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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Multiple Endings Character Action Game?

Character Action Game + Multiple Endings

Only 4 developers shipped a Multiple Endings Character Action Game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 10 did: 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.. 7 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 $600 against a market of $1.5k. 7 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.4 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 7 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Character Action Game + Multiple Endings
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 4 yr n = 10

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Character Action Game + Multiple Endings: Plate 1 · outcomes, 4 yr, n = 10
Bottom 30% $599 (exactly $599)
Median $1.8k (exactly $1,798)
Top 25% $159k (exactly $159,393)
Top 5% $2.7M (exactly $2,740,486)
Developers, 4 yr 10
Released games 45
Announced 7
Effort 7 / 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: too few recent games to read.

Free games: 7%, 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
Multiple Endings
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high 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, Multiple Endings
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 82% positive over 13,652 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 4 years by share: 3 in 10 under $600, median $1.8k, 1 in 4 over $150k, 1 in 20 over $2.7M.

3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 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

Eternights 2023 · $2.7M Vigil: The Longest Night 2020 · $2.2M Moon Hunters 2016 · $1.8M SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption 2018 · $479k Kujlevka 2023 · $356k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Eternights older $29.99 3,046 85% 91k $2.7M (exactly $2,740,486) Studio Sai
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
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
High School Odyssey older $8.99 591 92% 18k $159k (exactly $159,393) 傲雪小组
Lucah: Born of a Dream older $9.99 421 92% 13k $126k (exactly $126,174) melessthanthree
Acceleration of SUGURI 2 older $8.99 283 92% 8.5k $76k (exactly $76,325) Orange_Juice
Warden: Melody of the Undergrowth older $19.99 46 78% 1.4k $28k (exactly $27,586) Cardboard Keep
Duil $11.99 5 80% 150 $1.8k (exactly $1,798) JL studio
Extinction Rifts $9.99 2 100% 60 $599 (exactly $599) QUByte Interactive
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

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