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Should I ship a Time Management Party Game?

Party Game + Time Management

Of 39 developers who shipped a Time Management 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.. 131 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $180, ×0.4 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 131 games are announced against 38 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.

Deciding numbers: median 0.4 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 131 announced, ×3.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Party Game + Time Management
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 39
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.3k → $1.8k (still earning) → $90 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Party Game + Time Management: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 39
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $179 (exactly $179)
Top 25% $10k (exactly $10,072)
Top 5% $533k (exactly $532,534)
Developers, 2 yr 39
Released games 49
Announced 131
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $7.99

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 3700% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Time Management
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Party Game, Time Management; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Online Co-Op, Action, Co-op
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
Art
7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, 3D, Family Friendly
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 91% positive over 4,582 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $180, 1 in 4 over $10k, 1 in 20 over $530k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 131 games are announced against 38 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

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Walk of Life $19.99 888 94% 27k $533k (exactly $532,534) Porcelain Fortress
Airport Security Sucks! $7.99 458 85% 14k $110k (exactly $109,783) JakeHub, Metater
The Matriarch older $4.99 724 75% 22k $108k (exactly $108,383) Chewa
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.