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Should I ship a Character Customization Mini Golf game?

Character Customization + Mini Golf

Only 13 developers shipped a Character Customization Mini Golf 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, Tower Unite, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $9.7M, ×15505 the market median. Revenue is up 860% on the market; 20 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.1 times the market baseline, revenue up 860% on the market, 20 announced, ×3.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Customization + Mini Golf
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 13
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.4k → $539 → $719 → $2.9k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Character Customization + Mini Golf: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 13
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $719 (exactly $719)
Top 25% $2.9k (exactly $2,876)
Top 5% $9.7M (exactly $9,737,329)
Developers, 2 yr 13
Released games 31
Announced 20
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $5.99

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 860% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Mini Golf
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Character Customization, Mini Golf; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry PvP, Action, Golf
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, Comedy
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 90% positive over 25,616 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $150, median $720, 1 in 4 over $2.8k, 1 in 20 over $9.7M.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + Football (American)Strong odds14 devs · median $3.6k · 12 announced
  2. + Real-TimeStrong odds7 devs · median $2.0k · 6 announced
  3. + Music-Based Procedural GenerationFair10 devs · median $18k · 8 announced
  4. + TransportationFair19 devs · median $7.2k · 24 announced
  5. + MinigamesFair27 devs · median $5.7k · 34 announced
  6. + DwarvesFair7 devs · median $3.2k · 13 announced
  7. + BikesFair11 devs · median $1.5k · 10 announced
  8. + IdlerFair210 devs · median $1.2k · 286 announced
  9. + IncrementalFair146 devs · median $1.2k · 190 announced
  10. + GamblingFair30 devs · median $836 · 32 announced
  11. + Precision PlatformerFair103 devs · median $748 · 116 announced
  12. + TypingFair27 devs · median $539 · 38 announced

All 250 pairs on the Character Customization page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Tower Unite 2025 · $9.7M Super Battle Golf 2026 · $3.6M Golf Around! 2020 · $247k Turbo Golf Racing 2024 · $190k Golfie 2023 · $148k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Tower Unite $19.99 16,237 89% 487k $9.7M (exactly $9,737,329) PixelTail Games
Super Battle Golf $12.99 9,325 93% 280k $3.6M (exactly $3,633,952) Brimstone
Golf Around! older $9.99 823 94% 25k $247k (exactly $246,653) Hough Studio
Turbo Golf Racing older $9.99 635 85% 19k $190k (exactly $190,310) Hugecalf Studios
Golfie older $17.99 275 66% 8.3k $148k (exactly $148,418) Triheart Studio
Brendan Keogh's Putting Challenge older $5.99 30 96% 900 $5.4k (exactly $5,391) Brendan Keogh
Par for the Dungeon older $4.99 36 100% 1.1k $5.4k (exactly $5,389) Sleeping Giant Games
Super Serious Golf $4.99 22 100% 660 $3.3k (exactly $3,293) Karnage Studios
Golf Guys older $4.99 20 80% 600 $3.0k (exactly $2,994) VOODOO
Golf Around 2 $7.99 12 41% 360 $2.9k (exactly $2,876) Hough Studio
Swingularity $4.99 7 100% 210 $1.0k (exactly $1,048) Team Redshift
Ping Pan $7.99 4 100% 120 $959 (exactly $959) Stonework Games LLC
Bow Course - Archery Golf · EA $11.99 2 50% 60 $719 (exactly $719) Korpi Games Oy
Left Fore Dead: Zombie Battle Golf $7.99 3 66% 90 $719 (exactly $719) Maple Taco
Sycamore $5.99 3 100% 90 $539 (exactly $539) [untitledDev]
Clubbed $4.99 1 100% 30 $150 (exactly $150) Croissoft

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