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Should I ship a Fantasy Flight game?
Flight + Fantasy
Of 46 developers who shipped a Fantasy Flight 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.. 71 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $77k, ×124 the market median. Revenue is up 125% on the market; 71 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) |
| Top 5% | $78k (exactly $77,622) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 46 |
| Released games | 177 |
| Announced | 71 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 125% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Flight; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Story Rich, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 71% positive over 3,718 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 30 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 71 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Flight with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Choose Your Own AdventureFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + CatsFair
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + TradingPoor odds
- + MiningPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + EconomyPoor odds
- + RTSPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
Comparable games
《蜀山：初章》买断版 2022 · $4.3M 
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions 2024 · $2.5M 
AER Memories of Old 2017 · $2.3M 
Lost Skies 2025 · $1.9M 
Rez Infinite 2017 · $874k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 《蜀山：初章》买断版 | older | $24.99 | 5,772 74% | 173k | $4.3M (exactly $4,327,268) | 重楼工作室 |
| | Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions | older | $29.99 | 2,790 73% | 84k | $2.5M (exactly $2,510,163) | Unbroken Studios |
| | AER Memories of Old | older | $14.99 | 5,064 86% | 152k | $2.3M (exactly $2,277,281) | Forgotten Key |
| | Lost Skies | $24.99 | 2,470 63% | 74k | $1.9M (exactly $1,851,759) | Bossa Studios | |
| | Rez Infinite | older | $24.99 | 1,166 91% | 35k | $874k (exactly $874,150) | Monstars Inc., Resonair |
 | Spirit Realm | · EA older | $18.18 | 1,379 76% | 41k | $752k (exactly $752,107) | 深圳市灵境互娱科技有限公司 |
 | Valkyrie of Phantasm | $29.99 | 556 86% | 17k | $500k (exactly $500,233) | AREAZERO | |
 | Draconia | · EA older | $19.99 | 798 64% | 24k | $479k (exactly $478,561) | Draconia Dev Team |
 | CYGNI: All Guns Blazing | older | $29.99 | 448 60% | 13k | $403k (exactly $403,066) | KeelWorks |
 | Underspace | · EA older | $19.99 | 434 81% | 13k | $260k (exactly $260,270) | Pastaspace Interactive |
 | Night Stones | $9.99 | 259 93% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | Advance Nine | |
 | Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire | $24.99 | 45 64% | 1.4k | $34k (exactly $33,736) | Octeto Studios | |
 | 東方资志疏 ~ Immortal Immanuel. (东方资志疏) | $9.99 | 103 94% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,869) | 雾雨威Channel, 沙包聚集地制作组 | |
 | Firefly Village | $8.99 | 112 86% | 3.4k | $30k (exactly $30,206) | Josh Koenig Games | |
 | TAXINAUT | $19.99 | 39 87% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | mosgrom | |
 | Max Mustard | $19.99 | 38 94% | 1.1k | $23k (exactly $22,789) | Toast Interactive | |
 | Sea Walker Saga | · EA | $9.99 | 66 93% | 2.0k | $20k (exactly $19,780) | Antelus Games |
 | Apidya' Special | $19.99 | 30 93% | 900 | $18k (exactly $17,991) | Team Apidya |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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