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Should I ship a Werewolf PvP game?
PvP + Werewolves
Only 6 developers shipped a paid Werewolf PvP 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, Terrordrome - Reign of the Legends, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 21 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 8 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.6k against a market of $1.5k. 21 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $12,225) |
| Top 5% | $101k (exactly $100,750) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 47%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- PvP
- effort 8 / 10 · low · authoritative servers, latency compensation, cheating
- Werewolves
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- PvP
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 4,142 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Disciples: Liberation 2021 · $3.2M 
Eville 2022 · $195k 
Terrordrome - Reign of the Legends 2024 · $101k 
Holy Purge : Exorcist 2022 · $50k 
Lycans 2023 · $46k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Disciples: Liberation | older | $39.99 | 2,706 73% | 81k | $3.2M (exactly $3,246,388) | Frima Studio |
| | Eville | older | $14.99 | 433 68% | 13k | $195k (exactly $194,720) | VestGames |
| | Terrordrome - Reign of the Legends | $19.99 | 168 72% | 5.0k | $101k (exactly $100,750) | Huracan Studio | |
| | Holy Purge : Exorcist | older | $9.99 | 168 69% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $50,350) | Celeritas Games |
| | Lycans | older | $4.99 | 309 91% | 9.3k | $46k (exactly $46,257) | Onu Games |
 | The Dark World | · EA older | $19.99 | 33 54% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | Digital Gods |
 | Trust No Bunny | older | $5.99 | 109 93% | 3.3k | $20k (exactly $19,587) | Friendly Pixel, Inc. |
 | Horror Legends | older | $4.99 | 113 88% | 3.4k | $17k (exactly $16,916) | October Games |
 | Cursed Deal | $7.99 | 51 98% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $12,225) | Massive Crystal Studios | |
 | Jack & Detectives - A Silent Social Detection Game - | older | $4.99 | 52 75% | 1.6k | $7.8k (exactly $7,784) | Curiouspark |
 | Lone Wolf | $19.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Play-Em | |
 | 666 Malevolence Lane | $6.66 | 1 100% | 30 | $200 (exactly $200) | Bearly_A_Studio | |
 | Silent Howl | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Yorbi | |
 | Silver | · EA | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bezier Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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