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Should I ship a Capitalist Choose Your Own Adventure game?
Choose Your Own Adventure + Capitalism
Of 28 developers who shipped a Capitalist Choose Your Own Adventure 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.. 76 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.9k, ×6.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $44k, ×94 the market median. Revenue is up 140% on the market; 76 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $718 (exactly $718) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
| Top 25% | $7.7k (exactly $7,727) |
| Top 5% | $45k (exactly $44,768) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 96 |
| Announced | 76 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 140% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- effort 2 / 10 · high · branching text with light state
- Capitalism
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Choose Your Own Adventure; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Economy, Life Sim
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Dark Humor
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 15,814 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 9 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 76 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Choose Your Own Adventure with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + FMVFair
- + FlightFair
- + SportsFair
- + Word GameFair
- + MilitaryFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + IdlerFair
- + GamblingFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + 3D FighterLong shot
- + NavalPoor odds
Comparable games
The Bazaar 2025 · $9.0M 
New Tales from the Borderlands 2022 · $2.1M 
STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator 2023 · EA · $936k 
Deadwater Saloon 2022 · $112k 
Epic Manager - Create Your Own Adventuring Agency! 2016 · $99k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Bazaar | $19.99 | 14,931 70% | 448k | $9.0M (exactly $8,954,121) | Tempo | |
| | New Tales from the Borderlands | older | $39.99 | 1,737 29% | 52k | $2.1M (exactly $2,083,879) | Gearbox Software |
| | STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator | · EA older | $9.99 | 3,124 95% | 94k | $936k (exactly $936,263) | TERNOX |
| | Deadwater Saloon | older | $19.99 | 186 63% | 5.6k | $112k (exactly $111,544) | Tanglefoot Games |
| | Epic Manager - Create Your Own Adventuring Agency! | older | $17.99 | 184 61% | 5.5k | $99k (exactly $99,305) | ManaVoid Entertainment |
 | The Zodiac Trial | older | $14.99 | 142 95% | 4.3k | $64k (exactly $63,857) | Themisian |
 | Wanderlust: Travel Stories | older | $14.99 | 119 83% | 3.6k | $54k (exactly $53,514) | Different Tales |
 | Handyman Corporation | older | $11.99 | 136 47% | 4.1k | $49k (exactly $48,919) | Potato Games |
 | Egg Squeeze | $3.99 | 374 98% | 11k | $45k (exactly $44,768) | MATTER GAMES | |
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 | Eggstreme Farming | $6.99 | 169 73% | 5.1k | $35k (exactly $35,439) | Sagitta Studios | |
 | I.T. Never Ends | $12.99 | 64 98% | 1.9k | $25k (exactly $24,941) | Dadbod Games | |
 | Pocket Boss | $4.99 | 134 89% | 4.0k | $20k (exactly $20,060) | Langfilm, Mario von Rickenbach | |
 | Life in red line | · EA | $17.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $14k (exactly $14,032) | Pecha games |
 | 中年失业模拟器2-When a man lose his job 2 | $5.99 | 43 60% | 1.3k | $7.7k (exactly $7,727) | Kwing works | |
 | Silk Roads II: Paths of Fortune | $9.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Priory Games | |
 | Baskin All-In: The Family | · EA | $8.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $7.0k (exactly $7,012) | TheSugarRay |
 | Liquor And Wine Shop Simulator - Store Simulator | $8.99 | 23 47% | 690 | $6.2k (exactly $6,203) | Mascot Bro Studio, PixelHixel Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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