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Should I ship a Level Editor Music-Based Procedural Generation game?
Level Editor + Music-Based Procedural Generation
Only 10 developers shipped a Level Editor Music-Based Procedural Generation 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, Rift of the NecroDancer, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.7k, ×9.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $3.5M, ×5581 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,860) |
| Top 5% | $3.5M (exactly $3,504,647) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 14 |
| 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 90% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Music-Based Procedural Generation
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Level Editor, Music-Based Procedural Generation
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 93% positive over 5,959 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Rift of the NecroDancer 2025 · $3.5M 
Intralism 2016 · $384k 
PowerBeatsVR - VR Fitness 2020 · $272k 
Soundodger+ 2013 · $162k 
Beat Aim - Rhythm FPS Trainer 2019 · EA · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rift of the NecroDancer | $19.99 | 5,844 93% | 175k | $3.5M (exactly $3,504,647) | Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Studios I… (Brace Yourself Games, Tic Toc Studios Inc.) | |
| | Intralism | older | $2.99 | 4,277 86% | 128k | $384k (exactly $383,647) | KHB-Soft |
| | PowerBeatsVR - VR Fitness | older | $19.99 | 453 85% | 14k | $272k (exactly $271,664) | Five Mind Creations |
| | Soundodger+ | older | $7.99 | 676 90% | 20k | $162k (exactly $162,037) | Studio Bean |
| | Beat Aim - Rhythm FPS Trainer | · EA older | $14.99 | 210 89% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Kamyker |
 | Melody Mania | · EA older | $18.99 | 75 80% | 2.3k | $43k (exactly $42,728) | Andreas Achim Stange |
 | Dance Collider | older | $4.99 | 169 80% | 5.1k | $25k (exactly $25,299) | emergeWorlds |
 | Colorful Recolor | older | $9.99 | 84 91% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $25,175) | Gagonfe, HugoBDesigner, Ulon |
 | Governance | · EA | $17.99 | 33 66% | 990 | $18k (exactly $17,810) | Governance Studios |
 | Hacker's Beat | older | $9.99 | 57 50% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $17,083) | TEAM TANDS PLUS |
 | Cadence | $12.99 | 33 100% | 990 | $13k (exactly $12,860) | Made With Monster Love | |
 | MUKKE: Music Machine | $7.99 | 25 96% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | APETENSE Interactive | |
 | Mound of Music | $9.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Elif Games | |
 | Super Rhythm Fit | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | PandaCat Studio | |
 | Tidal Strings | $0.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | June666 | |
 | San Yin | · EA | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | XingYan |
 | Random Mix | · EA | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | InternalErrorX |
 | Note Bounce – Sheet Music Game & Video Creator | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Cihad Turhan |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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