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Should I ship a Robot Multiple Endings game?
Multiple Endings + Robots
Of 52 developers who shipped a Robot 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.. 98 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $180k, ×299 the market median. Revenue is up 215% on the market; 98 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $10,793) |
| Top 5% | $188k (exactly $187,706) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 52 |
| Released games | 157 |
| Announced | 98 |
| 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 up 215% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Robots
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Multiple Endings; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Retro, Story Rich, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 13,386 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 26 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 98 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Multiple Endings with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ArcadeFair
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The Talos Principle 2014 · $26M 
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ATRI -My Dear Moments- 2020 · $13M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Detroit: Become Human | older | $39.99 | 226,411 96% | 6.8M | $272M (exactly $271,625,277) | Quantic Dream |
| | Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach | older | $39.99 | 65,350 86% | 2.0M | $78M (exactly $78,400,395) | Steel Wool Studios |
| | The Talos Principle | older | $29.99 | 29,237 95% | 877k | $26M (exactly $26,304,529) | Croteam |
| | Terminator: Resistance | older | $39.99 | 16,665 91% | 500k | $20M (exactly $19,993,000) | Teyon |
| | ATRI -My Dear Moments- | older | $20.99 | 21,411 98% | 642k | $13M (exactly $13,482,507) | Frontwing, 枕 |
 | Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic | $39.99 | 10,874 86% | 326k | $13M (exactly $13,045,538) | Steel Wool Studios | |
 | The Invincible | older | $29.99 | 10,055 87% | 302k | $9.0M (exactly $9,046,484) | Starward Industries |
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 | Haydee 2 | older | $24.99 | 1,649 87% | 49k | $1.2M (exactly $1,236,255) | Haydee Interactive |
 | Primordia | older | $9.99 | 2,975 96% | 89k | $892k (exactly $891,608) | Wormwood Studios |
 | Zexion | $19.99 | 528 90% | 16k | $317k (exactly $316,642) | Gallant Leaf | |
 | ToHeart | $19.99 | 313 87% | 9.4k | $188k (exactly $187,706) | AQUAPLUS | |
 | 我的机器人女友 | $4.99 | 911 90% | 27k | $136k (exactly $136,377) | 时娱游戏 | |
 | BatteryNote | $11.99 | 203 98% | 6.1k | $73k (exactly $73,019) | 72studio | |
 | 閃攻機人アスラ - ASURA THE STRIKER - | $14.99 | 145 91% | 4.4k | $65k (exactly $65,206) | LeftOver | |
 | R-Type Delta: HD Boosted | $24.99 | 86 81% | 2.6k | $64k (exactly $64,474) | CITY CONNECTION, TAKE×0FF | |
 | PROJECT TACHYON | $17.99 | 117 83% | 3.5k | $63k (exactly $63,145) | STUDIO N9 | |
 | NIGHT STRIKER GEAR | $18.99 | 94 88% | 2.8k | $54k (exactly $53,552) | M2 Co., Ltd., M2 Co.,LTD | |
 | Endless Dark | $7.99 | 115 99% | 3.5k | $28k (exactly $27,566) | Little Light Studios, LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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