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Should I ship a Dynamic Narration Time Management game?
Dynamic Narration + Time Management
Only 9 developers shipped a Dynamic Narration Time Management 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.. 33 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.9k against a market of $480. 33 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $748 (exactly $748) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $446k (exactly $446,102) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 27%, 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
- Time Management
- 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, Time Management
- Price point
- $6.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 4,590 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.
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Comparable games
CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience 2020 · $1.6M 
Corruption Town 2024 · EA · $446k 
Writer's Rush 2024 · $72k 
Massage With Benefits 2026 · $52k 
Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain 2023 · $37k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience | older | $19.99 | 2,596 91% | 78k | $1.6M (exactly $1,556,821) | Delve Interactive |
| | Corruption Town | · EA | $14.99 | 992 88% | 30k | $446k (exactly $446,102) | BoredBasmati |
| | Writer's Rush | older | $5.99 | 402 74% | 12k | $72k (exactly $72,239) | Frogstorm |
| | Massage With Benefits | $9.99 | 175 84% | 5.3k | $52k (exactly $52,448) | pasunna | |
| | Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain | older | $11.99 | 102 96% | 3.1k | $37k (exactly $36,689) | Fiction Factory Games |
 | Taskmaster VR | older | $14.99 | 50 54% | 1.5k | $22k (exactly $22,485) | Scallywag Arcade |
 | Daigaku Gurashi | older | $4.99 | 148 96% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $22,156) | YamiToast |
 | 西门立志传 | older | $5.99 | 53 32% | 1.6k | $9.5k (exactly $9,524) | 2群：154681658（国区激活码找管理） |
 | Nazar | $9.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Eray Dinc Studio, Recontact Games | |
 | Mouse People | older | $1.99 | 60 90% | 1.8k | $3.6k (exactly $3,582) | Liujiajun |
 | 許願ReadyGo! | $6.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | 第一點心 | |
 | Doctrine: C.U.L.T. | $4.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Miracles on a Stick | |
 | Malware Tycoon | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | JIMMY DIAMOND | |
 | 水浒群侠传 | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | 曾经惨遭锁区 | |
 | Come Back Home Please | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | snowray | |
 | Speed Brain - Blind Quiz IA | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Wislez Geoffrey |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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