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Should I ship a Modern-Day Dynamic Narration game?
Dynamic Narration + Modern
Only 15 developers shipped a Modern-Day 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, Under The Island, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×2.2 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $720. Revenue is up 845% on the market; 18 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) |
| Top 5% | $267k (exactly $267,466) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 18 |
| 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 up 845% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Modern
- 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 Simulation, Adventure, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,356 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Dynamic Narration with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IdlerFair
- + TacticalFair
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- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + Word GamePoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
Comparable games
Under The Island 2026 · $267k 
Anomalous Coffee Machine 2 2025 · $158k 
Femdom Wife Game - Emily 2026 · EA · $47k 
Ghost in the pool 2021 · $36k 
Clicker Complex: Vira’s Private Stream 2026 · $5.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Under The Island | $19.99 | 446 92% | 13k | $267k (exactly $267,466) | Slime King Games | |
| | Anomalous Coffee Machine 2 | $6.99 | 753 81% | 23k | $158k (exactly $157,904) | HoruBrain Interactive | |
| | Femdom Wife Game - Emily | · EA | $19.99 | 78 84% | 2.3k | $47k (exactly $46,777) | Femdom Wife Game |
| | Ghost in the pool | older | $3.99 | 298 77% | 8.9k | $36k (exactly $35,671) | CASCHA GAMES |
| | Clicker Complex: Vira’s Private Stream | $4.99 | 39 41% | 1.2k | $5.8k (exactly $5,838) | PrincessComplex Games | |
 | Before Exit: Supermarket | older | $6.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $5.5k (exactly $5,452) | Take IT Studio! |
 | Breakfall: Nuclear Winter | · EA | $17.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) | Dominik Geuer |
 | The Beat: A Glam Noir Game | older | $11.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | Up Multimedia |
 | Mouse People | older | $1.99 | 60 90% | 1.8k | $3.6k (exactly $3,582) | Liujiajun |
 | Trouble in Warsaw | $2.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $1.6k (exactly $1,615) | FrontBone | |
 | My Girlfriend's Tapes | $12.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | LostWorks | |
 | My Oppai Mommy Makes Me Want To Spill All Of My Company Secrets | $6.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Peach Punch | |
 | SIM Election USA | $10.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $989 (exactly $989) | SunsixStudios | |
 | Show Yourself (Director's Cut) | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | WattyGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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