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Should I ship a Cat Choose Your Own Adventure game?
Choose Your Own Adventure + Cats
Of 31 developers who shipped a Cat 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.. 44 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $660, ×5.5 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×970 the market median. Revenue is down 15% on the market; 44 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $657 (exactly $657) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,811) |
| Top 5% | $115k (exactly $115,477) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 31 |
| Released games | 83 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 15% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- effort 2 / 10 · high · branching text with light state
- Cats
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Choose Your Own Adventure; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Multiple Endings, Visual Novel, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Emotional
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 2,379 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Choose Your Own Adventure with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Kemono Teatime | $12.99 | 1,617 95% | 49k | $630k (exactly $630,145) | Studio Lalala, Kotoneiro, WHO YOU | |
| | Mashiroiro Symphony HD -Love is Pure White- | older | $39.99 | 354 87% | 11k | $425k (exactly $424,694) | Palette |
| | Furry Shades of Gay 2: A Shade Gayer | older | $9.99 | 738 96% | 22k | $221k (exactly $221,179) | Furlough Games |
| | Sex and the Furry Titty 2: Sins of the City | older | $9.99 | 708 91% | 21k | $212k (exactly $212,188) | Furlough Games |
| | Purrfect Apawcalypse: Love at Furst Bite | older | $4.99 | 826 98% | 25k | $124k (exactly $123,652) | Denny Truong, Andy Schneider |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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