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Should I ship a Female-Led Trivia game?
Trivia + Female Protagonist
Only 14 developers shipped a Female-Led Trivia 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, The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $20k, ×44 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 9 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,934) |
| Top 5% | $21k (exactly $20,979) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 90% on the market, supply 35% more developers than 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.
- Trivia
- effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Trivia; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Choices Matter, Puzzle
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cute, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 201 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Trivia with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + DetectiveFair
- + MysteryFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + InvestigationLong shot
- + Artificial IntelligenceLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + Choose Your Own AdventurePoor odds
Comparable games
Majotori 2017 · $338k 
It's Quiz Time 2017 · $169k 
你已经猜到结局了吗 2022 · $93k 
Chinatown Detective Agency 2022 · $89k 
The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2 2026 · $21k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Majotori | older | $5.99 | 1,880 96% | 56k | $338k (exactly $337,836) | Majorariatto |
| | It's Quiz Time | older | $24.99 | 225 74% | 6.8k | $169k (exactly $168,682) | Snap Finger Click |
| | 你已经猜到结局了吗 | older | $7.99 | 388 92% | 12k | $93k (exactly $93,004) | 橘音 |
| | Chinatown Detective Agency | older | $24.99 | 119 70% | 3.6k | $89k (exactly $89,214) | General Interactive Co. |
| | The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2 | $9.99 | 70 91% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $20,979) | 橘音 | |
 | Ichima-san | older | $10.99 | 61 100% | 1.8k | $20k (exactly $20,112) | sewohayami |
 | From Paris with Love: Passion with view | older | $4.99 | 121 61% | 3.6k | $18k (exactly $18,114) | NSFW18 Games |
 | Gallery: Coloring book & decor | $9.99 | 36 97% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Beresnev Games | |
 | It’s Quiz Time: GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ 2026 Edition | $29.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $7.2k (exactly $7,198) | Snap Finger Click | |
 | MOTTAINAI GHOST | $8.15 | 12 75% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,934) | woof Inc., sewohayami | |
 | One More Question | $7.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | OrangeSounds | |
 | 1+1=？ | $0.99 | 55 90% | 1.7k | $1.6k (exactly $1,634) | Easy S Studio | |
 | The Litter: Trigo | $5.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | furiouspixel_studio | |
 | Estrella Quest | $12.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | Estrella Dev | |
 | MandarinMastermind | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | J.Chen |
 | Soul Siblings | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Aetos Digital Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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