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Should I ship a Supernatural Incremental game?
Incremental + Supernatural
Of 33 developers who shipped a Supernatural Incremental 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.. 35 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×5.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $660. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 35 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $657 (exactly $657) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) |
| Top 25% | $5.3k (exactly $5,273) |
| Top 5% | $88k (exactly $88,072) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 33 |
| Released games | 62 |
| Announced | 35 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 60% on the market, supply 110% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
- Supernatural
- 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
- Incremental; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Investigation, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Stylized
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 4,435 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $660. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 35 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Incremental with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + OtomeStrong odds
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + FarmingFair
- + Dynamic NarrationFair
- + MiningFair
- + Souls-likeFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + UndergroundFair
- + LootFair
- + EconomyFair
Comparable games
Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate 2025 · $1.4M 
I'm on Observation Duty 6 2023 · $235k 
Kon's Lesson! 2023 · $168k 
Mosaic of the Strange 2025 · $88k 
I'm on Observation Duty 8 2025 · $85k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate | $14.00 | 3,275 95% | 98k | $1.4M (exactly $1,375,500) | Xso | |
| | I'm on Observation Duty 6 | older | $11.99 | 652 94% | 20k | $235k (exactly $234,524) | Notovia, Dreamloop Games |
| | Kon's Lesson! | older | $9.99 | 560 88% | 17k | $168k (exactly $167,832) | Fox House |
| | Mosaic of the Strange | $12.99 | 226 92% | 6.8k | $88k (exactly $88,072) | Mark Ffrench | |
| | I'm on Observation Duty 8 | $11.99 | 237 95% | 7.1k | $85k (exactly $85,249) | Notovia, Dreamloop Games | |
 | Mosaic of The Pharaohs | $8.99 | 297 92% | 8.9k | $80k (exactly $80,101) | Mark Ffrench | |
 | 筒楼异事 | older | $12.99 | 139 87% | 4.2k | $54k (exactly $54,168) | 炸渣渣鸡 |
 | 浮游 | older | $9.99 | 101 84% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $30,270) | Kaishan |
 | Greenhearth Necromancer | $10.99 | 88 96% | 2.6k | $29k (exactly $29,014) | Silverstring Media Inc. | |
 | Dark Notes | older | $7.99 | 108 75% | 3.2k | $26k (exactly $25,888) | HeartBeat Plus |
 | Desktop Detective | $4.99 | 144 88% | 4.3k | $22k (exactly $21,557) | Conradical Games | |
 | XXX Pussy House | $6.99 | 66 71% | 2.0k | $14k (exactly $13,840) | Dreamers Workshop | |
 | Idle Regenerator | $9.99 | 46 58% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $13,786) | Gestalt Gaming LLC | |
 | GAME.exe 2 - Phantom Strike | $5.99 | 34 76% | 1.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) | Punx Studios | |
 | UNIVERSAL WEIRDNESS | $7.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $5.3k (exactly $5,273) | Cotton Game |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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