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Should I ship a Supernatural Procedural Generation game?
Procedural Generation + Supernatural
Of 51 developers who shipped a Supernatural Procedural Generation 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.. 97 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $310k, ×656 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 97 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $838 (exactly $838) |
| Top 25% | $9.7k (exactly $9,730) |
| Top 5% | $312k (exactly $311,688) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 51 |
| Released games | 103 |
| Announced | 97 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Procedural Generation
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Procedural Generation; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, First-Person, Dark
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 8,140 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 97 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Procedural Generation with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SnowFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + DetectiveFair
- + Word GameFair
- + TypingFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + TrainsPoor odds
Comparable games
Pacify 2019 · $4.9M 
Labyrinthine 2023 · $4.1M 
Lunch Lady 2021 · $1.5M 
Phantom Abyss 2024 · $1.2M 
Dark Hours 2025 · $1.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pacify | older | $4.99 | 32,921 86% | 988k | $4.9M (exactly $4,928,274) | Shawn Hitchcock |
| | Labyrinthine | older | $9.99 | 13,779 84% | 413k | $4.1M (exactly $4,129,566) | Valko Game Studios |
| | Lunch Lady | older | $4.99 | 9,722 86% | 292k | $1.5M (exactly $1,455,383) | Manic Mice |
| | Phantom Abyss | older | $19.99 | 1,962 81% | 59k | $1.2M (exactly $1,176,611) | Team WIBY |
| | Dark Hours | $9.99 | 3,481 81% | 104k | $1.0M (exactly $1,043,256) | Piece of Cake studios | |
 | DEAD LETTER DEPT. | $14.99 | 1,777 95% | 53k | $799k (exactly $799,117) | Mike Monroe, Belief Engine | |
 | Sword of the Stars: The Pit | older | $9.99 | 1,132 83% | 34k | $339k (exactly $339,260) | Kerberos Productions |
 | Mama's Sleeping Angels | $9.99 | 1,040 93% | 31k | $312k (exactly $311,688) | itamu | |
 | RIFTSTORM | · EA | $14.99 | 659 70% | 20k | $296k (exactly $296,352) | Confiction Labs, Agate |
 | Remnant Records | older | $15.99 | 419 79% | 13k | $201k (exactly $200,994) | Noctiluca Studio |
 | THYSIASTERY | $17.49 | 309 80% | 9.3k | $162k (exactly $162,132) | DIRGA | |
 | the cabin game | · EA | $11.99 | 362 86% | 11k | $130k (exactly $130,211) | Twisted Corridor👻 |
 | THE SPIRIT LIFT | $19.99 | 118 94% | 3.5k | $71k (exactly $70,765) | prettysmart games | |
 | Second Sun | $19.99 | 115 69% | 3.5k | $69k (exactly $68,966) | Grey Wolf Entertainment | |
 | Pizza Deathlivery | $5.99 | 161 72% | 4.8k | $29k (exactly $28,932) | Kusa Games | |
 | Horny Haunts | $4.99 | 118 56% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,665) | Naelstrof, Raliv, BigCozyOrca, Eugene |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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