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Should I ship a Minigames Time Management game?
Time Management + Minigames
Only 12 developers shipped a Minigames Time Management 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, Happy Endings, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
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 $120; 1 in 20 cleared $89k, ×189 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 11 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $897 (exactly $897) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,850) |
| Top 5% | $90k (exactly $89,961) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 11 |
| 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 down 50% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Management
- 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
- Time Management, Minigames
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 549 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Time Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Happy Endings 2026 · $90k 
Very Very Valet 2022 · $42k 
OnlyFuck 2: Scarlett 2022 · $27k 
Lost Artifacts: Time Machine 2018 · $15k 
Garland Boy 2025 · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Happy Endings | $6.99 | 429 86% | 13k | $90k (exactly $89,961) | Late Night Studios | |
| | Very Very Valet | older | $14.99 | 94 97% | 2.8k | $42k (exactly $42,272) | Toyful LLC |
| | OnlyFuck 2: Scarlett | older | $9.99 | 91 52% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $27,273) | NSFW18 Games, Jul3DX |
| | Lost Artifacts: Time Machine | older | $14.99 | 34 76% | 1.0k | $15k (exactly $15,290) | GameOn Production |
| | Garland Boy | $6.99 | 51 100% | 1.5k | $11k (exactly $10,695) | Wappen Games | |
 | BunnyBarTalk | $2.50 | 38 94% | 1.1k | $2.9k (exactly $2,850) | maruhani | |
 | GrowBud | $6.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Make Games Play | |
 | YOKAIWARE | older | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | RazorFinger |
 | Hive Mind | older | $7.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | R3 Games |
 | Animation Studio Manager | older | $3.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | David Estes Creations |
 | Welcome to Primrose Lake 5 | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | SQRT3 | |
 | MyBiz: Pomodoro Desk Tycoon | $2.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Bizpro Games | |
 | Welcome to Primrose Lake 3 | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | SQRT3 | |
 | Watch Where You're Going | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | 1024soft | |
 | Cat Adoption Tales | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Closed Forum | |
 | Laur's Small Game | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | iTzMeLaur |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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