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Should I ship a Supernatural Building game?
Building + Supernatural
Only 14 developers shipped a Supernatural Building 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, Worshippers of Cthulhu, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 34 more are announced, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.2k, ×8.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $630; 1 in 20 cleared $970k, ×1558 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 34 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $628 (exactly $628) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $25,179) |
| Top 5% | $978k (exactly $978,358) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 80% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Building
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Building; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Strategy, Base Building
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 2,126 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Building with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + CatsFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + Interactive FictionFair
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + Real-TimePoor odds
- + CrimePoor odds
- + SailingPoor odds
Comparable games
Worshippers of Cthulhu 2025 · $978k 
Night is Coming 2025 · EA · $290k 
Haunted House Renovator 2025 · $118k 
Brookhaven Grimoire 2022 · $67k 
Kokoro Kitchen 2025 · $25k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Worshippers of Cthulhu | $24.99 | 1,305 80% | 39k | $978k (exactly $978,358) | Crazy Goat Games | |
| | Night is Coming | · EA | $24.99 | 387 59% | 12k | $290k (exactly $290,134) | Wild Forest Studio |
| | Haunted House Renovator | $19.99 | 197 45% | 5.9k | $118k (exactly $118,141) | Image Power S.A. | |
| | Brookhaven Grimoire | older | $14.99 | 150 52% | 4.5k | $67k (exactly $67,455) | Little_Amethyst |
| | Kokoro Kitchen | $11.99 | 70 81% | 2.1k | $25k (exactly $25,179) | Mango Leaf Games | |
 | Saviour of the Wasteland | $9.99 | 84 78% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $25,175) | PTGames | |
 | Little Hats | · EA older | $19.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $15k (exactly $14,992) | Venekamp Studios |
 | Left Behind | older | $5.99 | 76 61% | 2.3k | $14k (exactly $13,657) | SolitaryStudios |
 | Snow Survival | · EA older | $11.99 | 34 26% | 1.0k | $12k (exactly $12,230) | 3m0 studio |
 | Nayati River | older | $4.99 | 79 63% | 2.4k | $12k (exactly $11,826) | Worlds To Play |
 | SCP | $9.99 | 24 37% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Molance Games | |
 | Grooveyard | $4.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | GuavaGoose Games | |
 | Pathways & Poltergeists | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Wise Goose Games | |
 | Kings of Cratia | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | eniscoskun | |
 | Backrooms: The Yellow Dream | $2.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Crow Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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