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Should I ship a Dark-Fantasy Dynamic Narration game?
Dynamic Narration + Dark Fantasy
Only 15 developers shipped a Dark-Fantasy Dynamic Narration 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, Drova - Forsaken Kin, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 58 more are announced, ×5.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×2.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $7.0M, ×11287 the market median. Revenue is up 240% on the market; 58 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,288) |
| Top 5% | $7.1M (exactly $7,088,414) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 58 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $10.99 |
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 240% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dynamic Narration
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Dark Fantasy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Dynamic Narration
- Price point
- $10.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 10,629 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.8 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Drova - Forsaken Kin 2024 · $7.1M 
Omensight: Definitive Edition 2018 · $704k 
Corruption Town 2024 · EA · $446k 
The Inquisitor 2024 · $332k 
The Journey Down: Chapter One 2013 · $150k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Drova - Forsaken Kin | $24.99 | 9,455 93% | 284k | $7.1M (exactly $7,088,414) | Just2D | |
| | Omensight: Definitive Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,174 88% | 35k | $704k (exactly $704,048) | Spearhead Games |
| | Corruption Town | · EA | $14.99 | 992 88% | 30k | $446k (exactly $446,102) | BoredBasmati |
| | The Inquisitor | older | $39.99 | 277 66% | 8.3k | $332k (exactly $332,317) | The Dust S.A. |
| | The Journey Down: Chapter One | older | $6.99 | 713 87% | 21k | $150k (exactly $149,516) | SkyGoblin |
 | Immortal Heritage | · EA older | $39.99 | 89 84% | 2.7k | $107k (exactly $106,773) | LC.Game |
 | Numina | older | $16.99 | 65 89% | 2.0k | $33k (exactly $33,130) | starlit studio |
 | The Killing Stone | · EA | $12.99 | 79 94% | 2.4k | $31k (exactly $30,786) | Question |
 | AR-K: The Great Escape | older | $7.99 | 106 85% | 3.2k | $25k (exactly $25,408) | GATO STUDIO |
 | It Stares Back | · EA older | $9.99 | 79 92% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Light Arc Studio Ltd |
 | Livber: Smoke and Mirrors | $9.99 | 41 87% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | InEv Games | |
 | Aris Arcanum | $14.99 | 19 73% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Broken Cane | |
 | Ironblood | · EA | $19.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | Jack Wilds |
 | Lap of the Gods: A Visual Novel | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | Muda Games | |
 | Hate-Gem Rise Of Demon | · EA | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | ElLeonGamer |
 | The Cascadier | · EA | $10.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.3k (exactly $1,319) | Enchanted Arcade |
 | Fire of Life: New Day | $4.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Darken Visuals |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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