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Should I ship a Mythological Quick-Time Events game?
Quick-Time Events + Mythology
Only 13 developers shipped a Mythological Quick-Time Events 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, Twelves:Shadow, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $60 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $60 (exactly $60) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) |
| Top 5% | $60k (exactly $60,014) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Quick-Time Events; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Choices Matter, Choose Your Own Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Nonlinear, Colorful, Hand-drawn
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 8 games average 70% positive over 413 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Quick-Time Events with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Shoot 'Em UpFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + FlightFair
- + AliensFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + DemonsLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
Comparable games
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope 2020 · $4.3M 
Twelves:Shadow 2025 · $60k 
99 Spirits 2013 · $28k 
Ragnar 2026 · $27k 
Legends of Savvarah: Children of the Sun 2025 · $18k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope | older | $19.99 | 7,202 74% | 216k | $4.3M (exactly $4,319,039) | Supermassive Games |
| | Twelves:Shadow | $12.99 | 154 35% | 4.6k | $60k (exactly $60,014) | JuLu Studio | |
| | 99 Spirits | older | $9.99 | 94 73% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $28,172) | TORaIKI |
| | Ragnar | $14.99 | 61 83% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $27,432) | Fimbulwinter Games | |
| | Legends of Savvarah: Children of the Sun | $7.99 | 75 92% | 2.3k | $18k (exactly $17,978) | ST Sinovar | |
 | Legends of Savvarah: Flowers and Scorpions | $5.99 | 94 95% | 2.8k | $17k (exactly $16,892) | ST Sinovar | |
 | Tsukumogami | older | $29.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $14k (exactly $14,395) | TORaIKI |
 | Super Miaoyin | $8.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | Hou Xiaohou | |
 | YOKAIWARE | older | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | RazorFinger |
 | Samurai beat demons | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | sDev Games | |
 | Fumpers: Dual Realms | $1.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $597 (exactly $597) | Fırat Kurt, KurtSoft | |
 | 画剑Draw Sword | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | 多米猪工作室 | |
 | Suffering with Tang Sanzang | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Threeyes | |
 | Duolty | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Zorio Duolty |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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