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Should I ship a Gothic Inventory Management game?
Inventory Management + Gothic
Only 12 developers shipped a Gothic Inventory Management 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, Concubine, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.1k, ×8.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.2k; 1 in 20 cleared $230k, ×489 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 26 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.1k (exactly $4,070) |
| Top 25% | $51k (exactly $50,974) |
| Top 5% | $232k (exactly $232,495) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 1000% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Inventory Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- 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
- Inventory Management
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 74% positive over 1,060 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 26 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Inventory Management with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + WargameFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + LogicFair
- + Card GameFair
- + Trading Card GameFair
- + Puzzle PlatformerFair
- + God GameFair
Comparable games
Concubine 2025 · EA · $232k 
The Banished Vault 2023 · $142k 
Peregrino 2026 · $89k 
Ash & Rust 2026 · $51k 
The Fortress 2026 · $32k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Concubine | · EA | $14.99 | 517 81% | 16k | $232k (exactly $232,495) | Upgrade Entertainment |
| | The Banished Vault | older | $24.99 | 189 78% | 5.7k | $142k (exactly $141,693) | Lunar Division |
| | Peregrino | $16.99 | 174 65% | 5.2k | $89k (exactly $88,688) | Inverge Studios | |
| | Ash & Rust | $19.99 | 85 63% | 2.6k | $51k (exactly $50,974) | Ash and Rust Studios | |
| | The Fortress | $6.99 | 151 68% | 4.5k | $32k (exactly $31,665) | Baryonyx Games | |
 | Fortune Seller | $6.99 | 81 85% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,986) | Kiwick | |
 | Chacara | older | $2.99 | 78 91% | 2.3k | $7.0k (exactly $6,997) | David Pateti |
 | City Legends: The Ghost of Misty Hill Collector's Edition | older | $7.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Do Games Limited |
 | Criminal Archives: Alphabetic Murders Collector's Edition | older | $7.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | Do Games Limited |
 | Dark Fairy Tale | $3.99 | 34 38% | 1.0k | $4.1k (exactly $4,070) | Fun Workshop | |
 | Gloomy Tales: Hotel Frightsylvania Collector’s Edition | $8.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.4k (exactly $2,427) | Do Games Limited | |
 | Slot or Die | $13.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,259) | cr0cq | |
 | Papercraft Tactics | $7.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | AGE Zero | |
 | Cult of Dawn | · EA | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | stoneghost |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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