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Should I ship a Supernatural Logic game?
Logic + Supernatural
Of 76 developers who shipped a Supernatural Logic game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 71 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $210. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 71 games are announced against 47 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) |
| Top 5% | $153k (exactly $153,232) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 76 |
| Released games | 156 |
| Announced | 71 |
| 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 up 20% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
- Supernatural
- 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
- Logic; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, First-Person, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 6,696 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 8 in 10 of the 31 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 71 games are announced against 47 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Logic with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Bullet TimeFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + TransportationFair
- + Automobile SimFair
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Comparable games
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy 2026 · $5.3M 
ORDER 13 2025 · $330k 
Call of the Elder Gods 2026 · $235k 
I'm on Observation Duty 6 2023 · $235k 
Escape: Malice 2022 · $195k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy | $49.99 | 3,558 92% | 107k | $5.3M (exactly $5,335,933) | Asobo Studio | |
| | ORDER 13 | $8.99 | 1,224 87% | 37k | $330k (exactly $330,113) | Cybernetic Walrus | |
| | Call of the Elder Gods | $24.99 | 313 89% | 9.4k | $235k (exactly $234,656) | Out of the Blue Games | |
| | I'm on Observation Duty 6 | older | $11.99 | 652 94% | 20k | $235k (exactly $234,524) | Notovia, Dreamloop Games |
| | Escape: Malice | older | $7.99 | 815 17% | 24k | $195k (exactly $195,356) | Nimbus Games |
 | I'm on Observation Duty 7 | $11.99 | 426 93% | 13k | $153k (exactly $153,232) | Notovia, Dreamloop Games | |
 | The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass | older | $14.99 | 270 85% | 8.1k | $121k (exactly $121,419) | Trinitite Team |
 | I'm on Observation Duty 4 | older | $4.99 | 787 96% | 24k | $118k (exactly $117,814) | Notovia |
 | I'm on Observation Duty 8 | $11.99 | 237 95% | 7.1k | $85k (exactly $85,249) | Notovia, Dreamloop Games | |
 | Mosaic of The Pharaohs | $8.99 | 297 92% | 8.9k | $80k (exactly $80,101) | Mark Ffrench | |
 | Dream Cage | $7.99 | 298 63% | 8.9k | $71k (exactly $71,431) | Hitori De Productions | |
 | Ire: A Prologue | $19.99 | 77 61% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | ProbablyMonsters | |
 | Temple of the Green Moon | $14.99 | 94 75% | 2.8k | $42k (exactly $42,272) | OLKON GAMES | |
 | Rehaunted | $7.99 | 172 66% | 5.2k | $41k (exactly $41,228) | Cauchemar |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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