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Should I ship a Futuristic Dynamic Narration game?
Dynamic Narration + Futuristic
Only 12 developers shipped a Futuristic 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, Astrumis - Survive Together, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. 25 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper, while revenue is down 80% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) |
| Top 5% | $42k (exactly $41,658) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 down 80% on the market, supply 200% more developers than 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.
- Dynamic Narration
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Futuristic
- 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
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 65% positive over 212 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Detroit: Become Human 2020 · $272M 
Lightmatter 2020 · $414k 
The Uncertain: Light At The End 2020 · $291k 
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure 2024 · $189k 
COGEN: Sword of Rewind / COGEN: 大鳥こはくと刻の剣 2022 · $84k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Detroit: Become Human | older | $39.99 | 226,411 96% | 6.8M | $272M (exactly $271,625,277) | Quantic Dream |
| | Lightmatter | older | $19.99 | 691 94% | 21k | $414k (exactly $414,393) | Tunnel Vision Games |
| | The Uncertain: Light At The End | older | $9.99 | 970 64% | 29k | $291k (exactly $290,709) | ComonGames |
| | Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure | older | $15.99 | 395 88% | 12k | $189k (exactly $189,482) | DigiTales Interactive |
| | COGEN: Sword of Rewind / COGEN: 大鳥こはくと刻の剣 | older | $24.99 | 112 67% | 3.4k | $84k (exactly $83,966) | Gemdrops, Inc. |
 | A.D. 2047 | older | $19.99 | 79 62% | 2.4k | $47k (exactly $47,376) | Leenzee Games |
 | Astrumis - Survive Together | $9.99 | 139 70% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $41,658) | Tyci | |
 | Return to Grace | older | $14.99 | 87 94% | 2.6k | $39k (exactly $39,124) | Creative Bytes Studios |
 | Steel Knight's ARMIS | $9.99 | 40 57% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | Izanami Game Lab, Inc., FORCES | |
 | Reigns Beyond | older | $4.99 | 68 83% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | Nerial |
 | ORACLE: Humanity, Automated | · EA | $9.99 | 18 44% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | ZANKYO GAMES |
 | Denbora | $19.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Bionic Ape | |
 | Stellar Cafe | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | AstroBeam | |
 | Talk to Me Human | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Least Significant Bit | |
 | Fixora | $2.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | FirstMove Studio | |
 | Residual Wilds | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Magic Art Hat | |
 | Adrift | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Moryi Limited | |
 | Retro Wave | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | cagri burak demir |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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