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Should I ship a Hacking Multiple Endings game?

Multiple Endings + Hacking

Of 41 developers who shipped a Hacking 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.. 67 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $320k, ×688 the market median. Revenue is up 110% on the market; 67 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 110% on the market, 67 announced, ×2.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Multiple Endings + Hacking
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 41
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.6k → $2.7k → $3.6k → $300 (still earning) → $848 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Multiple Endings + Hacking: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 41
Bottom 30% $300 (exactly $300)
Median $719 (exactly $719)
Top 25% $5.5k (exactly $5,456)
Top 5% $327k (exactly $326,958)
Developers, 2 yr 41
Released games 82
Announced 67
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $8.49

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 110% on the market, supply 175% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Multiple Endings
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Hacking
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Multiple Endings; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Choices Matter, Interactive Fiction
Price point
$8.49 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, Atmospheric
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $8.49.

The top 10 games average 90% positive over 6,980 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $720, 1 in 4 over $5.4k, 1 in 20 over $320k.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. 7 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 67 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Multiple Endings with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + FMVStrong odds128 devs · median $65k · 93 announced
  2. + WuxiaFair11 devs · median $230k · 18 announced
  3. + Level EditorFair17 devs · median $8.1k · 23 announced
  4. + Job SimulatorFair32 devs · median $5.8k · 42 announced
  5. + SuperheroFair15 devs · median $4.5k · 22 announced
  6. + 4 Player LocalFair10 devs · median $3.6k · 10 announced
  7. + Escape RoomFair37 devs · median $2.2k · 32 announced
  8. + GamblingFair30 devs · median $1.8k · 42 announced
  9. + TriviaFair14 devs · median $1.7k · 15 announced
  10. + Score AttackFair40 devs · median $599 · 49 announced
  11. + ArcadeFair176 devs · median $598 · 180 announced
  12. + Arena ShooterFair18 devs · median $597 · 16 announced

All 214 pairs on the Multiple Endings page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You 2016 · $2.7M Internet Cafe Simulator 2019 · $2.6M Observer: System Redux 2020 · $2.2M Song of Farca 2021 · $831k Analogue: A Hate Story 2012 · $508k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You older $9.99 8,936 90% 268k $2.7M (exactly $2,678,119) Osmotic Studios
Internet Cafe Simulator older $9.99 8,729 75% 262k $2.6M (exactly $2,616,081) Cheesecake Dev
Observer: System Redux older $29.99 2,462 84% 74k $2.2M (exactly $2,215,061) Bloober Team, Anshar Studios
Song of Farca older $19.99 1,385 78% 42k $831k (exactly $830,584) Wooden Monkeys
Analogue: A Hate Story older $9.99 1,696 94% 51k $508k (exactly $508,291) Love Conquers All Games
HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator $16.99 937 88% 28k $478k (exactly $477,589) HotBunny
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength older $9.99 1,506 77% 45k $451k (exactly $451,348) Osmotic Studios
s.p.l.i.t $2.99 3,862 92% 116k $346k (exactly $346,421) Mike Klubnika
SIMULACRA 2 older $7.99 1,378 87% 41k $330k (exactly $330,307) Kaigan Games
Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum $12.99 839 98% 25k $327k (exactly $326,958) nodayshalleraseyou
Vtuber Hack $54.99 83 74% 2.5k $137k (exactly $136,925) ベルゼブブ
FEED THE AI $5.99 557 90% 17k $100k (exactly $100,093) Weird Kid Games
PARKSIDE: DECAYED SOUL MANIPULATION $13.99 178 87% 5.3k $75k (exactly $74,707) Banana Hardsoft
Hacked: The Streamer $8.49 268 73% 8.0k $68k (exactly $68,260) Button Interactive, NAISU
Infiniclick $7.99 140 72% 4.2k $34k (exactly $33,558) Nacho AB
Backseat $9.99 85 71% 2.6k $25k (exactly $25,474) HOGO Games
Hello Stranger $9.99 31 80% 930 $9.3k (exactly $9,291) PRM Games

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.