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Should I ship a Lovecraftian Character Customization game?
Character Customization + Lovecraftian
Only 16 developers shipped a Lovecraftian Character Customization 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, Gamblers Table, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 42 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.0k, ×6.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $610k, ×987 the market median. Revenue is up 415% on the market; 42 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) |
| Top 25% | $67k (exactly $66,723) |
| Top 5% | $620k (exactly $619,664) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 415% on the market, supply 335% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Lovecraftian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Character Customization; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action-Adventure, Adventure, Combat
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 3,667 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 42 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Character Customization with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + GamblingFair
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Comparable games
Labyrinthine 2023 · $4.1M 
Shadows Over Loathing 2022 · $2.2M 
Death Trash 2021 · EA · $2.1M 
SKALD: Against the Black Priory 2024 · $1.5M 
Gamblers Table 2026 · $620k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Labyrinthine | older | $9.99 | 13,779 84% | 413k | $4.1M (exactly $4,129,566) | Valko Game Studios |
| | Shadows Over Loathing | older | $22.99 | 3,120 95% | 94k | $2.2M (exactly $2,151,864) | Asymmetric |
| | Death Trash | · EA older | $19.99 | 3,460 91% | 104k | $2.1M (exactly $2,074,962) | Crafting Legends |
| | SKALD: Against the Black Priory | older | $14.99 | 3,325 93% | 100k | $1.5M (exactly $1,495,252) | High North Studios AS |
| | Gamblers Table | $6.99 | 2,955 74% | 89k | $620k (exactly $619,664) | greenpixels, Bossforge | |
 | Elderand | older | $19.99 | 552 75% | 17k | $331k (exactly $331,034) | Mantra, Sinergia Games |
 | Sign of Silence | older | $4.99 | 1,787 52% | 54k | $268k (exactly $267,514) | Renderise |
 | EVERSLAUGHT | · EA older | $19.99 | 336 61% | 10k | $201k (exactly $201,499) | MobX GmbH |
 | Chromosome Evil 2 | older | $19.99 | 252 88% | 7.6k | $151k (exactly $151,124) | S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L., dovganovskiy |
 | Dream Sketcher | older | $11.99 | 390 55% | 12k | $140k (exactly $140,283) | RisingPunch Studio |
 | Whispers of the Eyeless | $19.99 | 226 74% | 6.8k | $136k (exactly $135,532) | Venris, Evil Gingerbread Studio | |
 | We Gotta Go | $9.99 | 237 60% | 7.1k | $71k (exactly $71,029) | FuzzyBot | |
 | HELL GALAXY | $24.99 | 89 74% | 2.7k | $67k (exactly $66,723) | Italian Games Factory | |
 | Dead Static Drive | $29.99 | 43 37% | 1.3k | $39k (exactly $38,687) | Reuben Games | |
 | Ritual Party | · EA | $11.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $10k (exactly $10,072) | Hologram Monster |
 | Paws Coven | $6.99 | 43 67% | 1.3k | $9.0k (exactly $9,017) | Wintercrow Games | |
 | Ritual Night | · EA | $4.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Outfox Games |
 | Paw Paw Destiny | $14.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | Daiyu.studio | |
 | Mist | $5.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Euphoria Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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