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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Multiple Endings Runner?

Multiple Endings + Runner

Only 19 developers shipped a Multiple Endings Runner 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, GuGu Pizza : Delivering Pizza to the Space Station? Boss, this is just not right!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 12 developers shipped in the last year and 28 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 260% on the market, 28 announced, ×2.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Multiple Endings + Runner
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 19
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $959 → $150 → $719 → $269 → $1.6k → $539 → $2.3k (still earning) → $359 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Multiple Endings + Runner: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 19
Bottom 30% $179 (exactly $179)
Median $299 (exactly $299)
Top 25% $2.3k (exactly $2,336)
Top 5% $108k (exactly $108,415)
Developers, 2 yr 19
Released games 72
Announced 28
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $4.99

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 260% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Runner
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Multiple Endings, Runner; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, 2D Platformer
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Dark, 3D, Atmospheric
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 85% positive over 758 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $300, 1 in 4 over $2.3k, 1 in 20 over $100k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Multiple Endings with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + FMVStrong odds128 devs · median $65k · 93 announced
  2. + WuxiaFair11 devs · median $230k · 18 announced
  3. + Level EditorFair17 devs · median $8.1k · 23 announced
  4. + Job SimulatorFair32 devs · median $5.8k · 42 announced
  5. + SuperheroFair15 devs · median $4.5k · 22 announced
  6. + 4 Player LocalFair10 devs · median $3.6k · 10 announced
  7. + Escape RoomFair37 devs · median $2.2k · 32 announced
  8. + GamblingFair30 devs · median $1.8k · 42 announced
  9. + TriviaFair14 devs · median $1.7k · 15 announced
  10. + Score AttackFair40 devs · median $599 · 49 announced
  11. + ArcadeFair176 devs · median $598 · 180 announced
  12. + Arena ShooterFair18 devs · median $597 · 16 announced

All 214 pairs on the Multiple Endings page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Super Dark Deception 2024 · $356k GuGu Pizza : Delivering Pizza to the Space Station? Boss, this is just not right! 2025 · $108k Decimate Drive 2024 · $77k JumpJet Rex 2015 · $74k Single By Choice 2024 · $55k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Super Dark Deception older $17.99 660 65% 20k $356k (exactly $356,202) Glowstick Entertainment
GuGu Pizza : Delivering Pizza to the Space Station? Boss, this is just not right! $6.99 517 87% 16k $108k (exactly $108,415) AnomalyGuys
Decimate Drive older $7.99 321 91% 9.6k $77k (exactly $76,944) Some Random Designing
JumpJet Rex older $9.99 248 91% 7.4k $74k (exactly $74,326) TreeFortress Games
Single By Choice older $7.99 231 90% 6.9k $55k (exactly $55,371) AIROTS, 非魚創意
Dark Succubus $6.99 171 77% 5.1k $36k (exactly $35,859) ZC Game
SUPER Dungeon Muncher older $3.99 52 61% 1.6k $6.2k (exactly $6,224) n_nexy
Alice | 愛莉澄 older $4.99 36 72% 1.1k $5.4k (exactly $5,389) 838s Maniacs
PURPLEARC $11.99 11 100% 330 $4.0k (exactly $3,957) akarmyu
ITRP _ Aero Star older $1.99 61 96% 1.8k $3.6k (exactly $3,642) Unhexigon
Meowmories $5.99 15 60% 450 $2.7k (exactly $2,696) Team Memolink
Condemned to Clean $5.99 13 76% 390 $2.3k (exactly $2,336) KOMA
Sales, Science & Spirits $5.99 12 100% 360 $2.2k (exactly $2,156) Ufo Pizza Productions, Zero Point Games
Carpe Dino: Seize the Date $4.99 11 100% 330 $1.6k (exactly $1,647) Black Squirrels Studio Inc.
FORGIVE FOR EVER $5.99 3 66% 90 $539 (exactly $539) GENS-HEART STUDIO
福报镖局 $3.99 3 100% 90 $359 (exactly $359) Flappy Cow Studio
Fragile Packages: Handle with Care $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) Jon Warner Studios

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.