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Should I ship a Fantasy Escape Room game?
Escape Room + Fantasy
Of 20 developers who shipped a Fantasy Escape Room 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.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 90% on the market; 12 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $680k (exactly $680,396) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 71 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 90% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Escape Room
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Fantasy
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Escape Room; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Investigation, Puzzle
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 2D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 1,765 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Escape Room with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationStrong odds
- + Online Co-OpFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + SupernaturalFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + MysteryFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + AdventureFair
Comparable games
We Were Here Forever 2022 · $8.8M 
The Night of the Rabbit 2013 · $1.7M 
The Dark Eye: Memoria 2013 · $1.3M 
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav 2012 · $1.2M 
The Whispered World Special Edition 2014 · $1.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | We Were Here Forever | older | $17.99 | 16,256 90% | 488k | $8.8M (exactly $8,773,363) | Total Mayhem Games |
| | The Night of the Rabbit | older | $19.99 | 2,757 89% | 83k | $1.7M (exactly $1,653,373) | Daedalic Entertainment |
| | The Dark Eye: Memoria | older | $19.99 | 2,090 89% | 63k | $1.3M (exactly $1,253,373) | Daedalic Entertainment |
| | The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav | older | $19.99 | 2,074 86% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,243,778) | Daedalic Entertainment |
| | The Whispered World Special Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,726 75% | 52k | $1.0M (exactly $1,035,082) | Daedalic Entertainment |
 | The Book of Unwritten Tales | older | $19.99 | 1,576 90% | 47k | $945k (exactly $945,127) | KING Art |
 | Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? | $14.99 | 1,513 95% | 45k | $680k (exactly $680,396) | Stately Snail | |
 | Dreamfall: The Longest Journey | older | $19.99 | 1,086 83% | 33k | $651k (exactly $651,274) | Funcom |
 | The Longest Journey | older | $9.99 | 1,884 89% | 57k | $565k (exactly $564,635) | Funcom |
 | King's Quest™ Collection | older | $19.99 | 329 86% | 9.9k | $197k (exactly $197,301) | Sierra |
 | Alice and the Devil's Prison | $13.99 | 91 83% | 2.7k | $38k (exactly $38,193) | Tsukki's Tea Party | |
 | Secrets of Velendar Castle - Escape Room | $12.99 | 38 84% | 1.1k | $15k (exactly $14,809) | Biri Biri | |
 | Luna's Room | $4.99 | 70 100% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,479) | DonutDroid | |
 | Chivalry Quest: Sword and Flame Collector's Edition | $11.99 | 12 41% | 360 | $4.3k (exactly $4,316) | Do Games Limited | |
 | LINGKARAN：リンカラン | $7.99 | 15 40% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Torisan Co., Ltd. | |
 | Escape from Hadrian's Wall | $24.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $3.0k (exactly $2,999) | Jim Gray Productions, Inc. | |
 | Enchanted Stories: PAWisoned Kingdom Collector's Edition | $11.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $2.5k (exactly $2,518) | Do Games Limited | |
 | Hidden Legacy: Dark Heirloom Collector's Edition | $8.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) | Do Games Limited | |
 | Enchanted Stories: Mystic Woods Collector's Edition | $8.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | Do Games Limited |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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