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Should I ship a Fantasy Quick-Time Events game?
Quick-Time Events + Fantasy
Of 61 developers who shipped a Fantasy Quick-Time Events 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.. 94 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $270 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 34 developers shipped in the last year and 94 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $269 (exactly $269) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) |
| Top 5% | $47k (exactly $46,981) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 61 |
| Released games | 147 |
| Announced | 94 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 100% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium 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
- Quick-Time Events; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, RPG
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 2,279 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 32 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 94 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Quick-Time Events with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + Shoot 'Em UpFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + FlightFair
- + AliensFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + DemonsLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
Comparable games
The Wolf Among Us 2013 · $15M 
Ryse: Son of Rome 2014 · $11M 
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition 2013 · $7.2M 
Costume Quest 2011 · $781k 
PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC 2025 · $624k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Wolf Among Us | older | $14.99 | 32,494 97% | 975k | $15M (exactly $14,612,552) | Telltale |
| | Ryse: Son of Rome | older | $9.99 | 38,308 87% | 1.1M | $11M (exactly $11,480,908) | Crytek |
| | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition | older | $29.99 | 7,998 80% | 240k | $7.2M (exactly $7,195,801) | MercurySteam, Climax Studios |
| | Costume Quest | older | $9.99 | 2,606 95% | 78k | $781k (exactly $781,018) | Double Fine Productions |
| | PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC | $29.99 | 694 90% | 21k | $624k (exactly $624,392) | NOW PRODUCTION Co., Ltd. | |
 | The Use of Life | $19.99 | 764 90% | 23k | $458k (exactly $458,171) | だらねこげーむず/Daraneko Games | |
 | Superscout | older | $17.99 | 652 75% | 20k | $352k (exactly $351,884) | Mountain and Sea Studio |
 | Joe Dever's Lone Wolf HD Remastered | older | $14.99 | 596 75% | 18k | $268k (exactly $268,021) | Reply Game Studios |
 | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! | older | $59.99 | 113 85% | 3.4k | $203k (exactly $203,366) | CyberConnect2 |
 | Dragon's Lair | older | $9.99 | 673 77% | 20k | $202k (exactly $201,698) | Digital Leisure Inc. |
 | Nocan's Quest: Sex Gold Glory | $9.99 | 167 69% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $50,050) | Kinky Business Group | |
 | Couple-Cultivation Saves the World | $7.99 | 196 59% | 5.9k | $47k (exactly $46,981) | Guns&Roses Studio | |
 | Ragnar | $14.99 | 61 83% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | Fimbulwinter Games | |
 | Sex Knight~Prey of the Lustful Nobles~ | $10.99 | 82 82% | 2.5k | $27k (exactly $27,035) | アイオライト | |
 | Legends of Savvarah: Children of the Sun | $7.99 | 75 92% | 2.3k | $18k (exactly $17,978) | ST Sinovar | |
 | Legends of Savvarah: Flowers and Scorpions | $5.99 | 94 95% | 2.8k | $17k (exactly $16,892) | ST Sinovar | |
 | Sex Shop Simulator: Sinful Girls | $7.99 | 57 43% | 1.7k | $14k (exactly $13,663) | Bits, Bytes & Sins | |
 | Cozy Twinkie | $2.99 | 89 82% | 2.7k | $8.0k (exactly $7,983) | Noodle A.M |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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