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Dynamic Narration + Fantasy
Of 43 developers who shipped a Fantasy Dynamic Narration game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 93 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×1.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $62k, ×131 the market median. Revenue is up 100% on the market; 93 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $538 (exactly $538) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 5% | $62k (exactly $62,012) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 114 |
| Announced | 93 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- Fantasy
- 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 10,596 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 93 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Dynamic Narration with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Bastion 2011 · $13M 
Drova - Forsaken Kin 2024 · $7.1M 
Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition 2016 · $1.1M 
Stories: The Path of Destinies 2016 · $874k 
Omensight: Definitive Edition 2018 · $704k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bastion | older | $14.99 | 28,223 95% | 847k | $13M (exactly $12,691,883) | Supergiant Games |
| | Drova - Forsaken Kin | $24.99 | 9,455 93% | 284k | $7.1M (exactly $7,088,414) | Just2D | |
| | Songs for a Hero - Definitive Edition | older | $14.99 | 2,414 96% | 72k | $1.1M (exactly $1,085,576) | Dumativa, Castro Brothers |
| | Stories: The Path of Destinies | older | $14.99 | 1,943 87% | 58k | $874k (exactly $873,767) | Spearhead Games |
| | Omensight: Definitive Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,174 88% | 35k | $704k (exactly $704,048) | Spearhead Games |
 | Foretales | older | $19.99 | 779 87% | 23k | $467k (exactly $467,166) | Alkemi |
 | Young Souls | older | $24.99 | 494 84% | 15k | $370k (exactly $370,352) | 1P2P |
 | The Inquisitor | older | $39.99 | 277 66% | 8.3k | $332k (exactly $332,317) | The Dust S.A. |
 | Under The Island | $19.99 | 446 92% | 13k | $267k (exactly $267,466) | Slime King Games | |
 | Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm | older | $29.99 | 296 73% | 8.9k | $266k (exactly $266,311) | Cornfox & Brothers Ltd. |
 | Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG | · EA | $21.99 | 94 71% | 2.8k | $62k (exactly $62,012) | Innervoid Interactive |
 | Ballshit | $7.99 | 228 95% | 6.8k | $55k (exactly $54,652) | 疯兔游戏（FUNTOO Studio）, Liquid Meow | |
 | Run TavernQuest | $12.99 | 134 93% | 4.0k | $52k (exactly $52,220) | Silicon Sundial | |
 | Medieval Legacy | $19.99 | 66 86% | 2.0k | $40k (exactly $39,580) | Ninetoplay | |
 | Livber: Smoke and Mirrors | $9.99 | 41 87% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | InEv Games | |
 | Cozy Twinkie | $2.99 | 89 82% | 2.7k | $8.0k (exactly $7,983) | Noodle A.M | |
 | Neverspring Chronicles | $7.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Durance Gaming | |
 | AHAPIKA – Heroic Agency | · EA | $4.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Pixeliantika |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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