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Should I ship an Incremental Stealth game?
Stealth + Incremental
Only 9 developers shipped an Incremental Stealth 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, 100 Cats Lost In World Find & Color, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180, ×0.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper, while revenue is up 10% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 5% | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 10% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 25%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Stealth
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Stealth, Incremental
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 87% positive over 55 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + Gun CustomizationPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + WarPoor odds
Comparable games
Embarrassed Shina-chan~ the Naked Wandering College Girl 2023 · $100k 
Vandals 2018 · $12k 
Infectious 2020 · $9.2k 
100 Cats Lost In World Find & Color 2025 · $4.2k 
Miss Peach 2023 · $1.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Embarrassed Shina-chan~ the Naked Wandering College Girl | older | $19.99 | 167 60% | 5.0k | $100k (exactly $100,150) | かわいそうなのは抜ける |
| | Vandals | older | $4.99 | 81 76% | 2.4k | $12k (exactly $12,126) | Cosmografik, Novelab, Ex Nihilo, ARTE F… (Cosmografik, Novelab, Ex Nihilo, ARTE France) |
| | Infectious | older | $3.99 | 77 67% | 2.3k | $9.2k (exactly $9,217) | Ziggy Makes Games |
| | 100 Cats Lost In World Find & Color | $4.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | Two Cats Games | |
| | Miss Peach | older | $2.99 | 19 68% | 570 | $1.7k (exactly $1,704) | 哐哐Team |
 | A Week in the Office -Under the Table- | older | $4.99 | 9 33% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Fidchell Games |
 | 100 Cats Lost In USA Find & Color | $3.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) | Two Cats Games | |
 | 100 Cats Lost In World 2 Find & Color | · EA | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Two Cats Games |
 | Duty Free Shop Simulator | · EA | $4.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | CLOWN MAGIC |
 | Office Leveling | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | DiceNook, Dragon Cry Studio | |
 | LOOPER★LOOPER | older | $4.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | IDEA FRUITION |
 | Ivan | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Henry Scheuller | |
 | Atlas Zone | $6.00 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | StoneBreaker Studios | |
 | Tommy and the Monster Prison | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Marcelo Tomen Guedes De Morais | |
 | Keyboard Warrior Simulator | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SomeTimesAtNight | |
 | Mouspionage | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | HawtLava Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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