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Should I ship a Werewolf Exploration game?
Exploration + Werewolves
Only 19 developers shipped a Werewolf Exploration 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, Night is Coming, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×4.4 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×611 the market median. Revenue is up 210% on the market; 28 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) |
| Top 25% | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) |
| Top 5% | $290k (exactly $290,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 210% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Exploration
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Werewolves
- 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
- Exploration; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 746 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Exploration with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + MinigamesFair
- + SpaceshipsFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + WuxiaPoor odds
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + FMVPoor odds
- + FarmingPoor odds
Comparable games
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord 2024 · $1.3M 
Wigmund 2022 · $358k 
Night is Coming 2025 · EA · $290k 
Pomberito 2024 · $77k 
Sinister Halloween 2019 · $30k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | older | $34.99 | 1,209 77% | 36k | $1.3M (exactly $1,269,087) | Digital Eclipse |
| | Wigmund | older | $14.99 | 795 80% | 24k | $358k (exactly $357,512) | The Scholastics |
| | Night is Coming | · EA | $24.99 | 387 59% | 12k | $290k (exactly $290,134) | Wild Forest Studio |
| | Pomberito | older | $5.99 | 427 93% | 13k | $77k (exactly $76,732) | Lara the Pitbull |
| | Sinister Halloween | older | $7.99 | 125 82% | 3.8k | $30k (exactly $29,962) | Celeritas Games |
 | Security: The Horrible Nights | $4.99 | 163 88% | 4.9k | $24k (exactly $24,401) | Professional Villains | |
 | Endless Bounty | older | $5.99 | 122 95% | 3.7k | $22k (exactly $21,923) | WolfBite Interactive LLC |
 | The Dark World | · EA older | $19.99 | 33 54% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | Digital Gods |
 | Janosik 2 | $8.99 | 70 95% | 2.1k | $19k (exactly $18,879) | Onix Games | |
 | Millennium 3 - Cry Wolf | older | $9.99 | 55 80% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Aldorlea Games |
 | Asfalia: Panic at the Mansion | $7.99 | 35 100% | 1.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,390) | Funtomata | |
 | Wolf with Inn | $7.99 | 31 54% | 930 | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) | Thundertale Studio | |
 | Amadeus: A Riddle for Thee ~ Episode 1 ~ Waltz | $7.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | ArcanaXIX | |
 | The Shame of a Daydreamer | $12.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Micki | |
 | WOLFMAN | · EA | $11.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $3.6k (exactly $3,597) | LithiumStudios |
 | MeMic | $7.99 | 11 63% | 330 | $2.6k (exactly $2,637) | OnlineKingdom | |
 | DEMONK | $9.99 | 7 42% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | VETO GAMES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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