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Should I ship a Trivia Puzzle game?
Puzzle + Trivia
Of 84 developers who shipped a Trivia Puzzle 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.. 54 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 58 developers shipped in the last year and 54 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $75 (exactly $75) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
| Top 5% | $33k (exactly $32,967) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 84 |
| Released games | 255 |
| Announced | 54 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 30% on the market, supply 105% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Puzzle, Trivia; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, 2D, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 37% positive over 23,878 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $75. 8 in 10 of the 36 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 54 games are announced against 58 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Medical SimFair
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + VampiresFair
- + CatsFair
- + DemonsFair
- + God GameFair
- + RomanceFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + LemmingsFair
Comparable games
BidKing 2026 · $2.0M 
The Jackbox Party Pack 10 2023 · $450k 
Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum 2025 · $214k 
MEMOLOGY: GOYDA 2024 · $110k 
Brain Show: Party Game 2023 · $105k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BidKing | $2.99 | 22,238 33% | 667k | $2.0M (exactly $1,994,749) | MindSurge Network & Games | |
| | The Jackbox Party Pack 10 | older | $29.99 | 500 65% | 15k | $450k (exactly $449,850) | Jackbox Games, Inc. |
| | Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum | $19.99 | 357 98% | 11k | $214k (exactly $214,093) | Jupiter Corporation | |
| | MEMOLOGY: GOYDA | older | $1.99 | 1,847 94% | 55k | $110k (exactly $110,266) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm |
| | Brain Show: Party Game | older | $14.99 | 234 73% | 7.0k | $105k (exactly $105,230) | Simplicity Games |
 | Trivia Tricks | $14.99 | 220 93% | 6.6k | $99k (exactly $98,934) | 3-Tricks | |
 | Prose & Codes | older | $9.99 | 318 99% | 9.5k | $95k (exactly $95,305) | Hero Game Co LLC |
 | 你已经猜到结局了吗 | older | $7.99 | 388 92% | 12k | $93k (exactly $93,004) | 橘音 |
 | The Birth of an Artificial Intelligence | older | $34.99 | 54 77% | 1.6k | $57k (exactly $56,684) | 基本操作PlayClass |
 | Party Quiz | $11.99 | 147 80% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,876) | White Ink | |
 | 探岛海龟汤 | $9.99 | 110 71% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $32,967) | 探岛工作室 | |
 | KUUKIYOMI: Consider It World - Thailand Ver. | $9.99 | 107 98% | 3.2k | $32k (exactly $32,068) | Urnique Studio | |
 | The Angel's Devil Tail - One More Question 2 | $9.99 | 70 91% | 2.1k | $21k (exactly $20,979) | 橘音 | |
 | DGGWare | $8.99 | 66 93% | 2.0k | $18k (exactly $17,800) | Silkworm | |
 | MEMOLOGY 2: OLD TIMES | $0.99 | 527 95% | 16k | $16k (exactly $15,652) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm | |
 | MAELSTROM LEGACY: The Tesla Mystery | $10.99 | 36 69% | 1.1k | $12k (exactly $11,869) | Wistfulware |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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