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Class-Based + Multiple Endings
Of 27 developers who shipped a Multiple Endings Class-Based 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.. 39 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×2.1 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $720; 1 in 20 cleared $510k, ×344 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 39 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $718 (exactly $718) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) |
| Top 25% | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) |
| Top 5% | $515k (exactly $515,044) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 45% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Class-Based
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Class-Based, Multiple Endings; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, RPG, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 3,924 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
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Comparable games
The Nameless: Slay Dragon 2024 · $1.1M 
Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness 2022 · $831k 
Svarog's Dream 2023 · $559k 
New Arc Line 2024 · EA · $515k 
The Use of Life 2025 · $458k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Nameless: Slay Dragon | $17.99 | 2,050 91% | 62k | $1.1M (exactly $1,106,385) | The Nameless Epic | |
| | Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness | older | $29.99 | 924 74% | 28k | $831k (exactly $831,323) | GrapeOcean Technologies |
| | Svarog's Dream | older | $21.00 | 888 89% | 27k | $559k (exactly $559,440) | VI Game Forge |
| | New Arc Line | · EA | $24.99 | 687 68% | 21k | $515k (exactly $515,044) | Dreamate |
| | The Use of Life | $19.99 | 764 90% | 23k | $458k (exactly $458,171) | だらねこげーむず/Daraneko Games | |
 | Disciples: Domination | $44.99 | 218 65% | 6.5k | $294k (exactly $294,235) | Artefacts Studio | |
 | Idol Hands 2 | older | $10.99 | 735 88% | 22k | $242k (exactly $242,330) | 樹懶叫工作室, Maker製造機, sloth gamer |
 | Roundscape Adorevia | older | $15.99 | 140 76% | 4.2k | $67k (exactly $67,158) | Arvus Games |
 | MÖRK BORG Heresy Supreme | · EA | $19.99 | 81 77% | 2.4k | $49k (exactly $48,576) | Morbidware |
 | Deadnaut: Signal Lost | older | $14.99 | 92 85% | 2.8k | $41k (exactly $41,372) | Screwfly Studios |
 | SKY THE SCRAPER | $11.99 | 44 100% | 1.3k | $16k (exactly $15,827) | Ryo Kobuchi | |
 | Gridiron Masters '98 | · EA | $9.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Software98 |
 | Funeral Flowers Lament: Helena | $16.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | Kiseki Kobo Games | |
 | Tales of Lyfael | $12.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $7.0k (exactly $7,015) | AdamWeb.sk | |
 | The Last Chronomancer | $9.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Guld |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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