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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Minigames game?
Multiple Endings + Minigames
Only 18 developers shipped a Multiple Endings Minigames game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, I Just Want to be Single!! Season One, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $110k, ×246 the market median. Revenue is up 210% on the market; 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $900 (exactly $900) |
| Top 25% | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) |
| Top 5% | $117k (exactly $116,922) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 19 |
| 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 210% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Minigames
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Multiple Endings, Minigames; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Choices Matter, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Comedy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 655 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Multiple Endings with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
| Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | McPixel 3 | older | $9.99 | 1,199 96% | 36k | $359k (exactly $359,340) | Sos Sosowski |
| | Attentat 1942 | older | $10.99 | 448 92% | 13k | $148k (exactly $147,706) | Charles Games |
| | I Just Want to be Single!! Season One | · EA | $14.99 | 260 75% | 7.8k | $117k (exactly $116,922) | m., Tsundere Studio |
| | myPOPGOES | older | $4.99 | 752 86% | 23k | $113k (exactly $112,574) | Kane Carter |
| | Two Beasts Or Not To Beast! | $24.99 | 125 99% | 3.8k | $94k (exactly $93,712) | Tokinokogiri | |
| | To Trust an Incubus | older | $19.99 | 152 84% | 4.6k | $91k (exactly $91,154) | Y Press Games |
| | Faulty Apprentice | older | $19.99 | 141 76% | 4.2k | $85k (exactly $84,558) | AGL studios |
| | Venge | older | $4.99 | 374 91% | 11k | $56k (exactly $55,988) | Costek Games |
| | יום פתוח (Open Day) | older | $5.99 | 256 98% | 7.7k | $46k (exactly $46,003) | Rafael Ben-Ari |
| | Brothel Secrets 🔞 | older | $9.99 | 125 72% | 3.8k | $37k (exactly $37,462) | Octo Games |
| | Ritus Exorcismus | $5.99 | 138 99% | 4.1k | $25k (exactly $24,799) | Dernhelm Games | |
| | Sips and Sonnets | $6.99 | 54 100% | 1.6k | $11k (exactly $11,324) | Blue Tango Street | |
| | good | $7.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | zzox | |
| | Project Mnemosyne | · EA | $6.50 | 18 55% | 540 | $3.5k (exactly $3,510) | Fint |
| | Count Meowcula's Barbershop | $4.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | Gabiverse | |
| | Casino Casualty | $7.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | GlitchedLizard | |
| | A Tale Of Shadows: Fragments Part I | $29.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $900 (exactly $900) | Madwriter Games | |
| | Call the Tune | $3.50 | 5 100% | 150 | $525 (exactly $525) | St☆rlet |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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