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Should I ship a Dystopian Dynamic Narration game?
Dynamic Narration + Dystopian
Only 16 developers shipped a Dystopian 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, Get To Work, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 49 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×4.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $1.3M, ×2835 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 49 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,469) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,346,803) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 49 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply 335% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- Dystopian
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Choices Matter, Adventure, Multiple Endings
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Dark Humor
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 4,410 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Dynamic Narration with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series 2020 · $55M 
Road 96 🛣️ 2021 · $13M 
Observer: System Redux 2020 · $2.2M 
Get To Work 2024 · $1.3M 
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure 2014 · $377k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series | older | $49.99 | 36,594 96% | 1.1M | $55M (exactly $54,880,022) | Skybound Games |
| | Road 96 🛣️ | older | $19.96 | 22,118 91% | 664k | $13M (exactly $13,244,258) | Digixart |
| | Observer: System Redux | older | $29.99 | 2,462 84% | 74k | $2.2M (exactly $2,215,061) | Bloober Team, Anshar Studios |
| | Get To Work | $12.99 | 3,456 88% | 104k | $1.3M (exactly $1,346,803) | Isto Inc. | |
| | Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure | older | $19.99 | 628 90% | 19k | $377k (exactly $376,612) | Big Finish Games |
 | Anomalous Coffee Machine 2 | $6.99 | 753 81% | 23k | $158k (exactly $157,904) | HoruBrain Interactive | |
 | AR-K | older | $7.99 | 201 55% | 6.0k | $48k (exactly $48,180) | GATO STUDIO |
 | What Awaits, Aleksey? | $15.99 | 51 86% | 1.5k | $24k (exactly $24,465) | JKBC | |
 | Ministry of Truth: False Memory | $6.99 | 69 85% | 2.1k | $14k (exactly $14,469) | IKKOSAMA, False Memory Dept. | |
 | Mozart Requiem | older | $29.99 | 16 43% | 480 | $14k (exactly $14,395) | Hoplite Research LLC |
 | The End Grows | $9.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | Atopia.studio | |
 | Octopus Goulash | $12.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) | Alessio Serenellini | |
 | Blêktre 2081 | $8.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | Charles Torris | |
 | Doctrine: C.U.L.T. | $4.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Miracles on a Stick | |
 | CurrentDay | $2.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.1k (exactly $1,076) | HB Studio | |
 | THE SACRED MEMORY | $1.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $537 (exactly $537) | VICAVISUAL |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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