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Should I ship a Werewolf Investigation game?
Investigation + Werewolves
Only 6 developers shipped a Werewolf Investigation 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, Security: The Horrible Nights, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×3.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $480. 15 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,363) |
| Top 25% | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) |
| Top 5% | $24k (exactly $24,401) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 15 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 30%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Investigation
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Werewolves
- 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
- Investigation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 2,011 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 15 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Investigation with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Escape RoomFair
- + IdlerFair
- + TriviaLong shot
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
- + GothicPoor odds
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Card GamePoor odds
- + SciencePoor odds
Comparable games
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest 2020 · $362k 
Eville 2022 · $195k 
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory 2024 · $47k 
Lycans 2023 · $46k 
Security: The Horrible Nights 2024 · $24k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest | older | $14.99 | 805 83% | 24k | $362k (exactly $362,008) | Different Tales |
| | Eville | older | $14.99 | 433 68% | 13k | $195k (exactly $194,720) | VestGames |
| | Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Purgatory | older | $14.99 | 104 79% | 3.1k | $47k (exactly $46,769) | Different Tales |
| | Lycans | older | $4.99 | 309 91% | 9.3k | $46k (exactly $46,257) | Onu Games |
| | Security: The Horrible Nights | $4.99 | 163 88% | 4.9k | $24k (exactly $24,401) | Professional Villains | |
 | Endless Bounty | older | $5.99 | 122 95% | 3.7k | $22k (exactly $21,923) | WolfBite Interactive LLC |
 | Up All Night | older | $6.99 | 31 90% | 930 | $6.5k (exactly $6,501) | Fiendish Fiction |
 | Amadeus: A Riddle for Thee ~ Episode 1 ~ Waltz | $7.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | ArcanaXIX | |
 | Magic City Detective: Rage Under Moon Collector's Edition | older | $7.99 | 17 47% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Do Games Limited |
 | Unnatural Season Two | older | $8.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | Hosted Games |
 | Hollow INN | $6.49 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.4k (exactly $1,363) | Nussygame | |
 | Silent Howl | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Yorbi | |
 | Lock. Stock. And Hungry Pumpkins. | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Cornfield Games | |
 | Clairval | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Alpharkane |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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