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Should I ship a Science Trivia game?
Trivia + Science
Only 13 developers shipped a Science Trivia 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, Not Sure About That, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 5 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $11,377) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 95% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Trivia; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Logic, Incremental, Puzzle
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $4.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Family Friendly, Funny, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $4.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 385 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Trivia with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + DetectiveFair
- + MysteryFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + InvestigationLong shot
- + Artificial IntelligenceLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + 4 Player LocalPoor odds
- + Choose Your Own AdventurePoor odds
Comparable games
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2020 · $364k 
Brain Show: Party Game 2023 · $105k 
The Birth of an Artificial Intelligence 2021 · $57k 
Trivia Vault: Science & History Trivia 2 2017 · $37k 
Trivia Vault: Science & History Trivia 2017 · $36k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire | older | $29.99 | 405 52% | 12k | $364k (exactly $364,378) | Appeal Studios, Balio Studio |
| | Brain Show: Party Game | older | $14.99 | 234 73% | 7.0k | $105k (exactly $105,230) | Simplicity Games |
| | The Birth of an Artificial Intelligence | older | $34.99 | 54 77% | 1.6k | $57k (exactly $56,684) | 基本操作PlayClass |
| | Trivia Vault: Science & History Trivia 2 | older | $13.99 | 88 61% | 2.6k | $37k (exactly $36,934) | Ripknot Systems |
| | Trivia Vault: Science & History Trivia | older | $13.99 | 85 63% | 2.6k | $36k (exactly $35,674) | Ripknot Systems |
 | 3D Math - Ultra | older | $4.99 | 218 92% | 6.5k | $33k (exactly $32,635) | Big Mind Games 9000 |
 | Not Sure About That | $4.99 | 76 98% | 2.3k | $11k (exactly $11,377) | Scratch | |
 | MEMOLOGY: ITALIAN BRAINROT | $0.99 | 148 91% | 4.4k | $4.4k (exactly $4,396) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm | |
 | MEME EXAM 2025 | $0.99 | 130 90% | 3.9k | $3.9k (exactly $3,861) | Piece Of Voxel, Gamesforfarm | |
 | I Know Everything | older | $3.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | NLB project |
 | Guess the Flag! | $3.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Source Byte | |
 | The Litter: Trigo | $5.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | furiouspixel_studio | |
 | Liber 777 Without Tears | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Apes of Thoth | |
 | GeoFlag | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Ogo Studio | |
 | Cite | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Kovach | |
 | Escape From Lab | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | P.E.G | |
 | 24 Grab Points | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Meta Entropy Culture |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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