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Multiple Endings + Escape Room
Of 37 developers who shipped a Multiple Endings 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.. 32 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×4.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $750. Revenue is up 125% on the market; 32 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $748 (exactly $748) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) |
| Top 25% | $15k (exactly $14,809) |
| Top 5% | $620k (exactly $619,864) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 37 |
| Released games | 80 |
| Announced | 32 |
| 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 up 125% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Escape Room
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Multiple Endings, Escape Room; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Story Rich, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 6,293 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 8 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games 2017 · $6.3M 
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma 2016 · $2.8M 
We Were Here Too 2018 · $2.7M 
The Room Three 2018 · $2.3M 
Cube Escape Collection 2020 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zero Escape: The Nonary Games | older | $29.99 | 7,007 92% | 210k | $6.3M (exactly $6,304,198) | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. |
| | Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma | older | $19.99 | 4,669 81% | 140k | $2.8M (exactly $2,799,999) | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. |
| | We Were Here Too | older | $9.99 | 9,005 78% | 270k | $2.7M (exactly $2,698,798) | Total Mayhem Games |
| | The Room Three | older | $5.99 | 12,997 95% | 390k | $2.3M (exactly $2,335,561) | Fireproof Games |
| | Cube Escape Collection | older | $4.99 | 7,636 97% | 229k | $1.1M (exactly $1,143,109) | Rusty Lake |
 | Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? | $14.99 | 1,513 95% | 45k | $680k (exactly $680,396) | Stately Snail | |
 | Scarlet Idol | $7.99 | 2,586 66% | 78k | $620k (exactly $619,864) | 山雨工作室 | |
 | The Inheritance of Crimson Manor | older | $19.99 | 907 87% | 27k | $544k (exactly $543,928) | MediaCity Games |
 | Toilet Chronicles | older | $9.99 | 1,542 89% | 46k | $462k (exactly $462,137) | Madi Abdykarimov |
 | Escape From Mystwood Mansion | older | $16.99 | 885 92% | 27k | $451k (exactly $451,084) | Lost Sock Studio |
 | Post Trauma | $14.99 | 574 72% | 17k | $258k (exactly $258,128) | RED SOUL GAMES | |
 | Titanic Escape Simulator™ | $19.99 | 374 52% | 11k | $224k (exactly $224,288) | magicprostudio, Vintage Digital Revival | |
 | Amanda the Adventurer 3 | $9.99 | 699 86% | 21k | $209k (exactly $209,490) | MANGLEDmaw Games | |
 | Letter Lost | $19.99 | 156 82% | 4.7k | $94k (exactly $93,553) | FlatNine Games | |
 | Alice and the Devil's Prison | $13.99 | 91 83% | 2.7k | $38k (exactly $38,193) | Tsukki's Tea Party | |
 | Split Brain | $5.99 | 164 92% | 4.9k | $29k (exactly $29,471) | Kusa Games | |
 | OYASUMII | $6.99 | 98 83% | 2.9k | $21k (exactly $20,551) | NEO PROJECT Studios | |
 | Secrets of Velendar Castle - Escape Room | $12.99 | 38 84% | 1.1k | $15k (exactly $14,809) | Biri Biri |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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