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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Trivia Time Management game?

Time Management + Trivia

Only 7 developers shipped a Trivia Time Management 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, EYES ON THE EXAM, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $90 against a market of $480. 11 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.2 times the market baseline, revenue up 1780% on the market, 11 announced, ×2.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Time Management + Trivia
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 7

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Time Management + Trivia: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 7
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $90 (exactly $90)
Top 25% $3.2k (exactly $3,236)
Top 5% $10k (exactly $10,030)
Developers, 2 yr 7
Released games 50
Announced 11
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 up 1780% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Time Management
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Trivia
effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Time Management, Trivia
Price point
$3.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

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 $13.99 or above; the middle game at $13.99.

The top 10 games average 68% positive over 807 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $60, median $90, 1 in 4 over $3.2k, 1 in 20 over $10k.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Time Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Dungeon CrawlerFair35 devs · median $7.0k · 44 announced
  2. + ProgrammingFair15 devs · median $7.0k · 26 announced
  3. + Inventory ManagementFair181 devs · median $2.9k · 228 announced
  4. + AgricultureFair57 devs · median $2.3k · 73 announced
  5. + Time TravelFair17 devs · median $2.2k · 19 announced
  6. + ZombiesFair27 devs · median $2.1k · 29 announced
  7. + LootFair34 devs · median $1.5k · 47 announced
  8. + Turn-Based TacticsFair65 devs · median $1.4k · 69 announced
  9. + AutomationFair162 devs · median $1.2k · 191 announced
  10. + Bullet HellFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 15 announced
  11. + ThrillerFair42 devs · median $1.1k · 65 announced
  12. + Artificial IntelligenceFair53 devs · median $1.0k · 65 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Trivia Vault: 1980's Trivia 2 2017 · $41k Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 3 2017 · $35k Trivia Vault: Food Trivia 2018 · $35k Trivia Vault: Video Game Trivia Deluxe 2017 · $35k Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 4 2017 · $34k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Trivia Vault: 1980's Trivia 2 older $13.99 98 61% 2.9k $41k (exactly $41,131) Ripknot Systems
Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 3 older $13.99 84 66% 2.5k $35k (exactly $35,255) Ripknot Systems
Trivia Vault: Food Trivia older $13.99 84 65% 2.5k $35k (exactly $35,255) Ripknot Systems
Trivia Vault: Video Game Trivia Deluxe older $14.99 78 62% 2.3k $35k (exactly $35,077) Ripknot Systems
Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 4 older $13.99 80 68% 2.4k $34k (exactly $33,576) Ripknot Systems
Trivia Vault: Auto Racing Trivia older $13.99 79 78% 2.4k $33k (exactly $33,156) Ripknot Systems
Trivia Vault: Celebrity Trivia older $13.99 78 73% 2.3k $33k (exactly $32,737) Ripknot Systems
Trivia Vault: Business Trivia older $13.99 76 69% 2.3k $32k (exactly $31,897) Ripknot Systems
Trivia Vault Baseball Trivia older $13.99 75 69% 2.3k $31k (exactly $31,478) Ripknot Systems
Trivia Vault: Soccer Trivia older $13.99 75 66% 2.3k $31k (exactly $31,478) Ripknot Systems
EYES ON THE EXAM $4.99 67 91% 2.0k $10k (exactly $10,030) Carlos 'Monty' Montamarta
Trailmarks $8.99 12 91% 360 $3.2k (exactly $3,236) Trailmarks HQ
PENCILS DOWN™ $6.99 3 100% 90 $629 (exactly $629) Hayden-Fisher Technologies, Inc.
Defying Fate: 60 Days to the Exam $2.99 1 0% 30 $90 (exactly $90) Touchas99
Sealand Survivor $1.99 1 0% 30 $60 (exactly $60) Neon Forge Games
Speed Brain - Blind Quiz IA $3.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Wislez Geoffrey
Sketch Royale - Draw Something $2.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Tinny Studios

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.