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Should I ship a Conspiracy Time Management game?
Time Management + Conspiracy
Only 18 developers shipped a Conspiracy Time Management 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, Rina's Undercover Train Operation, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 42 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $120k, ×253 the market median. Revenue is up 115% on the market; 42 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $5.5k (exactly $5,513) |
| Top 5% | $120k (exactly $120,034) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 115% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Conspiracy
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Time Management; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Multiple Endings, Simulation, Point & Click
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 1980s, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 491 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Time Management with a different setting or mood, 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
Happy's Humble Burger Farm 2021 · $1.0M 
Rina's Undercover Train Operation 2026 · $120k 
The Matriarch 2022 · $108k 
Undead Inc. 2024 · $95k 
Orten Was The Case 2023 · $56k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Happy's Humble Burger Farm | older | $19.99 | 1,704 93% | 51k | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,889) | Scythe Dev Team |
| | Rina's Undercover Train Operation | $13.99 | 286 70% | 8.6k | $120k (exactly $120,034) | Metamorphose | |
| | The Matriarch | older | $4.99 | 724 75% | 22k | $108k (exactly $108,383) | Chewa |
| | Undead Inc. | older | $19.99 | 158 27% | 4.7k | $95k (exactly $94,753) | Rightsized Games |
| | Orten Was The Case | older | $14.99 | 125 94% | 3.8k | $56k (exactly $56,212) | Woodhill Interactive |
 | Hero Roy's Wedding | older | $6.99 | 230 74% | 6.9k | $48k (exactly $48,231) | SwordRP5 |
 | Decide 4 God | $29.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $44k (exactly $44,085) | Miracle Moon | |
 | Rough Justice: '84 | older | $19.99 | 67 64% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $40,180) | Gamma Minus |
 | These Darker Tides | $7.99 | 76 90% | 2.3k | $18k (exactly $18,217) | Pixel Drip Games | |
 | The State of Nowhere | $19.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $16k (exactly $15,592) | Anomaly Works | |
 | Hate You | $7.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $5.5k (exactly $5,513) | PALINI | |
 | Rescue Team: Lights. Camera. Outer Space | $6.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Game Mixer | |
 | Rescue Team: Phantom Crisis | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Game Mixer | |
 | Your Price, Your Honor. | $2.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $718 (exactly $718) | Red Comb Studios | |
 | GET 0UT | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | ICE9 Games | |
 | 100% Plasma Vitae | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Plasma Team |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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