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Choose Your Own Adventure + Typing
Of 21 developers who shipped a Typing 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.. 31 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×7.5 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $930k, ×7834 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 31 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $535 (exactly $535) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Top 5% | $932k (exactly $932,228) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $5.00 |
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 70% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- effort 2 / 10 · high · branching text with light state
- Typing
- effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Choose Your Own Adventure, Typing; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Choices Matter, Visual Novel, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.00 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Text-Based, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.00.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 10,839 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 6 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Choose Your Own Adventure with a different second tag, 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
Homicipher 2024 · $3.3M 
Her Story 2015 · $2.5M 
Emily is Away <3 2021 · $1.8M 
Buddy Simulator 1984 2021 · $1.1M 
AI2U: With You 'Til The End 2026 · $932k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Homicipher | $13.99 | 7,821 96% | 235k | $3.3M (exactly $3,282,474) | 八名木Games | |
| | Her Story | older | $9.99 | 8,367 89% | 251k | $2.5M (exactly $2,507,590) | Sam Barlow |
| | Emily is Away <3 | older | $9.99 | 6,036 91% | 181k | $1.8M (exactly $1,808,989) | Kyle Seeley |
| | Buddy Simulator 1984 | older | $9.99 | 3,791 93% | 114k | $1.1M (exactly $1,136,163) | Not a Sailor Studios |
| | AI2U: With You 'Til The End | $14.99 | 2,073 87% | 62k | $932k (exactly $932,228) | AlterStaff Inc. | |
 | 7 Days to End with You | older | $7.99 | 3,327 87% | 100k | $797k (exactly $797,482) | Lizardry |
 | Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) | $19.99 | 632 92% | 19k | $379k (exactly $379,010) | Popcannibal | |
 | MINDHACK | · EA older | $12.99 | 712 93% | 21k | $277k (exactly $277,466) | VODKAdemo? |
 | Sofia in Exchange for Lies | $25.99 | 164 81% | 4.9k | $128k (exactly $127,871) | MUTAN, storynote | |
 | DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures | older | $9.99 | 169 86% | 5.1k | $51k (exactly $50,649) | Oleg Skutte |
 | Millennium Whisper | · EA | $11.99 | 82 64% | 2.5k | $29k (exactly $29,495) | Parable Studios |
 | OTHERS | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Sicosiber | |
 | Beek: Familiar Spirit - Remastered | $3.99 | 31 80% | 930 | $3.7k (exactly $3,711) | Studio Klondike Australia | |
 | The Garden of Hermeneus | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | ShironoR | |
 | NO WAY OUT:Prison | $4.79 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,150) | Co's Studios | |
 | Write Warz | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Boltz Entertainment |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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