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Should I ship a Supernatural Time Manipulation game?
Time Manipulation + Supernatural
Only 16 developers shipped a Supernatural Time Manipulation 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, The Drifter, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $2.8M, ×5978 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 17 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $358 (exactly $358) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $6.5k (exactly $6,473) |
| Top 5% | $2.8M (exactly $2,839,580) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 20% fewer 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.
- Time Manipulation
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Supernatural
- 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
- Time Manipulation
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 5,451 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Time Manipulation with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + DemonsFair
- + CapitalismFair
- + ModernFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + RacingFair
- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + Choose Your Own AdventurePoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + DetectivePoor odds
- + NoirPoor odds
Comparable games
The Drifter 2025 · $2.8M 
The Posthumous Investigation 2026 · $332k 
The Demons Told Me to Make This Game 2025 · EA · $39k 
Four Lights : The 1st World [Iruka Route] 2023 · $6.9k 
Mysteries of Perception 2025 · $6.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Drifter | $19.99 | 4,735 97% | 142k | $2.8M (exactly $2,839,580) | Powerhoof, Dave Lloyd | |
| | The Posthumous Investigation | $19.99 | 554 94% | 17k | $332k (exactly $332,234) | Mother Gaia Studio | |
| | The Demons Told Me to Make This Game | · EA | $12.99 | 100 98% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $38,970) | Haunted Dude |
| | Four Lights : The 1st World [Iruka Route] | older | $9.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Tiamant Co., Ltd. |
| | Mysteries of Perception | $8.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $6.5k (exactly $6,473) | 50 Rats Games | |
 | Lexicon | · EA older | $9.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Illum Softworks LLC |
 | Detective Malinowski The Truth Will Be Revealed | $9.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Game The Same | |
 | Rosemary's Fate Life Worth Living | older | $9.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Game The Same, The Midworld |
 | Always The Same Nightmare | older | $11.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | DreamVeloper Studio |
 | ANARIA: Reborn | $6.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | VOIDEMBER | |
 | Temporal Gunslinger | $2.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Ledan's Gift | |
 | Blue Hill Wendigo | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Merchant Of Stories | |
 | Backrooms: The Yellow Dream | $2.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Crow Games | |
 | The Great Ebony Clock | $5.00 | 3 100% | 90 | $450 (exactly $450) | Pixel Chicken Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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