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Should I ship a Level Editor Multiple Endings game?

Level Editor + Multiple Endings

Only 17 developers shipped a Level Editor Multiple Endings 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, WindStop Strategy, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 23 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $8.1k, ×13 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $960. Revenue is up 3235% on the market; 23 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 12.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 3235% on the market, 23 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Level Editor + Multiple Endings
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 17
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.2k → $958 → $8.1k → $346k (still earning) → $23k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Level Editor + Multiple Endings: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 17
Bottom 30% $958 (exactly $958)
Median $8.1k (exactly $8,086)
Top 25% $23k (exactly $23,077)
Top 5% $448k (exactly $447,752)
Developers, 2 yr 17
Released games 36
Announced 23
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $7.99

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 up 3235% on the market, supply 140% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 3%, 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
Multiple Endings
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, Multiple Endings; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Exploration
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Nonlinear, Pixel Graphics
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 80% positive over 3,456 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $960, median $8.1k, 1 in 4 over $23k, 1 in 20 over $440k.

3 in 10 developers made under $960. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + Hidden ObjectFair12 devs · median $7.6k · 14 announced
  2. + CollectathonFair15 devs · median $3.4k · 17 announced
  3. + Time AttackFair12 devs · median $748 · 14 announced
  4. + IdlerFair19 devs · median $719 · 12 announced
  5. + Score AttackFair51 devs · median $598 · 62 announced
  6. + AutomationLong shot27 devs · median $300 · 32 announced
  7. + TransportationPoor odds10 devs · median $43k · 17 announced
  8. + TrainsPoor odds10 devs · median $43k · 11 announced
  9. + MilitaryPoor odds22 devs · median $43k · 46 announced
  10. + City BuilderPoor odds20 devs · median $24k · 50 announced
  11. + Online Co-OpPoor odds36 devs · median $19k · 111 announced
  12. + Open WorldPoor odds28 devs · median $18k · 59 announced

All 136 pairs on the Level Editor page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Everhood 2021 · $3.4M Haydee 2 2020 · $1.2M Hunt Down The Freeman 2018 · $1.1M Train Valley 2 2019 · $1.1M Legends of Eisenwald 2015 · $836k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Everhood older $9.99 11,436 95% 343k $3.4M (exactly $3,427,369) Chris Nordgren, Jordi Roca
Haydee 2 older $24.99 1,649 87% 49k $1.2M (exactly $1,236,255) Haydee Interactive
Hunt Down The Freeman older $9.99 3,785 54% 114k $1.1M (exactly $1,134,364) Royal Rudius Entertainment
Train Valley 2 older $14.99 2,356 90% 71k $1.1M (exactly $1,059,493) Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timof… (Alexey Davydov, Sergey Dvoynikov, Timofey Shargorodskiy, Flazm)
Legends of Eisenwald older $19.99 1,394 76% 42k $836k (exactly $835,982) Aterdux Entertainment
WindStop Strategy $9.99 1,494 78% 45k $448k (exactly $447,752) Xia Start
Witch's Apocalyptic Journey $8.99 1,282 84% 38k $346k (exactly $345,755) MeowAlive
D'LIRIUM older $4.99 987 96% 30k $148k (exactly $147,754) B52 Development Team
Double Kick Heroes older $19.99 151 82% 4.5k $91k (exactly $90,555) Headbang Club
Myths of Rules older $2.99 1,009 87% 30k $91k (exactly $90,507) Sugarcane Games
Valkyrie Saga $7.99 288 92% 8.6k $69k (exactly $69,034) Public Void
Game of Rebirth $12.99 81 69% 2.4k $32k (exactly $31,566) ZodiacStudio
Sniper Camouflage Orange Spy Warrior I Buried Two Bodies in the Garden and the Police Haven't Figured Out Yet That They're Missing Because They Were a Lonely Old Couple Who Had No Relatives Simulator 2026 · EA $9.99 77 66% 2.3k $23k (exactly $23,077) The Only Way Out
Governance · EA $17.99 33 66% 990 $18k (exactly $17,810) Governance Studios
Concerto on White: Cajon Story $8.99 59 94% 1.8k $16k (exactly $15,912) C11 Games
Strange Dream $4.99 80 73% 2.4k $12k (exactly $11,976) Half Flower
3D Skills Start Here · EA $5.99 45 33% 1.4k $8.1k (exactly $8,086) Dave Mills
Cattopia $7.99 17 88% 510 $4.1k (exactly $4,075) Timesoft

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