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Should I ship a Trivia Interactive Fiction?
Interactive Fiction + Trivia
Only 10 developers shipped a Trivia Interactive Fiction 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.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 1 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×7.5 the market's $120 for a 1 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $20k, ×176 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 5 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) |
| Top 5% | $21k (exactly $20,979) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 1 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Interactive Fiction
- effort 1 / 10 · high · prose plus a state machine
- Trivia
- effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring
What it takes
- Effort
- 1 / 10 · text and UI only
- Systems
- Interactive Fiction, Trivia
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 80% positive over 150 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Majotori 2017 · $338k 
你已经猜到结局了吗 2022 · $93k 
Lianhai Casino 2022 · $22k 
The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2 2026 · $21k 
1953 - KGB Unleashed 2013 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Majotori | older | $5.99 | 1,880 96% | 56k | $338k (exactly $337,836) | Majorariatto |
| | 你已经猜到结局了吗 | older | $7.99 | 388 92% | 12k | $93k (exactly $93,004) | 橘音 |
| | Lianhai Casino | older | $8.99 | 81 91% | 2.4k | $22k (exactly $21,846) | 致意 |
| | The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2 | $9.99 | 70 91% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $20,979) | 橘音 | |
| | 1953 - KGB Unleashed | older | $2.99 | 218 63% | 6.5k | $20k (exactly $19,555) | · |
 | MAELSTROM LEGACY: The Tesla Mystery | $10.99 | 36 69% | 1.1k | $12k (exactly $11,869) | Wistfulware | |
 | Fizz Quiz | $14.99 | 20 50% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | Moon | |
 | Emma - In the Library | older | $4.99 | 50 68% | 1.5k | $7.5k (exactly $7,485) | Ace X |
 | Amazing Pyramids: Rebirth | older | $6.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $4.4k (exactly $4,404) | Oleg Sereda |
 | Trivia Quiz: All about everything! | older | $3.99 | 36 72% | 1.1k | $4.3k (exactly $4,309) | DuCats Games Studio |
 | One More Question | $7.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | OrangeSounds | |
 | The Litter: Trigo | $5.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | furiouspixel_studio | |
 | Damn Love | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Stupid games | |
 | ARE YOU OKAY? | $0.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | ÔMEGA | |
 | Escape From Lab | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | P.E.G | |
 | RobBred - Funny Chat | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Iron Cauldron | |
 | Escape from the Archives | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Brad Wright |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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