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Should I ship a Choices Matter Character Action Game?

Character Action Game + Choices Matter

Only 7 developers shipped a Choices Matter Character Action 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, Long Live Caesar, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.

Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $480 against a market of $1.5k. 8 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 90% on the market, 8 announced, ×2.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Character Action Game + Choices Matter
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 7

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Character Action Game + Choices Matter: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 7
Bottom 30% $178 (exactly $178)
Median $479 (exactly $479)
Top 25% $9.0k (exactly $8,994)
Top 5% $15k (exactly $15,285)
Developers, 2 yr 7
Released games 39
Announced 8
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
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 90% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Character Action Game
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
Choices Matter
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Character Action Game, Choices Matter
Price point
$7.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 82% positive over 11,546 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $480, 1 in 4 over $8.9k, 1 in 20 over $15k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Action Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Sci-fiPoor odds12 devs · median $305k · 30 announced
  2. + Action RPGPoor odds14 devs · median $105k · 55 announced
  3. + ShooterPoor odds14 devs · median $84k · 47 announced
  4. + Action-AdventurePoor odds23 devs · median $58k · 93 announced
  5. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds14 devs · median $58k · 43 announced
  6. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds22 devs · median $58k · 44 announced
  7. + Hack and SlashPoor odds27 devs · median $58k · 80 announced
  8. + Beat 'em upPoor odds12 devs · median $58k · 37 announced
  9. + AdventurePoor odds28 devs · median $29k · 100 announced
  10. + ActionPoor odds54 devs · median $20k · 188 announced
  11. + Action RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 40 announced
  12. + RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 16 announced

All 39 pairs on the Character Action Game page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Vigil: The Longest Night 2020 · $2.2M Moon Hunters 2016 · $1.8M Lakeview Cabin Collection 2015 · $479k SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption 2018 · $479k Kujlevka 2023 · $356k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Vigil: The Longest Night older $21.99 3,333 85% 100k $2.2M (exactly $2,198,780) Glass Heart Games
Moon Hunters older $14.99 3,919 79% 118k $1.8M (exactly $1,762,374) Kitfox Games
Lakeview Cabin Collection older $9.99 1,599 94% 48k $479k (exactly $479,220) Roope Tamminen
SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption older $18.99 840 65% 25k $479k (exactly $478,548) DARK STAR
Kujlevka older $19.99 593 91% 18k $356k (exactly $355,622) Callback
Anima: Gate of Memories older $19.99 580 70% 17k $348k (exactly $347,826) Anima Project
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures older $14.99 314 89% 9.4k $141k (exactly $141,206) Telltale
Chainsaw Warrior (Classic) older $4.99 229 64% 6.9k $34k (exactly $34,281) Auroch Digital
Life with Mary older $5.99 88 90% 2.6k $16k (exactly $15,814) Likesblondes
Long Live Caesar $9.99 51 78% 1.5k $15k (exactly $15,285) Yury Khovansky, Vladislavs Viktorovs
Fizz Quiz $14.99 20 50% 600 $9.0k (exactly $8,994) Moon
Duil $11.99 5 80% 150 $1.8k (exactly $1,798) JL studio
Half-Cat $7.99 2 100% 60 $479 (exactly $479) Blue Butterfly
Whatnever $0.99 6 100% 180 $178 (exactly $178) starostenko_irina, studio_tapOK
Carnage Cliff · EA $5.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Crimson Crest
Shadow Runner $7.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) ArcadeDeck

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