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Should I ship a Magic Flight game?
Flight + Magic
Only 15 developers shipped a Magic Flight 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 Stones, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 27 more are announced, ×5.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.0k, ×1.6 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $77k, ×124 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 27 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,019) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,195) |
| Top 5% | $78k (exactly $77,622) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 27 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 476 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.4 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
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions 2024 · $2.5M 
The Witch of Fern Island 2024 · $525k 
Night Stones 2024 · $78k 
Elmarion: Dragon time 2020 · EA · $47k 
Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire 2024 · $34k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions | older | $29.99 | 2,790 73% | 84k | $2.5M (exactly $2,510,163) | Unbroken Studios |
| | The Witch of Fern Island | older | $24.99 | 700 69% | 21k | $525k (exactly $524,790) | Enjoy Studio S.A. |
| | Night Stones | $9.99 | 259 93% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | Advance Nine | |
| | Elmarion: Dragon time | · EA older | $2.99 | 522 73% | 16k | $47k (exactly $46,823) | Fleon Games |
| | 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 | |
 | Avium | older | $29.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $23k (exactly $23,392) | The Robot |
 | Undead: Rise of the Betrayed King | · EA | $19.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Artak Avetisyan |
 | Flying Neko Delivery | older | $14.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | Fractal Phase |
 | Skyfear | · EA | $14.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | Protoria Studios |
 | Cursed Broom | $9.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Cursed Creations | |
 | Nine Heavens | $3.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | 赛博风 | |
 | 我的修仙世界My Xiuxian World | $16.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.0k (exactly $1,019) | CUI PU XING | |
 | Ignisia | · EA | $5.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Dracula's Cat |
 | Gods Of Fire | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Nest of Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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