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Dynamic Narration + Psychological
Of 24 developers who shipped a Psychological 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.. 83 more are announced, ×6.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.2k, ×6.8 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.1k; 1 in 20 cleared $41k, ×87 the market median. Revenue is up 370% on the market; 83 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.2k (exactly $3,237) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,288) |
| Top 5% | $41k (exactly $41,228) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 92 |
| Announced | 83 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 370% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Dynamic Narration
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Psychological
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Dynamic Narration; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Hidden Object, Simulation
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Dark, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 6,856 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 9 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 83 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Dynamic Narration with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
The Stanley Parable 2013 · $18M 
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage 2025 · $7.0M 
BURIED STARS 2021 · $2.5M 
Martha Is Dead 2022 · $2.4M 
The Town of Light 2016 · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Stanley Parable | older | $14.99 | 40,292 92% | 1.2M | $18M (exactly $18,119,312) | Galactic Cafe |
| | Lost Records: Bloom & Rage | $39.99 | 5,873 86% | 176k | $7.0M (exactly $7,045,838) | DON'T NOD | |
| | BURIED STARS | older | $39.99 | 2,117 83% | 64k | $2.5M (exactly $2,539,765) | LINE Games Corporation |
| | Martha Is Dead | older | $29.99 | 2,700 78% | 81k | $2.4M (exactly $2,429,190) | LKA |
| | The Town of Light | older | $18.99 | 2,052 79% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,169,024) | LKA |
 | Event[0] | older | $19.99 | 1,449 79% | 43k | $869k (exactly $868,965) | Ocelot Society |
 | All Quiet in the Trenches | · EA older | $24.99 | 921 90% | 28k | $690k (exactly $690,474) | Totally Not Aliens |
 | Family curse | older | $6.99 | 222 90% | 6.7k | $47k (exactly $46,553) | Stork Game |
 | Across the Grooves | older | $13.99 | 108 91% | 3.2k | $45k (exactly $45,328) | Nova-box |
 | Agarta | older | $2.99 | 498 71% | 15k | $45k (exactly $44,671) | FF Digital |
 | Rehaunted | $7.99 | 172 66% | 5.2k | $41k (exactly $41,228) | Cauchemar | |
 | The Test: Reimagined | $9.99 | 134 82% | 4.0k | $40k (exactly $40,160) | Randumb Studios | |
 | Evil Holiday | $4.99 | 208 80% | 6.2k | $31k (exactly $31,138) | REVVALUTION Studio | |
 | The Killing Stone | · EA | $12.99 | 79 94% | 2.4k | $31k (exactly $30,786) | Question |
 | You’ve Got a Package | $4.99 | 188 77% | 5.6k | $28k (exactly $28,144) | REVVALUTION Studio | |
 | BABULYA | $3.99 | 106 85% | 3.2k | $13k (exactly $12,688) | REVVALUTION Studio | |
 | Livber: Smoke and Mirrors | $9.99 | 41 87% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | InEv Games | |
 | Swaddle | $4.99 | 37 78% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | REVVALUTION Studio, Romooll | |
 | My Neighbour is a Bunny Demon | $9.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Hyanmaru Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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