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Should I ship a Steampunk Choose Your Own Adventure game?
Choose Your Own Adventure + Steampunk
Only 12 developers shipped a Steampunk Choose Your Own Adventure 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, Erannorth Renaissance, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.0k, ×4.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×178 the market median. Revenue is up 1350% on the market; 25 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) |
| Top 25% | $21k (exactly $21,333) |
| Top 5% | $112k (exactly $111,544) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 1350% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Steampunk
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 414 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Choose Your Own Adventure with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IdlerFair
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- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + 3D FighterLong shot
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Comparable games
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles 2021 · $6.1M 
80 Days 2015 · $458k 
Steam Prison 2019 · $407k 
Sovereign Syndicate 2024 · $344k 
Haven Moon 2016 · $232k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles | older | $39.99 | 5,113 93% | 153k | $6.1M (exactly $6,134,066) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
| | 80 Days | older | $12.99 | 1,174 91% | 35k | $458k (exactly $457,508) | inkle Ltd, Cape Guy Ltd |
| | Steam Prison | older | $34.99 | 388 81% | 12k | $407k (exactly $407,284) | HuneX |
| | Sovereign Syndicate | older | $19.99 | 573 79% | 17k | $344k (exactly $343,628) | Crimson Herring Studios |
| | Haven Moon | older | $11.99 | 646 77% | 19k | $232k (exactly $232,366) | Francois Roussel |
 | Erannorth Renaissance | $19.99 | 186 81% | 5.6k | $112k (exactly $111,544) | Spyridon Thalassinos | |
 | A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight | older | $6.99 | 172 95% | 5.2k | $36k (exactly $36,068) | Hosted Games |
 | Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows Refrain | older | $34.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $36k (exactly $35,690) | Liar-soft |
 | Cave Digger | older | $14.90 | 63 82% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $28,161) | VRKiwi |
 | Steam Prison -Beyond the Steam- | $34.99 | 22 50% | 660 | $23k (exactly $23,093) | HuneX | |
 | Lust Poker Club | $7.99 | 89 78% | 2.7k | $21k (exactly $21,333) | Cutie Booty | |
 | Void Sails | $9.99 | 49 69% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,685) | Ticking Clock Games | |
 | MAELSTROM LEGACY: The Tesla Mystery | $10.99 | 36 69% | 1.1k | $12k (exactly $11,869) | Wistfulware | |
 | Ostera : The curse of... | · EA | $4.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Profits Troll Studio |
 | Heavens' Revolution: A Lion Among the Cypress | $6.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Choice of Games | |
 | The Wickie : Journey of a Lighthouse Keeper | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Crispian Robson | |
 | Circus Saboteur | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | No Sequels Cooperative | |
 | Under the Gray Sky | $1.00 | 2 100% | 60 | $60 (exactly $60) | mokosoft |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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