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Time Management + Choose Your Own Adventure
Of 67 developers who shipped a Choose Your Own Adventure Time Management 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.. 159 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×4.1 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $2.7M, ×5702 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 159 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $20,236) |
| Top 5% | $2.7M (exactly $2,708,543) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 67 |
| Released games | 155 |
| Announced | 159 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 45% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time 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
- Time Management, Choose Your Own Adventure; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Simulation, Life Sim
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Anime, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 64,966 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 31 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 159 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Time Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dungeon CrawlerFair
- + ProgrammingFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + AgricultureFair
- + Time TravelFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + LootFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + ThrillerFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
Comparable games
Metaphor: ReFantazio 2024 · $53M 
Sultan's Game 2025 · $19M 
Magical Princess 2026 · $3.4M 
School Days 2026 · $2.7M 
CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience 2020 · $1.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Metaphor: ReFantazio | $69.99 | 25,224 89% | 757k | $53M (exactly $52,962,833) | ATLUS | |
| | Sultan's Game | $24.99 | 25,061 93% | 752k | $19M (exactly $18,788,232) | Double Cross | |
| | Magical Princess | $14.99 | 7,636 96% | 229k | $3.4M (exactly $3,433,909) | Neotro Inc., MAGI Inc. | |
| | School Days | $14.99 | 6,023 77% | 181k | $2.7M (exactly $2,708,543) | 白雨工作室 | |
| | CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience | older | $19.99 | 2,596 91% | 78k | $1.6M (exactly $1,556,821) | Delve Interactive |
 | STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator | · EA older | $9.99 | 3,124 95% | 94k | $936k (exactly $936,263) | TERNOX |
 | Pumping Simulator 2 | older | $11.99 | 1,645 91% | 49k | $592k (exactly $591,706) | Lance Games |
 | Mind Scanners | older | $16.99 | 1,095 78% | 33k | $558k (exactly $558,122) | The Outer Zone |
 | The Price Of Flesh | older | $14.99 | 1,038 96% | 31k | $467k (exactly $466,789) | Gatobob |
 | For the People | older | $16.99 | 729 73% | 22k | $372k (exactly $371,571) | Brezg Studio |
 | Corner Kitchen Fast Food Simulator | $13.99 | 411 85% | 12k | $172k (exactly $172,497) | Purple Heads Games | |
 | Virtual Ties: Isekaijoucho Träumerei | $34.99 | 93 91% | 2.8k | $98k (exactly $97,622) | ENTERGRAM,INC. | |
 | Help! I'm Turning Into A Mermaid! | $29.99 | 66 95% | 2.0k | $59k (exactly $59,380) | Lached Up Games | |
 | TIME TO STARⅡ偶像之路终极版 | $12.99 | 124 70% | 3.7k | $48k (exactly $48,323) | 随便做做游戏组 | |
 | My Secret Summer Vacation [ZXV-001] | $7.99 | 159 72% | 4.8k | $38k (exactly $38,112) | zhenxin_corp | |
 | Eggstreme Farming | $6.99 | 169 73% | 5.1k | $35k (exactly $35,439) | Sagitta Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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