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Should I ship a Superhero Multiple Endings game?
Multiple Endings + Superhero
Only 15 developers shipped a Superhero 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, Villain's Legacy, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.5k, ×3.0 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 22 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.5k (exactly $4,492) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $18,591) |
| Top 5% | $88k (exactly $88,112) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 20% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Superhero
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Multiple Endings
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 820 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series 2017 · $4.0M 
Villain's Legacy 2024 · $88k 
MARVEL MaXimum Collection 2026 · $83k 
Mister Versatile: A Gay Superhero Visual Novel 2020 · $74k 
Origin Story - Season 1 2026 · $67k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series | older | $14.99 | 8,877 92% | 266k | $4.0M (exactly $3,991,987) | Telltale |
| | Villain's Legacy | $9.99 | 294 82% | 8.8k | $88k (exactly $88,112) | Mad scientist lab | |
| | MARVEL MaXimum Collection | $24.99 | 111 76% | 3.3k | $83k (exactly $83,217) | Limited Run Games | |
| | Mister Versatile: A Gay Superhero Visual Novel | older | $19.99 | 123 89% | 3.7k | $74k (exactly $73,763) | Y Press Games, Studio Kosen |
| | Origin Story - Season 1 | $12.99 | 173 93% | 5.2k | $67k (exactly $67,418) | JDOR | |
 | Pixel Puzzle Makeout League | older | $14.99 | 66 90% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $29,680) | Rude Ghost |
 | Flying High | older | $14.99 | 42 66% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | Affect3D |
 | The Phantom | $19.99 | 31 61% | 930 | $19k (exactly $18,591) | Art Of Play Interactive | |
 | The Magical girl Childhood friend lives Next Door | $9.99 | 39 82% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | Waving.Inc | |
 | Criminally Yours | $4.99 | 75 92% | 2.3k | $11k (exactly $11,228) | Meant to Bee Studios | |
 | Man of Steal (Nymphs) | $14.99 | 20 50% | 600 | $9.0k (exactly $8,994) | Nymphs | |
 | Heroes of Tomorrow: Hidden Potential | $7.99 | 32 75% | 960 | $7.7k (exactly $7,670) | Choice of Games | |
 | Villain's Legacy 2 | · EA | $9.99 | 20 50% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Mad scientist lab |
 | The Last Scion | $5.99 | 25 84% | 750 | $4.5k (exactly $4,492) | Choice of Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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