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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Minigames game?
Minigames + Psychological Horror
Only 6 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror 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, Ritus Exorcismus, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $8.6k against a market of $480. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $900 (exactly $900) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.6k (exactly $8,573) |
| Top 25% | $14k (exactly $14,032) |
| Top 5% | $25k (exactly $24,799) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $12.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Minigames
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Psychological Horror
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Minigames
- Price point
- $12.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 2,430 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Minigames with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LGBTQ+Strong odds
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + Life SimStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SandboxFair
- + RomanceFair
- + ManagementFair
- + ExplorationFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + HorrorFair
- + MagicFair
Comparable games
My Singing Monsters Playground 2021 · $316k 
Knuckle Sandwich 2023 · $310k 
I got a millenary cat 2022 · $144k 
Path to Mnemosyne 2018 · $55k 
Among Waifus 18+ 2021 · $51k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | My Singing Monsters Playground | older | $39.99 | 263 82% | 7.9k | $316k (exactly $315,521) | Big Blue Bubble |
| | Knuckle Sandwich | older | $19.99 | 517 86% | 16k | $310k (exactly $310,045) | Andy Brophy |
| | I got a millenary cat | older | $6.99 | 685 85% | 21k | $144k (exactly $143,644) | CatBellUnion |
| | Path to Mnemosyne | older | $9.99 | 184 80% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $55,145) | DevilishGames |
| | Among Waifus 18+ | older | $6.99 | 241 58% | 7.2k | $51k (exactly $50,538) | Romantic Room |
 | Mimicry | older | $4.99 | 248 78% | 7.4k | $37k (exactly $37,126) | Euphoria Games |
 | Otome Legends | older | $7.99 | 109 90% | 3.3k | $26k (exactly $26,127) | Jagaimo Studios, Chi21 |
 | Ritus Exorcismus | $5.99 | 138 99% | 4.1k | $25k (exactly $24,799) | Dernhelm Games | |
 | Inspector Gadget - MAD Time Party | older | $29.99 | 19 57% | 570 | $17k (exactly $17,094) | Smart Tale |
 | Bittersweet Birthday | $17.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $14k (exactly $14,032) | World Eater Games | |
 | Concierge | $12.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $8.6k (exactly $8,573) | KODINO | |
 | Sklime - A Difficult Climbing Adventure | $7.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $6.7k (exactly $6,712) | Zankai, Zanthous | |
 | 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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