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Should I ship a Character Customization Flight game?
Character Customization + Flight
Of 52 developers who shipped a Character Customization Flight 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.. 98 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $190k, ×313 the market median. Revenue is up 145% on the market; 98 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,190) |
| Top 5% | $197k (exactly $196,798) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 52 |
| Released games | 147 |
| Announced | 98 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 145% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Character Customization
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Flight
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Character Customization, Flight; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Action, Open World
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 61% positive over 26,356 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 28 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 98 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 2024 · $45M 
《蜀山：初章》买断版 2022 · $4.3M 
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions 2024 · $2.5M 
Redout: Enhanced Edition 2016 · $2.1M 
Lost Skies 2025 · $1.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | $69.99 | 21,633 59% | 649k | $45M (exactly $45,422,810) | Asobo Studio | |
| | 《蜀山：初章》买断版 | older | $24.99 | 5,772 74% | 173k | $4.3M (exactly $4,327,268) | 重楼工作室 |
| | Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions | older | $29.99 | 2,790 73% | 84k | $2.5M (exactly $2,510,163) | Unbroken Studios |
| | Redout: Enhanced Edition | older | $19.99 | 3,438 84% | 103k | $2.1M (exactly $2,061,769) | 34BigThings srl |
| | Lost Skies | $24.99 | 2,470 63% | 74k | $1.9M (exactly $1,851,759) | Bossa Studios | |
 | 轮回修仙路 | older | $16.99 | 2,945 82% | 88k | $1.5M (exactly $1,501,066) | 烟水寒工作室 |
 | Redout 2 | older | $19.99 | 1,168 82% | 35k | $700k (exactly $700,450) | 34BigThings srl |
 | Draconia | · EA older | $19.99 | 798 64% | 24k | $479k (exactly $478,561) | Draconia Dev Team |
 | Aquanox Deep Descent | older | $29.99 | 463 48% | 14k | $417k (exactly $416,561) | Digital Arrow |
 | Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition | older | $19.99 | 416 78% | 12k | $249k (exactly $249,475) | Phosphor Game Studios |
 | Cabin Crew Life Simulator | · EA | $12.99 | 505 70% | 15k | $197k (exactly $196,798) | SOGA Std |
 | Birds of War | $9.99 | 439 87% | 13k | $132k (exactly $131,568) | HexNest Games | |
 | Lou's Lagoon | $24.99 | 126 75% | 3.8k | $94k (exactly $94,462) | Tiny Roar | |
 | Starbreed | $10.99 | 271 95% | 8.1k | $89k (exactly $89,349) | RegulusNSFW | |
 | Night Stones | $9.99 | 259 93% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | Advance Nine | |
 | HELL GALAXY | $24.99 | 89 74% | 2.7k | $67k (exactly $66,723) | Italian Games Factory | |
 | BEHEMOTH | $3.99 | 412 88% | 12k | $49k (exactly $49,316) | The Behemoth | |
 | The Mosquito Gang | $5.99 | 152 70% | 4.6k | $27k (exactly $27,314) | Space Raccoon Game Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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