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Inventory Management + Choose Your Own Adventure
Of 37 developers who shipped an Inventory Management Choose Your Own Adventure 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.. 85 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×2.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $170k, ×363 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 85 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) |
| Top 25% | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) |
| Top 5% | $172k (exactly $172,497) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 37 |
| Released games | 91 |
| Announced | 85 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Inventory Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- effort 2 / 10 · high · branching text with light state
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Inventory Management, Choose Your Own Adventure; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Life Sim, Management
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 2,605 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 8 in 10 of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 85 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Inventory Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorStrong odds
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + WargameFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + LogicFair
- + Card GameFair
- + Trading Card GameFair
- + Puzzle PlatformerFair
- + God GameFair
Comparable games
Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall 2025 · $1.1M 
The Oregon Trail 2022 · $1.1M 
Legends of Eisenwald 2015 · $836k 
Finnish Army Simulator 2023 · EA · $450k 
Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator 2025 · $172k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall | $24.99 | 1,488 76% | 45k | $1.1M (exactly $1,115,554) | Brave At Night | |
| | The Oregon Trail | older | $29.99 | 1,220 79% | 37k | $1.1M (exactly $1,097,634) | Gameloft |
| | Legends of Eisenwald | older | $19.99 | 1,394 76% | 42k | $836k (exactly $835,982) | Aterdux Entertainment |
| | Finnish Army Simulator | · EA older | $29.99 | 500 88% | 15k | $450k (exactly $449,850) | Please Be Patient |
| | Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator | $13.99 | 411 85% | 12k | $172k (exactly $172,497) | Purple Heads Games | |
 | SCP Strategy | older | $6.99 | 556 78% | 17k | $117k (exactly $116,593) | LUXO Interactive |
 | Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid! | $29.99 | 66 95% | 2.0k | $59k (exactly $59,380) | Lached Up Games | |
 | Stash: A Card Looter | $9.99 | 186 79% | 5.6k | $56k (exactly $55,744) | WheeGaming | |
 | Handyman Corporation | older | $11.99 | 136 47% | 4.1k | $49k (exactly $48,919) | Potato Games |
 | Eggstreme Farming | $6.99 | 169 73% | 5.1k | $35k (exactly $35,439) | Sagitta Studios | |
 | Tech Store Simulator | $9.99 | 103 61% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,869) | Astrasoft | |
 | Underchoice | $7.99 | 113 72% | 3.4k | $27k (exactly $27,086) | TG Indie | |
 | Book Smugglers | $14.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $11k (exactly $11,242) | FLUXO GAMES | |
 | Silk Roads II: Paths of Fortune | $9.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Priory Games | |
 | Superhero Market | · EA | $9.99 | 20 55% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Instinc'Team Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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