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Should I ship a Level Editor Inventory Management game?

Level Editor + Inventory Management

Only 12 developers shipped a Level Editor Inventory Management 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, Sailaway III, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $10k, ×16 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $1.4k; 1 in 20 cleared $75k, ×121 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 25 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 16.1 times the market baseline, revenue down 75% on the market, 25 announced, ×4.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Level Editor + Inventory Management
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 12
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $49k → $540 → $59k → $10k → $3.8k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Level Editor + Inventory Management: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 12
Bottom 30% $1.4k (exactly $1,373)
Median $10k (exactly $10,132)
Top 25% $28k (exactly $28,059)
Top 5% $76k (exactly $75,793)
Developers, 2 yr 12
Released games 34
Announced 25
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $9.99

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 75% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.

Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Level Editor
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Inventory Management
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Level Editor, Inventory Management
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 77% positive over 583 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $1.4k, median $10k, 1 in 4 over $28k, 1 in 20 over $75k.

3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Level Editor with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Multiple EndingsFair17 devs · median $8.1k · 23 announced
  2. + Hidden ObjectFair12 devs · median $7.6k · 14 announced
  3. + CollectathonFair15 devs · median $3.4k · 17 announced
  4. + Time AttackFair12 devs · median $748 · 14 announced
  5. + IdlerFair19 devs · median $719 · 12 announced
  6. + Score AttackFair51 devs · median $598 · 62 announced
  7. + AutomationLong shot27 devs · median $300 · 32 announced
  8. + TransportationPoor odds10 devs · median $43k · 17 announced
  9. + TrainsPoor odds10 devs · median $43k · 11 announced
  10. + MilitaryPoor odds22 devs · median $43k · 46 announced
  11. + City BuilderPoor odds20 devs · median $24k · 50 announced
  12. + Online Co-OpPoor odds36 devs · median $19k · 111 announced

All 136 pairs on the Level Editor page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront 2021 · $34M Pharaoh™: A New Era 2023 · $3.3M Haydee 2 2020 · $1.2M Legends of Eisenwald 2015 · $836k SimCasino 2021 · $515k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront older $34.99 32,183 85% 965k $34M (exactly $33,782,495) Barbedwire Studios, Digitalmindsoft
Pharaoh™: A New Era older $22.99 4,811 75% 144k $3.3M (exactly $3,318,147) Triskell Interactive
Haydee 2 older $24.99 1,649 87% 49k $1.2M (exactly $1,236,255) Haydee Interactive
Legends of Eisenwald older $19.99 1,394 76% 42k $836k (exactly $835,982) Aterdux Entertainment
SimCasino older $24.99 687 74% 21k $515k (exactly $515,044) LVGameDev LLC
Sailaway III $15.99 158 68% 4.7k $76k (exactly $75,793) Orbcreation BV
World of Football · EA $9.99 197 81% 5.9k $59k (exactly $59,041) Vault Game Studio
Handyman Corporation older $11.99 136 47% 4.1k $49k (exactly $48,919) Potato Games
Dustwind: Resistance $19.90 47 80% 1.4k $28k (exactly $28,059) Dustwind Studios, Z-Software
Portalborn · EA $9.99 72 93% 2.2k $22k (exactly $21,578) TheHand
Starlair $19.99 17 58% 510 $10k (exactly $10,195) Shooty Bazooky
Parking Lot Simulator: Car Collector · EA $12.99 26 65% 780 $10k (exactly $10,132) Byterop
+ PC Maker · EA $9.99 26 38% 780 $7.8k (exactly $7,792) SpeedWaGoon
Outpacked $7.99 16 93% 480 $3.8k (exactly $3,835) Antikythera Games
Randotura $1.99 23 100% 690 $1.4k (exactly $1,373) blinyadebil
Secret File $4.99 1 100% 30 $150 (exactly $150) Igrik Studios

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.