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Should I ship a Gothic Multiple Endings game?
Multiple Endings + Gothic
Of 45 developers who shipped a Gothic Multiple Endings game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 126 more are announced, ×3.9 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 $350k, ×753 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 126 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.1k (exactly $4,070) |
| Top 25% | $57k (exactly $57,324) |
| Top 5% | $358k (exactly $357,750) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 45 |
| Released games | 137 |
| Announced | 126 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 flat on the market, supply 115% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Multiple Endings
- 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
- Multiple Endings; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Choices Matter, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 36,343 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.2k. 6 in 10 of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 126 games are announced against 32 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Multiple Endings with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + 4 Player LocalFair
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- + GamblingFair
- + TriviaFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
Comparable games
Lies of P 2023 · $105M 
Magical Girl Witch Trials 2025 · $27M 
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina 2022 · $5.1M 
The House in Fata Morgana 2016 · $4.5M 
Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure 2023 · $2.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Lies of P | older | $59.99 | 58,411 91% | 1.8M | $105M (exactly $105,122,277) | NEOWIZ |
| | Magical Girl Witch Trials | $29.99 | 29,869 96% | 896k | $27M (exactly $26,873,139) | Acacia, Re,AER | |
| | Fear & Hunger 2: Termina | older | $11.99 | 14,232 97% | 427k | $5.1M (exactly $5,119,250) | Miro Haverinen |
| | The House in Fata Morgana | older | $24.99 | 6,057 94% | 182k | $4.5M (exactly $4,540,933) | NOVECT |
| | Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure | older | $16.99 | 4,074 93% | 122k | $2.1M (exactly $2,076,518) | Team Tetrapod |
 | Mad Father | older | $9.99 | 6,229 97% | 187k | $1.9M (exactly $1,866,831) | sen |
 | Unavowed | older | $14.99 | 2,309 95% | 69k | $1.0M (exactly $1,038,357) | Wadjet Eye Games |
 | Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS | older | $9.99 | 3,152 95% | 95k | $945k (exactly $944,654) | Angels Blue Digital Entertainment, Digi… (Angels Blue Digital Entertainment, DigitalEZ) |
 | My Lovely Daughter | older | $14.99 | 1,165 70% | 35k | $524k (exactly $523,900) | GameChanger Studio |
 | SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption | older | $18.99 | 840 65% | 25k | $479k (exactly $478,548) | DARK STAR |
 | Sin Spire | $9.99 | 1,580 88% | 47k | $474k (exactly $473,526) | Krasue Games | |
 | Money for Girls: Amortized | $15.00 | 795 98% | 24k | $358k (exactly $357,750) | Porpentine | |
 | Necrophosis | $15.99 | 722 89% | 22k | $346k (exactly $346,343) | Dragonis Ares, Adonis Brosteanu | |
 | Trainee Death Simulator | $5.99 | 1,746 92% | 52k | $314k (exactly $313,756) | Bone Nail | |
 | Clock Tower: Rewind | $19.99 | 460 88% | 14k | $276k (exactly $275,862) | WayForward, Limited Run Games | |
 | Death of the Reprobate | $12.99 | 659 96% | 20k | $257k (exactly $256,812) | Joe Richardson | |
 | Tormentum II | $19.99 | 200 92% | 6.0k | $120k (exactly $119,940) | OhNoo Studio | |
 | Duskpunk | $19.99 | 171 91% | 5.1k | $103k (exactly $102,549) | Clockwork Bird, James Patton | |
 | Malleus Cocconum: The Heiress | · EA | $21.99 | 141 94% | 4.2k | $93k (exactly $93,018) | Domus Aurea |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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