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Should I ship a Demon Dynamic Narration game?
Dynamic Narration + Demons
Only 12 developers shipped a Demon 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, Rehaunted, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×5.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $41k, ×87 the market median. Revenue is up 425% on the market; 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.5k (exactly $2,512) |
| Top 25% | $28k (exactly $28,144) |
| Top 5% | $41k (exactly $41,228) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 425% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Demons
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Dynamic Narration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 837 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes 2021 · $6.6M 
Please, Forgive Me 2023 · $55k 
Family curse 2023 · $47k 
Rehaunted 2026 · $41k 
Hazing - Night Shift 2024 · $35k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes | older | $29.99 | 7,360 89% | 221k | $6.6M (exactly $6,621,792) | Supermassive Games |
| | Please, Forgive Me | older | $6.99 | 264 65% | 7.9k | $55k (exactly $55,361) | REVVALUTION Studio |
| | Family curse | older | $6.99 | 222 90% | 6.7k | $47k (exactly $46,553) | Stork Game |
| | Rehaunted | $7.99 | 172 66% | 5.2k | $41k (exactly $41,228) | Cauchemar | |
| | Hazing - Night Shift | older | $5.99 | 197 68% | 5.9k | $35k (exactly $35,401) | REVVALUTION Studio |
 | Last Lesson | older | $6.99 | 155 65% | 4.7k | $33k (exactly $32,504) | REVVALUTION Studio |
 | Evil Holiday | $4.99 | 208 80% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $31,138) | REVVALUTION Studio | |
 | The Killing Stone | · EA | $12.99 | 79 94% | 2.4k | $31k (exactly $30,786) | Question |
 | You’ve Got a Package | $4.99 | 188 77% | 5.6k | $28k (exactly $28,144) | REVVALUTION Studio | |
 | One Day in London | older | $9.99 | 69 86% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $20,679) | Owl Studio |
 | BABULYA | $3.99 | 106 85% | 3.2k | $13k (exactly $12,688) | REVVALUTION Studio | |
 | Swaddle | $4.99 | 37 78% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | REVVALUTION Studio, Romooll | |
 | The Exorcist | $7.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | Necto | |
 | Radiance of Souls | $2.99 | 28 89% | 840 | $2.5k (exactly $2,512) | Langonier | |
 | Show Yourself (Director's Cut) | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | WattyGames | |
 | Don't Ask Succubus | $3.99 | 5 0% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Varlov981 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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