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Should I ship a Horror Trivia game?
Trivia + Horror
Only 14 developers shipped a Horror Trivia 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, The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×4.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $240. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 10 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,433) |
| Top 5% | $21k (exactly $20,979) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 10 |
| 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 20% on the market, supply 265% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Trivia
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 319 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Trivia with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + DetectiveFair
- + MysteryFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + InvestigationLong shot
- + Artificial IntelligenceLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + Choose Your Own AdventurePoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
Comparable games
The Jackbox Party Pack 6 2019 · $2.1M 
你已经猜到结局了吗 2022 · $93k 
The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2 2026 · $21k 
Ichima-san 2024 · $20k 
1953 - KGB Unleashed 2013 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Jackbox Party Pack 6 | older | $29.99 | 2,343 95% | 70k | $2.1M (exactly $2,107,997) | Jackbox Games, Inc. |
| | 你已经猜到结局了吗 | older | $7.99 | 388 92% | 12k | $93k (exactly $93,004) | 橘音 |
| | The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2 | $9.99 | 70 91% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $20,979) | 橘音 | |
| | Ichima-san | older | $10.99 | 61 100% | 1.8k | $20k (exactly $20,112) | sewohayami |
| | 1953 - KGB Unleashed | older | $2.99 | 218 63% | 6.5k | $20k (exactly $19,555) | · |
 | Midnight Monitor: Aldercourt | older | $4.99 | 117 91% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,515) | Viexi Games |
 | Medieval Fantasy Survival Simulator | older | $1.99 | 252 96% | 7.6k | $15k (exactly $15,044) | Randumb Studios |
 | The Time Machine | $9.99 | 35 97% | 1.1k | $10k (exactly $10,490) | Lionel Marsden | |
 | EYES ON THE EXAM | $4.99 | 67 91% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,030) | Carlos 'Monty' Montamarta | |
 | Idiom Royale | $1.99 | 91 63% | 2.7k | $5.4k (exactly $5,433) | NyxWorks | |
 | CipherMind | $7.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Pigeon Games | |
 | One More Question | $7.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | OrangeSounds | |
 | Snemovna | · EA | $7.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Richard Haraším |
 | Fate Dealer | $2.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | Anguish Dealer | |
 | PENCILS DOWN™ | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Hayden-Fisher Technologies, Inc. | |
 | Question Roulette | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Mysterious Alien |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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