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Should I ship a Trivia Incremental game?
Incremental + Trivia
Of 32 developers who shipped a Trivia 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.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 1 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $140 in the last 2 years and $140 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 1 / 10 build. 18 developers shipped in the last year and 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $143 (exactly $143) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) |
| Top 5% | $16k (exactly $15,652) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 80 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 1 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 55% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
- Trivia
- effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring
What it takes
- Effort
- 1 / 10 · text and UI only
- Systems
- Incremental, Trivia; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Logic, Point & Click
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.00 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $6.00 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 1,105 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 18 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Incremental with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MiningFair
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- + Arena ShooterFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + UndergroundFair
- + LootFair
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Comparable games
MEMOLOGY: GOYDA 2024 · $110k 
Moviehouse – The Film Studio Tycoon 2023 · $74k 
The Birth of an Artificial Intelligence 2021 · $57k 
3D Math - Ultra 2020 · $33k 
DGGWare 2024 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MEMOLOGY: GOYDA | older | $1.99 | 1,847 94% | 55k | $110k (exactly $110,266) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm |
| | Moviehouse – The Film Studio Tycoon | older | $10.99 | 225 32% | 6.8k | $74k (exactly $74,182) | Odyssey Studios |
| | The Birth of an Artificial Intelligence | older | $34.99 | 54 77% | 1.6k | $57k (exactly $56,684) | 基本操作PlayClass |
| | 3D Math - Ultra | older | $4.99 | 218 92% | 6.5k | $33k (exactly $32,635) | Big Mind Games 9000 |
| | DGGWare | $8.99 | 66 93% | 2.0k | $18k (exactly $17,800) | Silkworm | |
 | MEMOLOGY 2: OLD TIMES | $0.99 | 527 95% | 16k | $16k (exactly $15,652) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm | |
 | MAELSTROM LEGACY: The Tesla Mystery | $10.99 | 36 69% | 1.1k | $12k (exactly $11,869) | Wistfulware | |
 | MEMOLOGY: ITALIAN BRAINROT | $0.99 | 148 91% | 4.4k | $4.4k (exactly $4,396) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Who Dies First ? | $4.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Stupid games | |
 | MEME EXAM 2025 | $0.99 | 130 90% | 3.9k | $3.9k (exactly $3,861) | Piece Of Voxel, Gamesforfarm | |
 | MEMASIKI | $0.99 | 94 89% | 2.8k | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) | Reanim Games | |
 | 1+1=？ | $0.99 | 55 90% | 1.7k | $1.6k (exactly $1,634) | Easy S Studio | |
 | 易经·占卜 | $6.00 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,440) | 三页先生 | |
 | Fate Dealer | $2.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | Anguish Dealer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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