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Should I ship a Choices Matter Party Game?
Choices Matter + Party Game
Of 35 developers who shipped a Choices Matter 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.. 73 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60; 1 in 20 cleared $17k, ×38 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 73 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $17,988) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 35 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 73 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 1550% 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.
- Choices Matter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Party Game
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Choices Matter, Party Game; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry 4 Player Local, Action, Character Customization
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 2,700 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 73 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Choices Matter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ChessFair
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- + RomePoor odds
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Comparable games
IRMÃO Grande & Brasileiro 2 2021 · $835k 
BOMBANANA! 2026 · $566k 
King Of The Castle 2023 · $420k 
The Yawhg 2014 · $339k 
Project Planet - Earth vs Humanity 2023 · $271k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | IRMÃO Grande & Brasileiro 2 | older | $19.99 | 1,392 97% | 42k | $835k (exactly $834,782) | Virgula Leal |
| | BOMBANANA! | $7.99 | 2,360 96% | 71k | $566k (exactly $565,692) | Lefto Studio | |
| | King Of The Castle | older | $9.99 | 1,403 90% | 42k | $420k (exactly $420,479) | Tributary Games |
| | The Yawhg | older | $9.99 | 1,131 84% | 34k | $339k (exactly $338,961) | Damian Sommer, Emily Carroll |
| | Project Planet - Earth vs Humanity | older | $24.99 | 361 78% | 11k | $271k (exactly $270,642) | Fifth Harbour Studios |
 | Awkward | older | $11.99 | 90 72% | 2.7k | $32k (exactly $32,373) | Snap Finger Click |
 | Lunars | · EA | $14.99 | 40 97% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Anubis Arts |
 | BUNKER: RED FLAG | · EA | $4.99 | 93 79% | 2.8k | $14k (exactly $13,922) | Red Flag Team |
 | S.A.L.A.M.E. | $3.99 | 92 95% | 2.8k | $11k (exactly $11,012) | LTP Argentina | |
 | It’s Quiz Time: GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ 2026 Edition | $29.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $7.2k (exactly $7,198) | Snap Finger Click | |
 | Nippon Marathon 2: Daijoubu | · EA | $10.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $5.6k (exactly $5,605) | Onion Soup Interactive |
 | YGGDRA: SURVIVOR | $4.99 | 34 79% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | BD | |
 | Dino-Ducks Dash | $2.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $2.7k (exactly $2,691) | Duckosaurus Games | |
 | ホロライブオールスター バトルタイルズ | $3.99 | 20 25% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | BG2研 | |
 | That's My President! | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Kisotik Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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