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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events FMV?
FMV + Quick-Time Events
Only 13 developers shipped a Quick-Time Events FMV 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, Hello Love: 18 Again, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $43k, ×90 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $390; 1 in 20 cleared $1.2M, ×2620 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $390 (exactly $390) |
|---|---|
| Median | $43k (exactly $42,733) |
| Top 25% | $62k (exactly $61,817) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,244,378) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 7 |
| 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 down 100% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FMV
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Quick-Time Events
- 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
- FMV, Quick-Time Events
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 4,430 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $390. 2 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
FMV with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Hello Love: 18 Again 2025 · $1.2M 
恋爱单选题 2024 · $799k 
The Bunker 2016 · $739k 
Superscout 2024 · $352k 
Press X to Not Die 2017 · $329k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hello Love: 18 Again | $19.99 | 2,075 92% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,244,378) | 念念而忘(Echofall Studio) | |
| | 恋爱单选题 | older | $10.99 | 2,424 81% | 73k | $799k (exactly $799,193) | 无忧传媒 |
| | The Bunker | older | $14.99 | 1,644 69% | 49k | $739k (exactly $739,307) | Splendy Interactive, Wales Interactive |
| | Superscout | older | $17.99 | 652 75% | 20k | $352k (exactly $351,884) | Mountain and Sea Studio |
| | Press X to Not Die | older | $2.99 | 3,668 90% | 110k | $329k (exactly $329,020) | All Seeing Eye Games |
 | 反转21克 | older | $8.99 | 1,020 72% | 31k | $275k (exactly $275,094) | 想象颗粒 |
 | THE VIG | $17.99 | 488 90% | 15k | $263k (exactly $263,374) | 亦盈文化, 山与海工作室, 北京超带感 | |
 | Dragon's Lair | older | $9.99 | 673 77% | 20k | $202k (exactly $201,698) | Digital Leisure Inc. |
 | BAZOOKA: Rhythm Game | $7.99 | 664 98% | 20k | $159k (exactly $159,161) | Gregory Seguru, Codrin Bradea | |
 | LocoCycle | older | $9.99 | 312 83% | 9.4k | $94k (exactly $93,506) | Twisted Pixel Games |
 | Sorry! I surrounded beauty! | $5.99 | 344 82% | 10k | $62k (exactly $61,817) | Really Games | |
 | 我的同事不对劲 | $8.99 | 215 89% | 6.5k | $58k (exactly $57,986) | 11J Studio | |
 | Couple-Cultivation Saves the World | $7.99 | 196 59% | 5.9k | $47k (exactly $46,981) | Guns&Roses Studio | |
 | 蜀汉再临：源起 Restart ShuHan Dynasty:Origin | $3.99 | 357 76% | 11k | $43k (exactly $42,733) | 浙江海蕊盈信网络科技有限公司 | |
 | Beta Kafe : Write Your Love Story | $6.99 | 71 81% | 2.1k | $15k (exactly $14,889) | Cine-mo | |
 | 恶魔的房间 The Demon's Room | $7.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | Shanghai Yunyong Culture Media Co., Ltd | |
 | Type To Kill: Full-Motion Vengeance | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | cptnoremac |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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