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Should I ship a Supernatural CRPG?
CRPG + Supernatural
Only 15 developers shipped a Supernatural CRPG 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, 消失的航班，还有她她她！Lost in the secret!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×7.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $210 against a market of $1.5k. 29 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $210 (exactly $210) |
| Top 25% | $5.7k (exactly $5,664) |
| Top 5% | $361k (exactly $361,019) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 55% on the market, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- CRPG
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- CRPG
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 761 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
CRPG with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + TabletopFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + IncrementalLong shot
- + FMVPoor odds
- + Card BattlerPoor odds
- + Grid-Based MovementPoor odds
- + SpacePoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
Comparable games
消失的航班，还有她她她！Lost in the secret! 2025 · $361k 
Dead Static Drive 2025 · $39k 
Dungeon of Erotic Master Plus 2024 · $30k 
RECORD_DrowsyVortex 2024 · $16k 
Advent Crossroad 2021 · $9.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 消失的航班，还有她她她！Lost in the secret! | $19.99 | 602 89% | 18k | $361k (exactly $361,019) | Humongous Pictures | |
| | Dead Static Drive | $29.99 | 43 37% | 1.3k | $39k (exactly $38,687) | Reuben Games | |
| | Dungeon of Erotic Master Plus | older | $12.99 | 76 85% | 2.3k | $30k (exactly $29,617) | Rushimarudo |
| | RECORD_DrowsyVortex | $9.99 | 54 100% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $16,184) | LunarHillz | |
| | Advent Crossroad | older | $9.99 | 30 90% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | NANKADA |
 | Case 02: Paranormal Evil | older | $5.99 | 37 94% | 1.1k | $6.6k (exactly $6,649) | Sounding Stone / 老奉毊, MaouCat Studio /… (Sounding Stone / 老奉毊, MaouCat Studio / 魔王貓工作室) |
 | [Neolithic]To the End | · EA older | $6.99 | 28 82% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | orochi2k |
 | Trap for the Heir | $8.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $5.7k (exactly $5,664) | MariLuzaria | |
 | Shonen Adventure : The Dual Blades Hero | older | $13.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Melvyn Boutel |
 | Tits and Shadows | older | $2.99 | 22 86% | 660 | $2.0k (exactly $1,973) | LuQui |
 | Ortho Blaze | $13.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | Paracelsus Team | |
 | Last Stronghold | $3.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | skR1me | |
 | 幻想症 Fantasy illness | $0.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $742 (exactly $742) | 庆庆侠 | |
 | Fake Ducks: Spooky Chronicles | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Mattia De Berardinis | |
 | YOIN: The shadow of dawn | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Hypothesis Games | |
 | 学校七不思议怪谈 | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Dawn Morning Song Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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