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Should I ship a Thriller Logic game?
Logic + Thriller
Of 92 developers who shipped a Thriller 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.. 116 more are announced, ×2.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×2.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $400; 1 in 20 cleared $250k, ×543 the market median. Revenue is up 40% on the market; 116 games are announced against 57 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $400 (exactly $400) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
| Top 25% | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) |
| Top 5% | $258k (exactly $258,128) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 92 |
| Released games | 190 |
| Announced | 116 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Logic; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 4,895 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $400. 9 in 10 of the 46 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 116 games are announced against 57 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Logic with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LovecraftianFair
- + City BuilderFair
- + NoirFair
- + HackingFair
- + VampiresFair
- + DragonsFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Bullet TimeFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + TransportationFair
- + Automobile SimFair
- + CookingFair
Comparable games
THE 4 SINS 2024 · $1.0M 
Scene Investigators 2023 · $720k 
Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest 2026 · $691k 
Granny: Escape Together 2024 · $498k 
Haydee 3 2025 · $289k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | THE 4 SINS | older | $9.99 | 3,377 23% | 101k | $1.0M (exactly $1,012,087) | 奇门互娱 |
| | Scene Investigators | older | $24.99 | 961 74% | 29k | $720k (exactly $720,462) | EQ Studios |
| | Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest | $24.99 | 922 89% | 28k | $691k (exactly $691,223) | Team Tetrapod | |
| | Granny: Escape Together | $9.99 | 1,661 79% | 50k | $498k (exactly $497,802) | CreepyToad | |
| | Haydee 3 | $29.99 | 321 84% | 9.6k | $289k (exactly $288,804) | Haydee Interactive | |
 | Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile | $39.99 | 221 78% | 6.6k | $265k (exactly $265,134) | Microids Studio Lyon | |
 | Post Trauma | $14.99 | 574 72% | 17k | $258k (exactly $258,128) | RED SOUL GAMES | |
 | Evan's Remains | older | $6.99 | 1,099 89% | 33k | $230k (exactly $230,460) | maitan69 |
 | Spectral Scream | older | $9.99 | 654 78% | 20k | $196k (exactly $196,004) | STOIC Ent. |
 | Escape: Malice | older | $7.99 | 815 17% | 24k | $195k (exactly $195,356) | Nimbus Games |
 | Mind Diver | $17.99 | 316 94% | 9.5k | $171k (exactly $170,545) | Indoor Sunglasses | |
 | The Ratline | $14.99 | 329 82% | 9.9k | $148k (exactly $147,951) | Owlskip Games | |
 | İblis3:Phenomena | $12.99 | 252 56% | 7.6k | $98k (exactly $98,204) | Bulut ULU | |
 | Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room | $9.99 | 222 80% | 6.7k | $67k (exactly $66,533) | Biri Biri | |
 | Ire: A Prologue | $19.99 | 77 61% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | ProbablyMonsters |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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