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Should I ship a Transhumanist Multiple Endings game?
Multiple Endings + Transhumanism
Of 27 developers who shipped a Transhumanist 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.. 59 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.9k, ×4.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $32k, ×68 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 59 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
| Top 25% | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) |
| Top 5% | $32k (exactly $32,068) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 59 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Transhumanism
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Choices Matter, Simulation, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.95 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.95 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 1,197 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 59 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Multiple Endings with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Level EditorFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + SuperheroFair
- + 4 Player LocalFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + GamblingFair
- + TriviaFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
Comparable games
Nobody Wants to Die 2024 · $4.4M 
Paradise Lost 2021 · $661k 
Lightracer Spark 2023 · $378k 
Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum 2025 · $327k 
Cockwork Industries Complete 2019 · $259k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Nobody Wants to Die | older | $24.99 | 5,818 83% | 175k | $4.4M (exactly $4,361,755) | Critical Hit Games |
| | Paradise Lost | older | $14.99 | 1,469 67% | 44k | $661k (exactly $660,609) | PolyAmorous |
| | Lightracer Spark | older | $12.99 | 970 83% | 29k | $378k (exactly $378,009) | Smartmelon Games |
| | Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum | $12.99 | 839 98% | 25k | $327k (exactly $326,958) | nodayshalleraseyou | |
| | Cockwork Industries Complete | older | $9.99 | 864 76% | 26k | $259k (exactly $258,941) | Digital Seductions |
 | Ceiba | older | $6.99 | 255 94% | 7.7k | $53k (exactly $53,474) | Wirion, 7DOTS |
 | Vampire: The Masquerade — Sins of the Sires | older | $11.99 | 143 39% | 4.3k | $51k (exactly $51,437) | Choice of Games |
 | KUUKIYOMI: Consider It World - Thailand Ver. | $9.99 | 107 98% | 3.2k | $32k (exactly $32,068) | Urnique Studio | |
 | 春はあけぼの、我はバケモノ。 - Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster. | $9.99 | 75 64% | 2.3k | $22k (exactly $22,478) | CHARON, STUDIO CHARON | |
 | A Wake Inn | older | $19.99 | 36 58% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $21,589) | VR Bros |
 | Veins Like Tapeworms | $19.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $12k (exactly $11,994) | AwesomeTrinket | |
 | The Queen of Phalli | $9.99 | 39 87% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | Labor of Love | |
 | Holonoptic | $19.95 | 16 93% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,576) | Glazial | |
 | Project Looking Glass | $4.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | MORPH | |
 | Journey of Resurgence | · EA | $17.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $5.9k (exactly $5,937) | Stellar Realms Network |
 | Forehead Chip | $9.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Naturally Intelligent | |
 | Runway 66 | $6.99 | 25 88% | 750 | $5.2k (exactly $5,242) | NEBULA NOVA GAMES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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