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Should I ship a Modern-Day Multiple Endings game?
Multiple Endings + Modern
Of 163 developers who shipped a Modern-Day Multiple Endings 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.. 227 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.3k, ×4.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $150k, ×328 the market median. Revenue is down 40% on the market; 227 games are announced against 108 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.3k (exactly $2,336) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,506) |
| Top 5% | $156k (exactly $155,844) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 163 |
| Released games | 440 |
| Announced | 227 |
| 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 40% on the market, supply 70% 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.
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Modern
- 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
- Multiple Endings; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Visual Novel, Choices Matter, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 57,140 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 93 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 227 games are announced against 108 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Multiple Endings with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + WuxiaFair
- + Level EditorFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + SuperheroFair
- + 4 Player LocalFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + GamblingFair
- + TriviaFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
Comparable games
Revenge on gold diggers 2025 · $9.8M 
Alpha Protocol™ 2010 · $2.1M 
The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation 2022 · $1.8M 
Acting Lessons 2019 · $1.5M 
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo 2025 · $1.2M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Revenge on gold diggers | $6.99 | 46,610 80% | 1.4M | $9.8M (exactly $9,774,117) | 前方工作室 | |
| | Alpha Protocol™ | older | $19.99 | 3,420 83% | 103k | $2.1M (exactly $2,050,974) | Obsidian Entertainment |
| | The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation | older | $19.99 | 2,989 89% | 90k | $1.8M (exactly $1,792,503) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
| | Acting Lessons | older | $9.99 | 5,050 95% | 152k | $1.5M (exactly $1,513,485) | Dr PinkCake |
| | Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo | $19.99 | 1,993 97% | 60k | $1.2M (exactly $1,195,202) | Pocket Trap | |
 | LIVE A LIVE | older | $49.99 | 785 85% | 24k | $1.2M (exactly $1,177,264) | Square Enix, historia Inc. |
 | Love and Sex: Second Base | older | $19.99 | 1,340 91% | 40k | $804k (exactly $803,598) | Andrealphus Games |
 | The Scourge | Tai Ương | $19.99 | 1,192 93% | 36k | $715k (exactly $714,842) | Rare Reversee, Beaztek | |
 | Sex, Secrets & Used Tech | $16.99 | 1,291 85% | 39k | $658k (exactly $658,023) | WorkNite Games, 78Games | |
 | Stardom 3 | older | $12.99 | 1,600 94% | 48k | $624k (exactly $623,520) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT |
 | 极速营救 | $9.99 | 1,860 86% | 56k | $557k (exactly $557,442) | 优映文化, 想象颗粒 | |
 | 我打不过漂亮的她们 | $10.99 | 1,111 95% | 33k | $366k (exactly $366,297) | 想象颗粒 | |
 | Blood Money: Lethal Eden | $8.99 | 1,262 91% | 38k | $340k (exactly $340,361) | 碧火互娱 | |
 | Under The Island | $19.99 | 446 92% | 13k | $267k (exactly $267,466) | Slime King Games | |
 | Exposed Livestream | $9.99 | 520 81% | 16k | $156k (exactly $155,844) | Kumada Gaon | |
 | Enjoy Amoy&Sisters | $4.99 | 855 96% | 26k | $128k (exactly $127,994) | Choice Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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