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Should I ship a Supernatural Crafting game?
Crafting + Supernatural
Of 23 developers who shipped a Supernatural Crafting 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.. 78 more are announced, ×4.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. 78 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper, while revenue is down 85% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,190) |
| Top 5% | $387k (exactly $386,845) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 55 |
| Announced | 78 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 185% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Crafting
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Crafting; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action-Adventure, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 3D, Dark
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 2,541 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 78 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Crafting with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + WesternPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
Comparable games
Chernobylite Complete Edition 2021 · $11M 
Wylde Flowers 2022 · $1.7M 
Total Chaos 2025 · $1.2M 
Stygian: Outer Gods 2025 · EA · $387k 
Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2013 · $339k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chernobylite Complete Edition | older | $29.99 | 12,416 81% | 372k | $11M (exactly $11,170,675) | The Farm 51 |
| | Wylde Flowers | older | $24.99 | 2,329 95% | 70k | $1.7M (exactly $1,746,051) | Studio Drydock Pty Ltd |
| | Total Chaos | $24.99 | 1,561 86% | 47k | $1.2M (exactly $1,170,282) | Trigger Happy Interactive | |
| | Stygian: Outer Gods | · EA | $24.99 | 516 80% | 15k | $387k (exactly $386,845) | Misterial Games |
| | Sword of the Stars: The Pit | older | $9.99 | 1,132 83% | 34k | $339k (exactly $339,260) | Kerberos Productions |
 | Shardpunk | older | $13.99 | 739 92% | 22k | $310k (exactly $310,158) | Clockwork Pile |
 | Creature Lab | older | $19.99 | 343 51% | 10k | $206k (exactly $205,697) | Image Power S.A. |
 | The Outbound Ghost | older | $19.99 | 225 68% | 6.8k | $135k (exactly $134,932) | Conradical Games, Radhood |
 | The Herbalist | older | $5.99 | 648 93% | 19k | $116k (exactly $116,446) | Moonworks |
 | Edge of Sanity | older | $19.99 | 193 67% | 5.8k | $116k (exactly $115,742) | Vixa Games |
 | Ship of Heroes | $29.99 | 91 27% | 2.7k | $82k (exactly $81,873) | Heroic Games Corporation | |
 | I Hate This Place | $29.99 | 66 63% | 2.0k | $59k (exactly $59,380) | Rock Square Thunder | |
 | ANGST: A TALE OF SURVIVAL | $7.99 | 227 86% | 6.8k | $54k (exactly $54,412) | Cherrypick Games | |
 | Evil Mountains | · EA | $9.99 | 34 58% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Kraftverk Softworks |
 | SCP | $9.99 | 24 37% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Molance Games | |
 | Scorching Desert | $19.99 | 7 14% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | Desert Runner Studio | |
 | The Seven Enchantments | $9.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Revolt Entertainment | |
 | Forlorn: The mysteries of Highshadowland | $9.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | The Spiteful Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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