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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Automation game?

Automation + Multiple Endings

Of 25 developers who shipped a Multiple Endings Automation 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.. 44 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $330; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×180 the market median. Revenue is up 125% on the market; 44 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 125% on the market, 44 announced, ×2.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Automation + Multiple Endings
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 25
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.0k → $4.7k (still earning) → $1.3k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Automation + Multiple Endings: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 25
Bottom 30% $330 (exactly $330)
Median $1.6k (exactly $1,552)
Top 25% $4.8k (exactly $4,790)
Top 5% $113k (exactly $113,028)
Developers, 2 yr 25
Released games 39
Announced 44
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 up 125% on the market, supply 300% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Automation
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Multiple Endings
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Automation, Multiple Endings; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Resource Management, Simulation, Incremental
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Pixel Graphics
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 91% positive over 8,529 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $330, median $1.6k, 1 in 4 over $4.7k, 1 in 20 over $110k.

3 in 10 developers made under $330. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Automation with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Job SimulatorStrong odds36 devs · median $57k · 31 announced
  2. + Female ProtagonistStrong odds27 devs · median $4.5k · 32 announced
  3. + Open World Survival CraftFair28 devs · median $307k · 37 announced
  4. + HorrorFair19 devs · median $8.0k · 29 announced
  5. + HistoricalFair26 devs · median $7.9k · 24 announced
  6. + UndergroundFair20 devs · median $7.4k · 32 announced
  7. + Class-BasedFair19 devs · median $6.6k · 22 announced
  8. + MiningFair105 devs · median $4.9k · 164 announced
  9. + Auto BattlerFair112 devs · median $4.5k · 153 announced
  10. + ProgrammingFair84 devs · median $3.8k · 102 announced
  11. + FishingFair40 devs · median $3.4k · 46 announced
  12. + Turn-Based TacticsFair28 devs · median $2.9k · 36 announced

All 135 pairs on the Automation page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Cash Cleaner Simulator 2025 · $4.4M Slots & Diapers 2026 · $113k Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999 2026 · $41k Manufactoria 2022 2022 · $41k Infiniclick 2025 · $34k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Cash Cleaner Simulator $19.99 7,334 92% 220k $4.4M (exactly $4,398,200) Mind Control Games
Slots & Diapers $6.99 539 88% 16k $113k (exactly $113,028) Parodie Games
Reincarnated as a Dark Lord Before Taking Over the World with Power 999999999 $4.99 277 90% 8.3k $41k (exactly $41,467) Cuddle Code
Manufactoria 2022 older $19.99 68 95% 2.0k $41k (exactly $40,780) PleasingFungus Games
Infiniclick $7.99 140 72% 4.2k $34k (exactly $33,558) Nacho AB
Roboplant older $11.99 75 61% 2.3k $27k (exactly $26,978) Rebelpug
Greedy Greedy Gnomes $5.99 104 74% 3.1k $19k (exactly $18,689) Nautlander
Idle Looter $6.99 36 61% 1.1k $7.5k (exactly $7,549) CryCauseDry
Oil Empire $4.99 32 40% 960 $4.8k (exactly $4,790) Digital Deer Studio
Rogue AI: Idle Domination $5.99 26 96% 780 $4.7k (exactly $4,672) Nerdook Productions
Company is watching $6.99 20 100% 600 $4.2k (exactly $4,194) Wyyne
Cobalt Miner $5.99 21 47% 630 $3.8k (exactly $3,774) Digital Deer Studio

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