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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic Dynamic Narration game?
Dynamic Narration + Post-apocalyptic
Only 9 developers shipped a Post-apocalyptic 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, Octopus Goulash, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 31 more are announced, ×5.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $3.8k, ×6.2 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 31 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $537 (exactly $537) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 5% | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 100% 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
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Dynamic Narration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 65,805 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 31 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series 2020 · $55M 
Bastion 2011 · $13M 
AWAY: The Survival Series 2021 · $191k 
Athanasy 2022 · $146k 
The Library of Babel 2023 · $35k | 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 |
| | Bastion | older | $14.99 | 28,223 95% | 847k | $13M (exactly $12,691,883) | Supergiant Games |
| | AWAY: The Survival Series | older | $19.99 | 318 55% | 9.5k | $191k (exactly $190,705) | Breaking Walls |
| | Athanasy | older | $9.99 | 486 97% | 15k | $146k (exactly $145,654) | Wirion |
| | The Library of Babel | older | $18.99 | 61 70% | 1.8k | $35k (exactly $34,752) | Tanuki Game Studio |
 | T.D.Z. 3 Dark Way of Stalker | older | $5.99 | 71 76% | 2.1k | $13k (exactly $12,759) | Team GZ |
 | A Whisper in the Twilight: Chapter One | older | $10.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $5.9k (exactly $5,935) | Inorganic Visions |
 | DawnWander | · EA older | $9.99 | 17 23% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | DarkTree Development |
 | Octopus Goulash | $12.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.9k (exactly $3,897) | Alessio Serenellini | |
 | Breakfall: Nuclear Winter | · EA | $17.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) | Dominik Geuer |
 | All That Glitters | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | lestudiodetrop | |
 | Hate-Gem Rise Of Demon | · EA | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | ElLeonGamer |
 | THE SACRED MEMORY | $1.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $537 (exactly $537) | VICAVISUAL | |
 | Shopping in a Winter Zombieland | $1.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Zombie Zone Germany | |
 | Residual Wilds | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Magic Art Hat | |
 | Dormant | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Moon Root | |
 | Thoughtless | $7.95 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Aky Heart |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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