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Should I ship a Nature Quick-Time Events game?
Quick-Time Events + Nature
Of 26 developers who shipped a Nature Quick-Time Events 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.. 33 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $270 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 13 developers shipped in the last year and 33 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 25% | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) |
| Top 5% | $156k (exactly $155,620) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 26 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 140% on the market, supply as many developers as 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.
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Nature
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Quick-Time Events; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Creature Collector, Simulation, Collectathon
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $4.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $4.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 3,798 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Quick-Time Events with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + Shoot 'Em UpFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + FlightFair
- + AliensFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + DemonsLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
Comparable games
Cornerpond 2025 · $230k 
Bugtopia 2025 · $156k 
Whitewater VR: Extreme Kayaking Adventure 2024 · $49k 
Frog Jump 2025 · $24k 
Mothkeep 2026 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cornerpond | $2.99 | 2,567 97% | 77k | $230k (exactly $230,260) | foolsroom | |
| | Bugtopia | $5.99 | 866 92% | 26k | $156k (exactly $155,620) | Nocturnal Games | |
| | Whitewater VR: Extreme Kayaking Adventure | older | $19.99 | 82 81% | 2.5k | $49k (exactly $49,175) | Adam Horvath |
| | Frog Jump | $4.99 | 158 86% | 4.7k | $24k (exactly $23,653) | SlugShot Games | |
| | Mothkeep | $4.99 | 83 96% | 2.5k | $12k (exactly $12,425) | Ivette Schmidt | |
 | Pocket Gecko | $3.99 | 49 97% | 1.5k | $5.9k (exactly $5,865) | riyotsa | |
 | Fish 'n Ships | $4.99 | 36 97% | 1.1k | $5.4k (exactly $5,389) | Squid Snooze Studio | |
 | Dynamic Shooting VR | older | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Polyfun Games |
 | Inflafrog: Collector's Edition | $4.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | Nice Cream | |
 | Xtreme Aces Racing | older | $14.99 | 6 16% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | Under Control Games |
 | Surfing Legends | $8.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | TALOF Games | |
 | King Quest | $15.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $959 (exactly $959) | slc studios | |
 | Save The Village - Tower Defense | $5.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Zupti |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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