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Should I ship a Choose Your Own Adventure Battle Royale?
Battle Royale + Choose Your Own Adventure
Only 8 developers shipped a Choose Your Own Adventure Battle Royale 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, The Joker's Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 10 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.0k against a market of $1.3k. 15 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $390 (exactly $390) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) |
| Top 25% | $68k (exactly $68,377) |
| Top 5% | $175k (exactly $174,814) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 10 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 2825% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Battle Royale
- effort 10 / 10 · low · 100-player servers and constant live ops
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- effort 2 / 10 · high · branching text with light state
What it takes
- Effort
- 10 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Battle Royale, Choose Your Own Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 708 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $390. All of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Battle Royale with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SportsPoor odds
- + Hero ShooterPoor odds
- + PuzzlePoor odds
- + Psychological HorrorPoor odds
- + Dungeon CrawlerPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
Comparable games
Bloodshore 2021 · $371k 
The Joker's Game 2025 · $175k 
Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love 2026 · $68k 
Five Nights: No Escape 2023 · $9.9k 
Damsels in Distress 2025 · $9.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bloodshore | older | $14.99 | 826 68% | 25k | $371k (exactly $371,452) | Wales Interactive, Good Gate Media, Way… (Wales Interactive, Good Gate Media, Wayout Pictures, Posterity Entertainment) |
| | The Joker's Game | $11.99 | 486 82% | 15k | $175k (exactly $174,814) | All In Game Co., Limited | |
| | Karigurashi Ren'ai: Living on Borrowed Love | $29.99 | 76 92% | 2.3k | $68k (exactly $68,377) | ASa Project | |
| | Five Nights: No Escape | older | $9.99 | 33 66% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | Fun Cradle |
| | Damsels in Distress | $8.99 | 36 83% | 1.1k | $9.7k (exactly $9,709) | Anime Mania | |
 | The Great Axe | $19.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $7.8k (exactly $7,796) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Only Out | $4.99 | 40 95% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Shark Studio | |
 | Hitler Loves Anime | older | $1.99 | 79 82% | 2.4k | $4.7k (exactly $4,716) | PaulArt |
 | Winning Tactics | $9.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Summoner's Automata | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Difficult times | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Doomvile Brainrot | $0.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $446 (exactly $446) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Omega Luma : The First Battle | $12.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Mavi Game Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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