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Should I ship a Superhero Puzzle game?
Puzzle + Superhero
Only 11 developers shipped a Superhero Puzzle 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, Hidden Cats in Tokyo, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $540 against a market of $1.5k. 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,367) |
| Top 5% | $31k (exactly $30,908) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 55 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Puzzle
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 90% positive over 300 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Medical SimFair
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + VampiresFair
- + CatsFair
- + DemonsFair
- + God GameFair
- + RomanceFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + LemmingsFair
Comparable games
Batman™: Arkham Knight 2015 · $67M 
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition 2010 · $37M 
LEGO® Marvel™ Super Heroes 2013 · $14M 
LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame 2008 · $7.7M 
LEGO® Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham 2014 · $4.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Batman™: Arkham Knight | older | $19.99 | 111,190 92% | 3.3M | $67M (exactly $66,680,643) | Rocksteady Studios |
| | Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition | older | $19.99 | 62,057 96% | 1.9M | $37M (exactly $37,215,583) | Rocksteady Studios |
| | LEGO® Marvel™ Super Heroes | older | $19.99 | 22,663 95% | 680k | $14M (exactly $13,591,001) | Traveller's Tales |
| | LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame | older | $19.99 | 12,850 89% | 386k | $7.7M (exactly $7,706,145) | Traveller's Tales |
| | LEGO® Batman™ 3: Beyond Gotham | older | $19.99 | 7,521 88% | 226k | $4.5M (exactly $4,510,344) | TT Games Ltd |
 | LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes | older | $19.99 | 7,473 94% | 224k | $4.5M (exactly $4,481,558) | TT Games |
 | LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes 2 | older | $19.99 | 7,452 86% | 224k | $4.5M (exactly $4,468,964) | TT Games, Feral Interactive (Mac) |
 | LEGO® MARVEL's Avengers | older | $19.99 | 5,993 88% | 180k | $3.6M (exactly $3,594,002) | Traveller's Tales, TT Games, Feral Inte… (Traveller's Tales, TT Games, Feral Interactive (Mac)) |
 | Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure | older | $19.99 | 1,941 80% | 58k | $1.2M (exactly $1,164,018) | 5th Cell Media |
 | Funko Fusion | older | $34.99 | 679 63% | 20k | $713k (exactly $712,746) | 1010 Games |
 | Hidden Cats in Tokyo | $5.99 | 172 92% | 5.2k | $31k (exactly $30,908) | Nukearts Studio | |
 | Magical Nut Ikuno | $14.99 | 42 83% | 1.3k | $19k (exactly $18,887) | qureate, Orgesta Inc. | |
 | Super Farming Boy | · EA | $12.99 | 42 85% | 1.3k | $16k (exactly $16,367) | LemonChili Soft |
 | Rabbiman Adventures | $14.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $9.4k (exactly $9,444) | ISRACHEM LTD | |
 | Bullet: Surge | $15.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | Cerbere Games | |
 | Spooky Monkey | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Xander Clinthorne | |
 | Specter: The Battle of the Mind | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | AlguemBonitinho | |
 | The Supernatural Power Troll | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jack Le Hamster | |
 | 破环者 LoopBreaker | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 白哥制作 | |
 | AIZASIA | $19.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | LLC Onisino |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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