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Should I ship a Mythological Puzzle game?
Puzzle + Mythology
Of 107 developers who shipped a Mythological Puzzle 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.. 215 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $170k, ×272 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 215 games are announced against 61 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $358 (exactly $358) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 25% | $9.6k (exactly $9,646) |
| Top 5% | $171k (exactly $170,932) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 107 |
| Released games | 363 |
| Announced | 215 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 down 65% on the market, supply 20% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Puzzle; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Atmospheric, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 15,277 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 67 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 215 games are announced against 61 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Medical SimFair
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + VampiresFair
- + CatsFair
- + DemonsFair
- + God GameFair
- + RomanceFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + LemmingsFair
Comparable games
Chants of Sennaar 2023 · $18M 
Strange Brigade 2018 · $12M 
Immortals Fenyx Rising 2022 · $5.4M 
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy 2026 · $5.3M 
Depersonalization 2024 · $3.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chants of Sennaar | older | $19.99 | 30,416 98% | 912k | $18M (exactly $18,240,475) | Rundisc |
| | Strange Brigade | older | $49.99 | 8,309 84% | 249k | $12M (exactly $12,461,007) | Rebellion |
| | Immortals Fenyx Rising | older | $39.99 | 4,522 73% | 136k | $5.4M (exactly $5,425,043) | Ubisoft |
| | Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy | $49.99 | 3,558 92% | 107k | $5.3M (exactly $5,335,933) | Asobo Studio | |
| | Depersonalization | older | $19.99 | 6,041 92% | 181k | $3.6M (exactly $3,622,788) | MeowNature |
 | The Rewinder | older | $14.99 | 6,843 95% | 205k | $3.1M (exactly $3,077,297) | MistyMountainStudio |
 | Threefold Recital | $14.99 | 5,117 98% | 154k | $2.3M (exactly $2,301,115) | Everscape Games | |
 | The Séance of Blake Manor | $19.99 | 3,683 95% | 110k | $2.2M (exactly $2,208,695) | Spooky Doorway | |
 | Röki | older | $19.99 | 2,452 89% | 74k | $1.5M (exactly $1,470,464) | Polygon Treehouse |
 | Isles of Sea and Sky | older | $19.99 | 1,538 91% | 46k | $922k (exactly $922,339) | Cicada Games |
 | One-Eyed Likho | $19.99 | 1,155 93% | 35k | $693k (exactly $692,654) | Morteshka | |
 | Mindlock - The Apartment | $14.99 | 629 95% | 19k | $283k (exactly $282,861) | Roof Cut Media | |
 | The End of the Sun | $24.99 | 228 97% | 6.8k | $171k (exactly $170,932) | The End of the Sun Forge | |
 | The Rewinder 2 | $15.99 | 353 60% | 11k | $169k (exactly $169,334) | MistyMountainStudio | |
 | The Girl from Arkanya | $19.99 | 153 92% | 4.6k | $92k (exactly $91,754) | Arkanya Games | |
 | Mosaic of The Pharaohs | $8.99 | 297 92% | 8.9k | $80k (exactly $80,101) | Mark Ffrench | |
 | Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island | $24.99 | 104 93% | 3.1k | $78k (exactly $77,969) | Polygon Treehouse |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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