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Should I ship a Trivia Logic game?
Logic + Trivia
Of 45 developers who shipped a Trivia 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.. 30 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $220 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 26 developers shipped in the last year and 30 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $215 (exactly $215) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,194) |
| Top 5% | $40k (exactly $39,574) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 45 |
| Released games | 153 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 55% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Logic, Trivia; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Choices Matter, Incremental
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, Cute, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,122 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum 2025 · $214k 
Brain Show: Party Game 2023 · $105k 
Prose & Codes 2022 · $95k 
The Birth of an Artificial Intelligence 2021 · $57k 
Party Quiz 2026 · $53k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum | $19.99 | 357 98% | 11k | $214k (exactly $214,093) | Jupiter Corporation | |
| | Brain Show: Party Game | older | $14.99 | 234 73% | 7.0k | $105k (exactly $105,230) | Simplicity Games |
| | Prose & Codes | older | $9.99 | 318 99% | 9.5k | $95k (exactly $95,305) | Hero Game Co LLC |
| | The Birth of an Artificial Intelligence | older | $34.99 | 54 77% | 1.6k | $57k (exactly $56,684) | 基本操作PlayClass |
| | Party Quiz | $11.99 | 147 80% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,876) | White Ink | |
 | Trivia Vault: 1980's Trivia 2 | older | $13.99 | 98 61% | 2.9k | $41k (exactly $41,131) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Fallacy Quiz | $14.99 | 88 88% | 2.6k | $40k (exactly $39,574) | Tim Krief | |
 | Trivia Vault: Food Trivia | older | $13.99 | 84 65% | 2.5k | $35k (exactly $35,255) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Trivia Vault: Video Game Trivia Deluxe | older | $14.99 | 78 62% | 2.3k | $35k (exactly $35,077) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Wer weiß denn sowas? - Das Spiel | older | $19.99 | 58 70% | 1.7k | $35k (exactly $34,783) | Lost the Game Studios |
 | Not Sure About That | $4.99 | 76 98% | 2.3k | $11k (exactly $11,377) | Scratch | |
 | Gallery: Coloring book & decor | $9.99 | 36 97% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Beresnev Games | |
 | MEMOLOGY: ITALIAN BRAINROT | $0.99 | 148 91% | 4.4k | $4.4k (exactly $4,396) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Who Dies First ? | $4.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Stupid games | |
 | MEME EXAM 2025 | $0.99 | 130 90% | 3.9k | $3.9k (exactly $3,861) | Piece Of Voxel, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Couch Detective | · EA | $4.99 | 19 57% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Gamtropy |
 | MEMASIKI | $0.99 | 94 89% | 2.8k | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) | Reanim Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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