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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Mythological Character Customization game?

Character Customization + Mythology

Of 37 developers who shipped a Mythological Character Customization 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.. 126 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

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

The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×4.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $18M, ×29081 the market median. Revenue is up 55% on the market; 126 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 4.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 55% on the market, 126 announced, ×6.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Customization + Mythology
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 37
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $9.2k → $130k → $27k → $3.1k → $19k → $599 → $8.7k (still earning) → $4.8k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Character Customization + Mythology: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 37
Bottom 30% $300 (exactly $300)
Median $2.7k (exactly $2,700)
Top 25% $22k (exactly $21,578)
Top 5% $18M (exactly $18,262,681)
Developers, 2 yr 37
Released games 102
Announced 126
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 55% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 18%, 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
Mythology
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Action, Crafting
Price point
$9.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cute, Story Rich
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 82% positive over 38,069 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $2.7k, 1 in 4 over $21k, 1 in 20 over $18M.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. 7 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 126 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Customization with a different setting or mood, 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

Digimon Story Time Stranger 2025 · $33M 暖雪 Warm Snow 2022 · $19M Titan Quest II 2025 · EA · $18M WARRIORS OROCHI 4 2018 · $8.0M Immortals Fenyx Rising 2022 · $5.4M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Digimon Story Time Stranger $69.99 15,845 89% 475k $33M (exactly $33,269,746) Media.Vision Inc.
暖雪 Warm Snow older $17.99 35,270 92% 1.1M $19M (exactly $19,035,219) BadMudStudio
Titan Quest II · EA $34.99 17,398 81% 522k $18M (exactly $18,262,681) Grimlore Games
WARRIORS OROCHI 4 older $59.99 4,424 85% 133k $8.0M (exactly $7,961,873) KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Immortals Fenyx Rising older $39.99 4,522 73% 136k $5.4M (exactly $5,425,043) Ubisoft
《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
NORSE: Oath of Blood $34.99 2,535 56% 76k $2.7M (exactly $2,660,990) Arctic Hazard
Ragnarock older $24.99 2,775 94% 83k $2.1M (exactly $2,080,417) WanadevStudio
Jade Empire™: Special Edition older $14.99 1,887 76% 57k $849k (exactly $848,584) BioWare
Spirit of the North 2 $29.99 934 85% 28k $840k (exactly $840,320) Infuse Studio
👑Idle Calibur：Zero💕（选王之剑：零） $10.99 445 80% 13k $147k (exactly $146,716) 绝汪
Camelot Unchained · EA $9.99 369 38% 11k $111k (exactly $110,589) Unchained Entertainment
Sin and Love $14.99 232 65% 7.0k $104k (exactly $104,330) XingCaiStudio
Ash & Rust $19.99 85 63% 2.6k $51k (exactly $50,974) Ash and Rust Studios
Kiln $7.99 154 74% 4.6k $37k (exactly $36,914) Double Fine Productions
Makai Agito $9.99 72 94% 2.2k $22k (exactly $21,578) Gumi Bytes, Dani Sugimoto-Lee

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