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Score Attack + Trivia
Only 17 developers shipped a Trivia Score Attack 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, DGGWare, 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: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 12 developers shipped in the last year and 12 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $240 (exactly $240) |
| Top 25% | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $17,800) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 140% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Score Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Trivia
- effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Score Attack, Trivia; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Incremental
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Comedy, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 670 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Trivia Vault: Video Game Trivia Deluxe 2017 · $35k 
DGGWare 2024 · $18k 
MEMOLOGY 2: OLD TIMES 2025 · $16k 
Hologuard 2026 · $12k 
Drawy 2021 · $6.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Trivia Vault: Video Game Trivia Deluxe | older | $14.99 | 78 62% | 2.3k | $35k (exactly $35,077) | Ripknot Systems |
| | 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 | |
| | Hologuard | $7.99 | 48 95% | 1.4k | $12k (exactly $11,506) | illuCalab | |
| | Drawy | older | $4.99 | 44 86% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | CAN TASPINAR |
 | Equestrian Training | older | $14.99 | 9 22% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Smart Tale Games |
 | Trivia Throwdown | older | $4.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Eclectic City Games |
 | I Know Everything | older | $3.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | NLB project |
 | Meme Quiz | older | $2.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $2.2k (exactly $2,153) | KaiserGames |
 | panomap | older | $4.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Alcedo Games |
 | In & Out | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | KASTEN | |
 | 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 | |
 | МЕМАСИКИ ПО КЛАССИКЕ | $0.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $386 (exactly $386) | Reanim Games | |
 | Cite | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Kovach | |
 | Question Roulette | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Mysterious Alien | |
 | クイズ大臣 | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | GZOE Inc., Gyakuten Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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