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Should I ship a Demon Time Manipulation game?
Time Manipulation + Demons
Only 14 developers shipped a Demon Time Manipulation 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, DevilConnection, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×5.7 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $480. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 9 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,058) |
| Top 5% | $975k (exactly $975,110) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Manipulation
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium 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
- Time Manipulation; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Choices Matter, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $16.66 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 3D, Dark
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $16.66 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 2,516 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Time Manipulation with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CapitalismFair
- + ModernFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + RacingFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + Choose Your Own AdventurePoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + DetectivePoor odds
- + NoirPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
Comparable games
DevilConnection 2025 · $975k 
Lucifer Within Us 2020 · $381k 
The Demons Told Me to Make This Game 2025 · EA · $39k 
Paragnosia 2024 · $27k 
Paragnosia: Museum 2026 · $25k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DevilConnection | $16.66 | 1,951 98% | 59k | $975k (exactly $975,110) | ChaoGames | |
| | Lucifer Within Us | older | $19.99 | 635 73% | 19k | $381k (exactly $380,809) | Kitfox Games |
| | The Demons Told Me to Make This Game | · EA | $12.99 | 100 98% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $38,970) | Haunted Dude |
| | Paragnosia | $3.99 | 228 92% | 6.8k | $27k (exactly $27,292) | Sine Coda | |
| | Paragnosia: Museum | $5.99 | 139 87% | 4.2k | $25k (exactly $24,978) | Sine Coda | |
 | Void -Dementia- | older | $14.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | J2YSOFT |
 | Happy Monster | · EA | $8.99 | 41 82% | 1.2k | $11k (exactly $11,058) | Destined Game Studio |
 | Hologram | older | $19.99 | 8 25% | 240 | $4.8k (exactly $4,798) | Enlighteneer |
 | HexWind | $11.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Charm Games | |
 | Daughter of The Void | · EA | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Shaybabe |
 | BACKFIRE | $9.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | SQYD.studio | |
 | Negative Time | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Round Owl | |
 | Blue Hill Wendigo | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Merchant Of Stories |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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