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Should I ship a Dystopian Level Editor game?
Level Editor + Dystopian
Only 9 developers shipped a Dystopian Level Editor 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, Cyberscape, 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, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×3.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $110; 1 in 20 cleared $19k, ×31 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $105 (exactly $105) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
| Top 25% | $6.2k (exactly $6,232) |
| Top 5% | $19k (exactly $19,337) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Dystopian
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Level Editor
- Price point
- $8.99 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 $7.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,858 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $110. 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Level Editor with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + AutomationLong shot
- + TransportationPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
Comparable games
The Signal State 2021 · $389k 
Neon Chrome 2016 · $245k 
Volume 2015 · $227k 
Shift Quantum - A Cyber Noir Puzzle Platformer 2018 · $30k 
Cyberscape 2026 · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Signal State | older | $19.99 | 649 86% | 19k | $389k (exactly $389,205) | Reckoner Industries |
| | Neon Chrome | older | $14.99 | 545 93% | 16k | $245k (exactly $245,086) | 10tons Ltd |
| | Volume | older | $19.99 | 379 79% | 11k | $227k (exactly $227,286) | Bithell Games |
| | Shift Quantum - A Cyber Noir Puzzle Platformer | older | $19.99 | 50 80% | 1.5k | $30k (exactly $29,985) | Fishing Cactus |
| | Cyberscape | $14.99 | 43 93% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $19,337) | AtomicTorch Studio | |
 | BBY DON'T HURT ME | · EA | $8.99 | 69 73% | 2.1k | $19k (exactly $18,609) | KITT DESIGNS LTD, Dare Looks |
 | FATAL ERROR - RTS | · EA older | $4.99 | 63 95% | 1.9k | $9.4k (exactly $9,431) | Jeffrey Lu, Freddy Lu |
 | Under The Red Sky | · EA | $7.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $6.2k (exactly $6,232) | Dedra Games, Federico Calchera |
 | Mound of Music | $9.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Elif Games | |
 | GOD'S GIFT | older | $11.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Straitjacket |
 | Mordfield Command | $12.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | Software Verde, LLC | |
 | Garenburg Penitence: The Riflebird | $2.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | Creatalsoftware Games | |
 | Black Powder Box | · EA | $3.49 | 1 100% | 30 | $105 (exactly $105) | Hollow Frame Games |
 | Last Bastion Protocol | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | mr_pancake | |
 | Hand Cannon: Janky Reality | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Suicidal Robot Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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