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Should I ship a Magic Quick-Time Events game?
Quick-Time Events + Magic
Of 21 developers who shipped a Magic Quick-Time Events 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.. 44 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $420 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 12 developers shipped in the last year and 44 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $418 (exactly $418) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $10,789) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $27,035) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 down 95% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Magic
- 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
- Quick-Time Events; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Action
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 457 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Quick-Time Events with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Didnapper 2 2021 · $110k 
Magin: The Rat Project Stories 2026 · $47k 
Sex Knight~Prey of the Lustful Nobles~ 2025 · $27k 
Legends of Savvarah: Children of the Sun 2025 · $18k 
Hell's 8th Avenue: Miori's Mysterious Notebook 2025 · $15k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Didnapper 2 | older | $19.99 | 184 96% | 5.5k | $110k (exactly $110,345) | DID Games |
| | Magin: The Rat Project Stories | $19.99 | 79 69% | 2.4k | $47k (exactly $47,376) | The Rat Project | |
| | Sex Knight~Prey of the Lustful Nobles~ | $10.99 | 82 82% | 2.5k | $27k (exactly $27,035) | アイオライト | |
| | Legends of Savvarah: Children of the Sun | $7.99 | 75 92% | 2.3k | $18k (exactly $17,978) | ST Sinovar | |
| | Hell's 8th Avenue: Miori's Mysterious Notebook | $10.99 | 45 66% | 1.4k | $15k (exactly $14,836) | Magical Ponpon | |
 | The Shaman's Ark | $9.99 | 47 97% | 1.4k | $14k (exactly $14,086) | Amortiz Games | |
 | The Day Before You Gone | older | $8.99 | 44 70% | 1.3k | $12k (exactly $11,867) | Aequalis Studio |
 | Touhou Iyuushou ~ What the Bullet Hell?! | $9.99 | 36 100% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Cyoltose, 雨夜枫雪制作组 , 雾雨威Channel, 神心飘游堂,… (Cyoltose, 雨夜枫雪制作组 , 雾雨威Channel, 神心飘游堂, 阐幽赜书房) | |
 | Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary | $6.99 | 47 65% | 1.4k | $9.9k (exactly $9,856) | PlayTogether Studio | |
 | 转生魔塔 | $11.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $9.4k (exactly $9,352) | Zeros | |
 | EmyLiveShow: How To Write A Bestseller | $8.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Team Emily | |
 | Surfing Legends | $8.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | TALOF Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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