · EA · $3.9k Wraiths of SENTINEL 2021 · $3.6k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Partisans 1941 older $29.99 7,531 82% 226k $6.8M (exactly $6,775,641) Alter Games
Aragami 2 older $34.99 3,472 76% 104k $3.6M (exactly $3,644,558) Lince Works
Space Trader: Merchant Marine older $4.99 450 53% 14k $67k (exactly $67,365) ·
Eruption 爆发 · EA older $4.99 26 84% 780 $3.9k (exactly $3,892) DBH
Wraiths of SENTINEL older $6.99 17 82% 510 $3.6k (exactly $3,565) Choice of Games
CHOP older $9.99 10 90% 300 $3.0k (exactly $2,997) Claws Up Games
Reverse Fishing $4.99 17 94% 510 $2.5k (exactly $2,545) Doug
Pretty Agent 2 $4.99 7 28% 210 $1.0k (exactly $1,048) MC GAME
1, 2 BLAME! older $3.99 7 100% 210 $838 (exactly $838) Noxfall Studios
Boom Royale older $1.99 8 100% 240 $478 (exactly $478) Hutstudious Company Irc
Ambasu · EA $1.99 1 0% 30 $60 (exactly $60) Ekofi Gaming
Gladiator Of Valor $19.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Derrick Dandin
Cat Packs - Bushido Blade $24.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Flood City Games
The Score $5.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Steve Dee, Dylan O'Dwyer
Blade And Dragon VR $9.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Fori Studio
hunted in the darkness. $5.00 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) maggh

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.