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Should I ship a Dinosaur Procedural Generation game?
Procedural Generation + Dinosaurs
Only 5 developers shipped a Dinosaur Procedural Generation 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, Dino Path Trail, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $9.3k against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) |
|---|---|
| Median | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,189) |
| Top 5% | $89k (exactly $88,591) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Procedural Generation
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Dinosaurs
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Procedural Generation
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 11,677 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $6.0k. 10 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Procedural Generation with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + DetectiveFair
- + Word GameFair
- + TypingFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
Comparable games
Curious Expedition 2 2021 · $2.3M 
Curious Expedition 2016 · $1.8M 
The Sapling 2019 · EA · $1.0M 
Dino Run DX 2015 · $202k 
Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out 2023 · $124k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Curious Expedition 2 | older | $19.99 | 3,861 88% | 116k | $2.3M (exactly $2,315,442) | Maschinen-Mensch |
| | Curious Expedition | older | $14.99 | 3,951 91% | 119k | $1.8M (exactly $1,776,765) | Maschinen-Mensch |
| | The Sapling | · EA older | $17.99 | 1,922 89% | 58k | $1.0M (exactly $1,037,303) | Wessel Stoop |
| | Dino Run DX | older | $5.99 | 1,124 95% | 34k | $202k (exactly $201,983) | Pixeljam |
| | Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out | older | $24.99 | 165 96% | 5.0k | $124k (exactly $123,700) | A Sharp |
 | Fossil Corner | older | $9.99 | 330 98% | 9.9k | $99k (exactly $98,901) | Brady Soglin |
 | Dino Path Trail | $14.99 | 197 76% | 5.9k | $89k (exactly $88,591) | Void Pointer | |
 | Demiurges | $14.99 | 36 88% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | Berih | |
 | CorgiSpace | $4.99 | 62 96% | 1.9k | $9.3k (exactly $9,281) | Adam Saltsman | |
 | The Feathered Serpent | older | $9.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $8.7k (exactly $8,691) | Matthew Young |
 | Never Ending Beyond | $9.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | One More Dream Studios | |
 | Eon of Life | $1.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $478 (exactly $478) | PaleoEvo Games, Miguel Andújar Navarro |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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