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Should I ship a Medieval Dynamic Narration game?

Dynamic Narration + Medieval

Only 18 developers shipped a Medieval 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, Corruption Town, 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, ×4.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.5k, ×5.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $440k, ×939 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 49 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 5.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 90% on the market, 49 announced, ×4.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Dynamic Narration + Medieval
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 18
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $269 → $449 → $5.2k → $62k → $0 → $4.1k (still earning) → $419 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Dynamic Narration + Medieval: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 18
Bottom 30% $270 (exactly $270)
Median $2.5k (exactly $2,516)
Top 25% $9.0k (exactly $8,991)
Top 5% $446k (exactly $446,102)
Developers, 2 yr 18
Released games 41
Announced 49
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $7.99

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 90% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Medieval
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

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 Choices Matter, RPG, Sandbox
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 1,388 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $270, median $2.5k, 1 in 4 over $8.9k, 1 in 20 over $440k.

3 in 10 developers made under $270. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.1 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Dynamic Narration with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + SportsStrong odds17 devs · median $4.2k · 9 announced
  2. + IncrementalFair19 devs · median $4.0k · 14 announced
  3. + IdlerFair16 devs · median $3.0k · 17 announced
  4. + ModernFair15 devs · median $1.0k · 18 announced
  5. + TacticalFair13 devs · median $899 · 16 announced
  6. + LGBTQ+Poor odds12 devs · median $8.2k · 22 announced
  7. + RoguelikePoor odds11 devs · median $7.8k · 35 announced
  8. + RoguelitePoor odds10 devs · median $7.8k · 42 announced
  9. + Word GamePoor odds10 devs · median $5.2k · 17 announced
  10. + Dating SimPoor odds13 devs · median $4.4k · 40 announced
  11. + RomancePoor odds31 devs · median $4.2k · 50 announced
  12. + ManagementPoor odds21 devs · median $3.6k · 56 announced

All 84 pairs on the Dynamic Narration page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Corruption Town 2024 · EA · $446k The Inquisitor 2024 · $332k Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG 2024 · EA · $62k Run TavernQuest 2026 · $52k The King's Dilemma: Chronicles 2023 · $46k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Corruption Town · EA $14.99 992 88% 30k $446k (exactly $446,102) BoredBasmati
The Inquisitor older $39.99 277 66% 8.3k $332k (exactly $332,317) The Dust S.A.
Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG · EA $21.99 94 71% 2.8k $62k (exactly $62,012) Innervoid Interactive
Run TavernQuest $12.99 134 93% 4.0k $52k (exactly $52,220) Silicon Sundial
The King's Dilemma: Chronicles older $14.99 102 70% 3.1k $46k (exactly $45,869) Big Trouble
Medieval Legacy $19.99 66 86% 2.0k $40k (exactly $39,580) Ninetoplay
Forgotten Fables: Wolves on the Westwind older $19.99 65 86% 2.0k $39k (exactly $38,980) Owned by Gravity, Ulisses Digital
AI Society $9.99 30 63% 900 $9.0k (exactly $8,991) b8ve
Ceaseless Night older $14.99 13 76% 390 $5.8k (exactly $5,846) JABDP Studio
Middle Evil: The Priest older $5.99 29 93% 870 $5.2k (exactly $5,211) diedemor studio
Ironblood · EA $19.99 7 71% 210 $4.2k (exactly $4,198) Jack Wilds
RolemIAster · EA $5.99 23 56% 690 $4.1k (exactly $4,133) ABAFE
The Exorcist $7.99 11 90% 330 $2.6k (exactly $2,637) Necto
Unfair Rampage: Knightfall $5.99 14 85% 420 $2.5k (exactly $2,516) Imphenzia
Fate’s Theater $2.99 17 88% 510 $1.5k (exactly $1,525) Totally Normal Creature

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.