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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Character Customization Party Game?

Character Customization + Party Game

Of 146 developers who shipped a Character Customization Party 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.. 381 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 $810, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $84k, ×135 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 381 games are announced against 117 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 80% on the market, 381 announced, ×3.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Customization + Party Game
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 146
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $16k → $20k → $9.9k → $2.7k → $3.6k → $1.2k → $1.8k (still earning) → $150 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Character Customization + Party Game: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 146
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $809 (exactly $809)
Top 25% $6.2k (exactly $6,232)
Top 5% $85k (exactly $84,854)
Developers, 2 yr 146
Released games 257
Announced 381
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $6.60

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 down 80% on the market, supply 305% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 24%, 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
Party Game
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, Party Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Online Co-Op, PvP
Price point
$6.60 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $6.60.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 21,376 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $810, 1 in 4 over $6.2k, 1 in 20 over $84k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 36 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 381 games are announced against 117 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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  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

Super Battle Golf 2026 · $3.6M Voyagers of Nera 2025 · EA · $1.8M LEGO® Party! 2025 · $1.3M Headbangers: Rhythm Royale 2023 · $884k IRMÃO Grande & Brasileiro 2 2021 · $835k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Super Battle Golf $12.99 9,325 93% 280k $3.6M (exactly $3,633,952) Brimstone
Voyagers of Nera · EA $29.99 2,022 83% 61k $1.8M (exactly $1,819,193) Treehouse Games
LEGO® Party! $39.99 1,112 87% 33k $1.3M (exactly $1,334,066) SMG Studio
Headbangers: Rhythm Royale older $29.99 983 69% 29k $884k (exactly $884,405) Glee-Cheese Studio
IRMÃO Grande & Brasileiro 2 older $19.99 1,392 97% 42k $835k (exactly $834,782) Virgula Leal
Guilty as Sock! $5.50 4,836 89% 145k $798k (exactly $797,940) Demon Max
SOS OPS! older $4.99 4,000 83% 120k $599k (exactly $598,800) ArtDock
Neighbors: Suburban Warfare · EA $9.99 1,906 66% 57k $571k (exactly $571,228) Invisible Walls
King Of The Castle older $9.99 1,403 90% 42k $420k (exactly $420,479) Tributary Games
Youtubers Life 3 $19.99 468 50% 14k $281k (exactly $280,660) UPLAY Online
KILLER INN · EA $9.99 670 44% 20k $201k (exactly $200,799) Square Enix, Tactic Studios
Beetleball $7.99 354 93% 11k $85k (exactly $84,854) Bugfight Studio
Frog Sqwad 🐸 $7.99 352 72% 11k $84k (exactly $84,374) Panic Stations
Bar After Bar $6.99 331 87% 9.9k $69k (exactly $69,411) OneMan Tim

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