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Should I ship a Dynamic Narration Stealth game?
Stealth + Dynamic Narration
Only 10 developers shipped a Dynamic Narration Stealth 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, Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×5.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.2k against a market of $630. 22 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,558) |
| Top 5% | $50k (exactly $49,775) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 465% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Dynamic Narration
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, Dynamic Narration
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 82% positive over 384 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + HistoricalPoor odds
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Comparable games
Observer: System Redux 2020 · $2.2M 
The Heilwald Loophole 2022 · $103k 
Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing 2025 · $50k 
Agarta 2022 · $45k 
Astrumis - Survive Together 2025 · $42k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Observer: System Redux | older | $29.99 | 2,462 84% | 74k | $2.2M (exactly $2,215,061) | Bloober Team, Anshar Studios |
| | The Heilwald Loophole | older | $9.99 | 344 97% | 10k | $103k (exactly $103,097) | Jan Malitschek |
| | Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing | $19.99 | 83 87% | 2.5k | $50k (exactly $49,775) | Active Fungus Studios | |
| | Agarta | older | $2.99 | 498 71% | 15k | $45k (exactly $44,671) | FF Digital |
| | Astrumis - Survive Together | $9.99 | 139 70% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $41,658) | Tyci | |
 | The Library of Babel | older | $18.99 | 61 70% | 1.8k | $35k (exactly $34,752) | Tanuki Game Studio |
 | Harthorn | older | $3.99 | 188 84% | 5.6k | $23k (exactly $22,504) | Vincent Lade |
 | Uberlaufer | · EA older | $10.00 | 74 83% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $22,200) | Think Tank Decoy Software LLC |
 | Hank: Drowning On Dry Land | $2.99 | 140 95% | 4.2k | $13k (exactly $12,558) | My Next Games | |
 | DawnWander | · EA older | $9.99 | 17 23% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | DarkTree Development |
 | Breakfall: Nuclear Winter | · EA | $17.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) | Dominik Geuer |
 | Look At Me | $4.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Silly Tiger | |
 | A Father's Tale | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Deep Cave Studios | |
 | Signal Drift | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Alcove Research LLC | |
 | NEKRO3 | · EA | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | CHVDR |
 | Into the Backrooms: Last Tape | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | PondSec | |
 | Through The Veil | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | v.a.c.u.u.m. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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