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Should I ship a Supernatural Interactive Fiction?
Interactive Fiction + Supernatural
Of 165 developers who shipped a Supernatural Interactive Fiction 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.. 273 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×5.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $180k, ×391 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 273 games are announced against 94 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,073) |
| Top 5% | $186k (exactly $185,726) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 165 |
| Released games | 437 |
| Announced | 273 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.25 |
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 80% on the market, supply 20% 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.
- Interactive Fiction
- effort 1 / 10 · high · prose plus a state machine
- 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
- Interactive Fiction; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Multiple Endings, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $6.25 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Atmospheric, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.25.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 13,548 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 97 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 273 games are announced against 94 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Interactive Fiction with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
The Casting of Frank Stone™ 2024 · $5.0M 
Scarlet Hollow 2021 · EA · $4.3M 
Sally Face - Episode One 2016 · $2.5M 
Tails Noir 2021 · $1.9M 
The Mermaid Mask 2026 · $1.7M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Casting of Frank Stone™ | older | $29.99 | 5,580 62% | 167k | $5.0M (exactly $5,020,326) | Supermassive Games |
| | Scarlet Hollow | · EA older | $29.99 | 4,833 97% | 145k | $4.3M (exactly $4,348,250) | Black Tabby Games |
| | Sally Face - Episode One | older | $2.99 | 27,502 97% | 825k | $2.5M (exactly $2,466,929) | Portable Moose |
| | Tails Noir | older | $24.99 | 2,592 66% | 78k | $1.9M (exactly $1,943,222) | Eggnut |
| | The Mermaid Mask | $19.99 | 2,776 99% | 83k | $1.7M (exactly $1,664,767) | SFB Games | |
 | Amanda the Adventurer | older | $8.99 | 5,931 94% | 178k | $1.6M (exactly $1,599,591) | MANGLEDmaw Games |
 | Love Curse: Find Your Soulmate | $14.00 | 3,275 95% | 98k | $1.4M (exactly $1,375,500) | Xso | |
 | Layers of Fear | older | $29.99 | 1,409 78% | 42k | $1.3M (exactly $1,267,677) | Anshar Studios, Bloober Team |
 | Home Safety Hotline | older | $14.99 | 2,763 90% | 83k | $1.2M (exactly $1,242,521) | Night Signal Entertainment |
 | OXENFREE II: Lost Signals | older | $19.99 | 1,976 88% | 59k | $1.2M (exactly $1,185,007) | Night School Studio |
 | One-Eyed Likho | $19.99 | 1,155 93% | 35k | $693k (exactly $692,654) | Morteshka | |
 | Amanda the Adventurer 2 | $9.99 | 1,436 83% | 43k | $430k (exactly $430,369) | MANGLEDmaw Games | |
 | Last Report | $4.99 | 2,423 89% | 73k | $363k (exactly $362,723) | Monopixel Games | |
 | Mojika - Truth Rears Its Ugly Head | $24.99 | 413 77% | 12k | $310k (exactly $309,626) | NITRO ORIGIN | |
 | No Players Online | $14.99 | 624 83% | 19k | $281k (exactly $280,613) | Beeswax Games | |
 | DYSTHANASIA | $24.99 | 334 88% | 10k | $250k (exactly $250,400) | Madowaku Kobo | |
 | Amanda the Adventurer 3 | $9.99 | 699 86% | 21k | $209k (exactly $209,490) | MANGLEDmaw Games | |
 | Mindcop | $14.99 | 413 94% | 12k | $186k (exactly $185,726) | Andre Gareis |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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