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Should I ship a Gothic Incremental game?
Incremental + Gothic
Only 15 developers shipped a Gothic Incremental 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, Journey to Incrementalia, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $130k, ×282 the market median. Revenue is up 475% on the market; 24 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) |
| Top 25% | $68k (exactly $68,354) |
| Top 5% | $134k (exactly $133,832) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 24 |
| 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 475% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
- Gothic
- 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
- Incremental; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Idler, Simulation, Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Linear, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 2,842 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Incremental with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + OtomeStrong odds
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + FarmingFair
- + Dynamic NarrationFair
- + MiningFair
- + Souls-likeFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + UndergroundFair
- + LootFair
- + SupernaturalFair
Comparable games
Journey to Incrementalia 2024 · $134k 
Contract With The Devil 2015 · $109k 
Alice's Gaze 2026 · $92k 
IGNOBLE 2026 · $69k 
Big Tiddy Goth Baddie🖤⛓️ 2026 · $68k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Journey to Incrementalia | $4.99 | 894 86% | 27k | $134k (exactly $133,832) | Adam Travers | |
| | Contract With The Devil | older | $14.99 | 243 71% | 7.3k | $109k (exactly $109,277) | AZ-Art Development Studio |
| | Alice's Gaze | $3.99 | 770 91% | 23k | $92k (exactly $92,169) | Starmoon Cat | |
| | IGNOBLE | $6.99 | 331 82% | 9.9k | $69k (exactly $69,411) | Retromagine | |
| | Big Tiddy Goth Baddie🖤⛓️ | $14.99 | 152 76% | 4.6k | $68k (exactly $68,354) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Goth Obsession: Touch Adventure | $2.99 | 560 81% | 17k | $50k (exactly $50,232) | Mora the Goth Girl | |
 | RoGlass | $9.99 | 88 98% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,374) | James Castle | |
 | Candlelight: Lament | older | $9.99 | 82 90% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $24,575) | 正方形劳伦斯 |
 | Satan's puzzle 666 | older | $2.99 | 48 81% | 1.4k | $4.3k (exactly $4,306) | Silvestre Gore Art |
 | Saccharine Echo | $4.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Neverliss | |
 | Fatrifice 3 | $5.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | CupCupMug | |
 | Odd Machines: Mechanical Boxes | $5.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | XSGames | |
 | Flappy Witch | $2.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | CrazyCompany |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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