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Should I ship a Modern-Day Choose Your Own Adventure game?
Choose Your Own Adventure + Modern
Of 108 developers who shipped a Modern-Day 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.. 146 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×4.4 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $100k, ×222 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 146 games are announced against 54 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $538 (exactly $538) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $14,985) |
| Top 5% | $105k (exactly $105,392) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 108 |
| Released games | 358 |
| Announced | 146 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 50% on the market, supply as many developers as 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.
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- effort 2 / 10 · high · branching text with light state
- Modern
- 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
- Choose Your Own Adventure; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Choices Matter, Visual Novel, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 3D, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 51,282 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 8 in 10 of the 93 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 146 games are announced against 54 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Choose Your Own Adventure with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + FMVFair
- + FlightFair
- + SportsFair
- + Word GameFair
- + MilitaryFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + IdlerFair
- + GamblingFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + 3D FighterLong shot
- + NavalPoor odds
Comparable games
Revenge on gold diggers 2025 · $9.8M 
Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch (The witch of the Ihanashi) 2022 · $655k 
极速营救 2025 · $557k 
我打不过漂亮的她们 2025 · $366k 
Paradise 2024 · $336k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Revenge on gold diggers | $6.99 | 46,610 80% | 1.4M | $9.8M (exactly $9,774,117) | 前方工作室 | |
| | Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch (The witch of the Ihanashi) | older | $24.98 | 874 95% | 26k | $655k (exactly $654,976) | Fragaria |
| | 极速营救 | $9.99 | 1,860 86% | 56k | $557k (exactly $557,442) | 优映文化, 想象颗粒 | |
| | 我打不过漂亮的她们 | $10.99 | 1,111 95% | 33k | $366k (exactly $366,297) | 想象颗粒 | |
| | Paradise | older | $19.99 | 561 90% | 17k | $336k (exactly $336,432) | PIL/SLASH |
 | ウーマンコミュニケーション | older | $12.99 | 793 98% | 24k | $309k (exactly $309,032) | YAMADA |
 | Tokyo School Life | older | $14.99 | 619 92% | 19k | $278k (exactly $278,364) | M2 Co.,LTD |
 | Majikoi! Love Me Seriously! | older | $34.99 | 212 95% | 6.4k | $223k (exactly $222,536) | Minato Soft |
 | Summer Crush | older | $11.99 | 486 79% | 15k | $175k (exactly $174,814) | Wet n' Juicy Games |
 | Hadaka Shitsuji - Naked Butlers | older | $34.99 | 135 85% | 4.1k | $142k (exactly $141,710) | MADA Labo |
 | Don’t Tell Mom: I Fed My Stepsister 💦😳 | $14.99 | 280 62% | 8.4k | $126k (exactly $125,916) | Juicy Peach Games 🍑 | |
 | 这个CEO我当定了！ | $7.99 | 462 82% | 14k | $111k (exactly $110,741) | 叁石肆两 | |
 | Content King | $11.99 | 293 95% | 8.8k | $105k (exactly $105,392) | Usurper Studios | |
 | Futa Zone: Lewd Control 🍒 | $14.99 | 186 66% | 5.6k | $84k (exactly $83,644) | Dirty Adventures 🖤 | |
 | Our Red String | · EA | $19.99 | 134 97% | 4.0k | $80k (exactly $80,360) | Eva Kiss |
 | Sex & Coffee ☕️🤎 | $14.99 | 174 76% | 5.2k | $78k (exactly $78,248) | Carnality INC | |
 | Grand Tits Adventure [18+] | $14.99 | 172 72% | 5.2k | $77k (exactly $77,348) | Carnality INC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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