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Should I ship a Werewolf Puzzle game?
Puzzle + Werewolves
Only 9 developers shipped a Werewolf 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, Wolf Mate, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
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 $90. Revenue is down 65% on the market, with 12 games announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,254) |
| Top 5% | $129k (exactly $128,546) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Puzzle
- effort 2 / 10 · high · discrete rules, levels are data
- Werewolves
- 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
- Puzzle
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,453 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Wolf Mate 2025 · $129k 
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight® Mystery 2016 · $45k 
Fear the Moon 2024 · $28k 
Howl 2023 · $23k 
MacGuffin's Curse 2012 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wolf Mate | $6.99 | 613 93% | 18k | $129k (exactly $128,546) | eTIRUe | |
| | The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight® Mystery | older | $5.99 | 252 92% | 7.6k | $45k (exactly $45,284) | Sierra On-Line |
| | Fear the Moon | older | $6.99 | 132 94% | 4.0k | $28k (exactly $27,680) | Jonny's Games |
| | Howl | older | $9.99 | 77 96% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $23,077) | Mi'pu'mi Games GmbH |
| | MacGuffin's Curse | older | $9.99 | 52 92% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,584) | Brawsome |
 | Guise Of The Wolf | older | $2.99 | 119 36% | 3.6k | $11k (exactly $10,674) | FUN Creators |
 | SEARCH ALL - FOXES | older | $2.99 | 107 92% | 3.2k | $9.6k (exactly $9,598) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Finding the Soul Orb | older | $3.99 | 60 76% | 1.8k | $7.2k (exactly $7,182) | Tonguç Bodur |
 | Connected Hearts: The Full Moon Curse Collector's Edition | older | $7.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $6.2k (exactly $6,232) | Do Games Limited |
 | Ghosts from the House of Flesh | older | $9.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Swamp Scarecrow Games |
 | Hollow INN | $6.49 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.4k (exactly $1,363) | Nussygame | |
 | Who's beast | $1.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $1.3k (exactly $1,254) | Progrediens Studio | |
 | Lost Dreams | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Cat Dreams Ar | |
 | Monster Hookups | $2.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | W Allured | |
 | Silent Howl | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Yorbi | |
 | Part Of My Heart | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Dee Odd Games | |
 | Liar's Game | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 林某人游戏工作室 | |
 | Incredible Dracula: Bloodwood Secrets | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Game Mixer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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