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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events Management game?
Management + Quick-Time Events
Of 26 developers who shipped a Quick-Time Events Management 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.. 54 more are announced, ×3.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×2.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $230k, ×367 the market median. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 54 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $600 (exactly $600) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,704) |
| Top 25% | $6.9k (exactly $6,920) |
| Top 5% | $230k (exactly $230,260) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 54 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Management, Quick-Time Events; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Economy, Life Sim
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 6,585 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 54 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.9 per shipper.
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Rock Star Life Simulator 2025 · $187k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator | older | $29.99 | 2,222 83% | 67k | $2.0M (exactly $1,999,133) | Cyanide Studio |
| | Thriving City: Song | older | $18.99 | 3,054 81% | 92k | $1.7M (exactly $1,739,864) | White Star Studio |
| | Ship, Inc. | $9.99 | 2,168 83% | 65k | $650k (exactly $649,750) | Rogue Duck Interactive | |
| | Cornerpond | $2.99 | 2,567 97% | 77k | $230k (exactly $230,260) | foolsroom | |
| | Rock Star Life Simulator | $12.49 | 498 85% | 15k | $187k (exactly $186,601) | HOGO Games | |
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 | Randoville | · EA older | $14.99 | 63 63% | 1.9k | $28k (exactly $28,331) | AVE Team |
 | Portobugia | older | $7.99 | 84 83% | 2.5k | $20k (exactly $20,135) | Bogland Studio |
 | Mini City: Mayhem | $5.99 | 64 81% | 1.9k | $12k (exactly $11,501) | Rogue Duck Interactive, cukuto | |
 | Crypto Trading Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 33 75% | 990 | $6.9k (exactly $6,920) | SUMER |
 | Pattaya Simulator | $8.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $5.9k (exactly $5,933) | N-nic Studio | |
 | Sin Slayers: Meat & Greed | $2.99 | 55 52% | 1.7k | $4.9k (exactly $4,934) | Goonswarm Games | |
 | FuJianStrike | $6.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $4.6k (exactly $4,613) | Mithril_055 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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