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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Cooking game?
Cooking + Multiple Endings
Of 43 developers who shipped a Multiple Endings Cooking 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.. 100 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 $5.1k, ×11 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.5k; 1 in 20 cleared $210k, ×451 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 100 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,455) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) |
| Top 25% | $49k (exactly $48,899) |
| Top 5% | $214k (exactly $214,335) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 82 |
| Announced | 100 |
| 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 90% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Cooking
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Cooking, Multiple Endings; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Visual Novel, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 4,963 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 6 in 10 of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 100 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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