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Character Customization + Trivia
Only 8 developers shipped a Character Customization Trivia 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, Trivia Tricks, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 10 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $5.1k (exactly $5,113) |
| Top 5% | $99k (exactly $98,934) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 down 100% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Trivia
- effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Character Customization, Trivia
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 535 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 10 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Character Customization with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Trivia Tricks 2024 · $99k 
Papa's Quiz 2020 · $47k 
Schlag den Star - Das Spiel 2017 · $22k 
Gefragt Gejagt - Das Spiel 2021 · $16k 
Schlag den Star - Das 3. Spiel 2023 · $9.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Trivia Tricks | $14.99 | 220 93% | 6.6k | $99k (exactly $98,934) | 3-Tricks | |
| | Papa's Quiz | older | $12.99 | 120 90% | 3.6k | $47k (exactly $46,764) | Old Apes |
| | Schlag den Star - Das Spiel | older | $9.99 | 74 40% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $22,178) | Lost the Game Studios |
| | Gefragt Gejagt - Das Spiel | older | $34.99 | 15 40% | 450 | $16k (exactly $15,746) | Beatshapers Ltd. |
| | Schlag den Star - Das 3. Spiel | older | $29.99 | 11 9% | 330 | $9.9k (exactly $9,897) | Twigames Inc. |
 | Comfy Girl | $2.99 | 57 87% | 1.7k | $5.1k (exactly $5,113) | Unorthodox Box | |
 | Nihongo Heroes | older | $9.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | monacrea |
 | Play Together: Party Games | $14.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Plot Interactive | |
 | Bible Trivia | older | $2.99 | 23 86% | 690 | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) | Astro Game Studio |
 | Wer weiß denn sowas? - Das 3. Spiel | older | $29.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Twigames Inc. |
 | Life Choices | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | UNICO STUDIO LLC | |
 | RobBred - Funny Chat | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Iron Cauldron | |
 | Robot Trivia Funtime | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Silicon Kiwi | |
 | Science Skaters | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Didactoons | |
 | Trivia Murder Party 3 | · EA | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jackbox Games, Inc. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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