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Should I ship a Psychological Party Game?
Party Game + Psychological
Of 23 developers who shipped a Psychological Party 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.. 47 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $160k, ×339 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 47 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) |
| Top 5% | $161k (exactly $161,078) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 47 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 950% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Party Game
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Psychological
- 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
- Party Game; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Online Co-Op, Co-op, Survival
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, Colorful, Comedy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 6,414 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 47 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Party Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Board GameFair
- + RhythmFair
- + DeckbuildingFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + MinigamesPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + Vehicular CombatPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
- + DrivingPoor odds
- + SurvivalPoor odds
- + HorrorPoor odds
Comparable games
Among Us 2018 · $99M 
Feign 2025 · $789k 
Among Us 3D: VR 2022 · $734k 
Project Planet - Earth vs Humanity 2023 · $271k 
WE ARE SO DEAD 2026 · EA · $161k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Among Us | older | $4.99 | 659,003 92% | 20M | $99M (exactly $98,652,749) | Innersloth |
| | Feign | $4.99 | 5,270 91% | 158k | $789k (exactly $788,919) | Teneke Kafalar | |
| | Among Us 3D: VR | older | $9.99 | 2,449 75% | 73k | $734k (exactly $733,965) | Schell Games, Innersloth, Robot Teddy |
| | Project Planet - Earth vs Humanity | older | $24.99 | 361 78% | 11k | $271k (exactly $270,642) | Fifth Harbour Studios |
| | WE ARE SO DEAD | · EA | $7.99 | 672 73% | 20k | $161k (exactly $161,078) | REAL PLAYERS |
 | WISE GUYS | · EA | $8.99 | 194 90% | 5.8k | $52k (exactly $52,322) | StonieDude |
 | FINAL SPIN | older | $4.99 | 195 91% | 5.9k | $29k (exactly $29,192) | bati, loardjosef |
 | Villainy | $7.99 | 88 94% | 2.6k | $21k (exactly $21,094) | Studio Rend | |
 | Hodgepodge Hunch | older | $4.99 | 140 93% | 4.2k | $21k (exactly $20,958) | uracon |
 | Wild Honesty: A party game for deeper conversations | older | $19.99 | 24 79% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | That's Not A Game LLC |
 | OCTOPinbs | $9.99 | 45 68% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | tri-Ace, Lasengle Inc. | |
 | SCREAM NOTE | $7.99 | 35 2% | 1.1k | $8.4k (exactly $8,390) | REAL PLAYERS | |
 | diffiCULT | · EA | $4.99 | 52 94% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | Ouz Games |
 | Backrooms: No Escape | · EA | $6.99 | 27 44% | 810 | $5.7k (exactly $5,662) | GameLabyrinth |
 | Ritual Night | · EA | $4.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Outfox Games |
 | GoodGod | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Malte Lehmann |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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