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Should I ship a Snow Multiple Endings game?
Multiple Endings + Snow
Only 14 developers shipped a Snow Multiple Endings 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, Snow Ash, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $80k, ×169 the market median. Revenue is up 2410% on the market; 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,496) |
| Top 5% | $80k (exactly $80,496) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 24 |
| 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 up 2410% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Snow
- 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
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 504 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Multiple Endings with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + WuxiaFair
- + Level EditorFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + SuperheroFair
- + 4 Player LocalFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + GamblingFair
- + TriviaFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
Comparable games
| Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | PANELKI | older | $7.99 | 2,404 86% | 72k | $576k (exactly $576,239) | Alexander Gromyko |
| | Snow Ash | $14.99 | 179 73% | 5.4k | $80k (exactly $80,496) | Ember Studio | |
| | Yukikoi Melt | older | $29.99 | 84 92% | 2.5k | $76k (exactly $75,575) | Frontwing |
| | Twofold | older | $19.99 | 106 97% | 3.2k | $64k (exactly $63,568) | Salty Salty Studios, Studio Coattails |
| | Snowed Under | 雪葬 | $7.99 | 194 60% | 5.8k | $47k (exactly $46,502) | Chilla's Art | |
| | First Snow | older | $9.99 | 125 90% | 3.8k | $37k (exactly $37,462) | Studio Ly |
| | Everybody Wham Wham | older | $7.99 | 140 97% | 4.2k | $34k (exactly $33,558) | Bonte Avond |
| | Firebird | older | $11.99 | 68 100% | 2.0k | $24k (exactly $24,460) | Ludogram, FibreTigre, Quentin Vijoux |
| | Darkway: Murder of King Mere | $7.99 | 78 97% | 2.3k | $19k (exactly $18,697) | IM/MORTAL Studios, Pierce Papke / Ekpap | |
| | Nova Antarctica | $24.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $10k (exactly $10,496) | RexLabo, PARCO GAMES | |
| | Vladimere's Lhore | $17.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $7.0k (exactly $7,016) | Vladimere Lhore | |
| | Snowscape | $4.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Cosnow, Yim Sang Woo, parser, MEADOWS95 | |
| | Winter Hubris | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Melty Clown Studio | |
| | さくらいろテトラプリズム | $24.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $750 (exactly $750) | blooming spectrum | |
| | Frostveil: The Last Winter | $3.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Alabarda Gaming | |
| | Hentai Senpai: Thiccmas Cumsluts | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Kink Master Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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