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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Destruction game?
Destruction + Multiple Endings
Only 12 developers shipped a Multiple Endings Destruction 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, Sera's Adventure -Cave of Destruction-, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×3.0 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $43k, ×69 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 26 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,866) |
| Top 5% | $43k (exactly $43,297) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Destruction
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Destruction, Multiple Endings
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 190 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Destruction with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ManagementPoor odds
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Angel at Dusk 2024 · $754k 
I Am Your President 2023 · $118k 
Decimate Drive 2024 · $77k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Contraband Police | older | $29.99 | 24,882 95% | 746k | $22M (exactly $22,386,335) | Crazy Rocks |
| | Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance | older | $59.99 | 7,858 91% | 236k | $14M (exactly $14,142,043) | ATLUS |
| | Angel at Dusk | older | $14.99 | 1,676 98% | 50k | $754k (exactly $753,697) | Akiragoya |
| | I Am Your President | older | $14.99 | 263 66% | 7.9k | $118k (exactly $118,271) | President |
| | Decimate Drive | older | $7.99 | 321 91% | 9.6k | $77k (exactly $76,944) | Some Random Designing |
 | Sera's Adventure -Cave of Destruction- | $18.99 | 76 53% | 2.3k | $43k (exactly $43,297) | 渡里laboratory | |
 | Jester / King | older | $15.99 | 85 94% | 2.6k | $41k (exactly $40,774) | Rolling Crown |
 | NAPOLEON: RULE OF IRON | $19.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Eisengeist Studio | |
 | Diving Disorder-下潜症 | older | $2.99 | 125 92% | 3.8k | $11k (exactly $11,212) | Lingtan Studio |
 | Arabel | older | $7.99 | 40 92% | 1.2k | $9.6k (exactly $9,588) | Amaury Hyde |
 | Pigeon Hater | $1.99 | 48 95% | 1.4k | $2.9k (exactly $2,866) | Gif2MemeGame | |
 | SUBMERSIBLE | $8.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | CJB Games | |
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 | Deer Hero | $3.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Nyoro | |
 | 3D Raid River | $0.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | MLB-Miagui | |
 | 701病房 | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Shuo Xu | |
 | Neo-Exodus: Last Bastion | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | GODev Games | |
 | EasterStory | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Fire In Crowd |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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