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Choose Your Own Adventure
Of 1,992 developers who shipped a Choose Your Own Adventure game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3,288 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×18 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $300k, ×2583 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 3,288 games are announced against 1,176 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,099) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $16,192) |
| Top 5% | $307k (exactly $307,377) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 1,992 |
| Released games | 6,588 |
| Announced | 3,288 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- effort 2 / 10 · high · branching text with light state
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $18.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $18.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 482,616 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 1,288 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 3,288 games are announced against 1,176 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
All pairs with Choose Your Own Adventure
- Rhythm + Choose Your Own Adventure Strong odds $3.3k
- FMV + Choose Your Own Adventure Fair $54k
- Flight + Choose Your Own Adventure Fair $2.4k
- Sports + Choose Your Own Adventure Fair $2.4k
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Word Game Fair $1.4k
- Score Attack + Choose Your Own Adventure Fair $898
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Idler Fair $718
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Gambling Fair $494
- Local Multiplayer + Choose Your Own Adventure Fair $449
- 3D Fighter + Choose Your Own Adventure Long shot $1.0k
- Time Manipulation + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $13k
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Dating Sim Poor odds $10k
- Diplomacy + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $9.0k
- Economy + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $7.7k
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Otome Poor odds $6.5k
- Management + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $5.7k
- Auto Battler + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $5.3k
- JRPG + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $5.1k
- Class-Based + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $4.9k
- Colony Sim + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $4.8k
- RTS + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $4.8k
- Immersive Sim + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $4.0k
- Cooking + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $4.0k
- Quick-Time Events + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $4.0k
- Souls-like + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $4.0k
- RPG + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $3.9k
- Simulation + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $3.8k
- Life Sim + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $3.7k
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Visual Novel Poor odds $3.6k
- Base Building + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $3.3k
- Sandbox + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $3.2k
- Character Customization + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $3.1k
- Open World + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $3.1k
- Choices Matter + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $3.1k
- Multiple Endings + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $3.0k
- Party-Based RPG + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $3.0k
- Deckbuilding + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $2.9k
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Interactive Fiction Poor odds $2.4k
- Crafting + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $2.4k
- Destruction + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $2.4k
- Adventure + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $2.3k
- Turn-Based Combat + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $2.3k
- Card Game + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $2.2k
- Card Battler + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $2.2k
- Choose Your Own Adventure + Point & Click Poor odds $2.1k
- CRPG + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $2.1k
- Roguelike + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $2.0k
- Time Management + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $1.9k
- Automobile Sim + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $1.9k
- Building + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds $1.9k
Comparable games
DayZ 2018 · $582M 
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey 2018 · $310M 
Crimson Desert Enhanced 2026 · $242M 
Dispatch 2025 · $157M 
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2018 · $129M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DayZ | older | $49.99 | 387,850 78% | 12M | $582M (exactly $581,658,645) | Bohemia Interactive |
| | Assassin's Creed® Odyssey | older | $59.99 | 172,149 89% | 5.2M | $310M (exactly $309,816,555) | Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubiso… (Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Kiev, Ubisoft Shanghai) |
| | Crimson Desert Enhanced | $69.99 | 115,056 83% | 3.5M | $242M (exactly $241,583,083) | Pearl Abyss | |
| | Dispatch | $29.99 | 174,624 97% | 5.2M | $157M (exactly $157,109,213) | AdHoc Studio | |
| | Kingdom Come: Deliverance | older | $29.99 | 143,303 83% | 4.3M | $129M (exactly $128,929,709) | Warhorse Studios |
 | 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal | older | $19.99 | 190,184 56% | 5.7M | $114M (exactly $114,053,345) | 鬼谷工作室 |
 | People Playground | older | $9.99 | 298,158 98% | 8.9M | $89M (exactly $89,357,953) | mestiez |
 | The Elder Scrolls® Online | older | $19.99 | 134,421 82% | 4.0M | $81M (exactly $80,612,274) | ZeniMax Online Studios |
 | The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series | older | $49.99 | 36,594 96% | 1.1M | $55M (exactly $54,880,022) | Skybound Games |
 | Anno 1800 | older | $59.99 | 29,854 81% | 896k | $54M (exactly $53,728,244) | Ubisoft Mainz |
 | Metaphor: ReFantazio | $69.99 | 25,224 89% | 757k | $53M (exactly $52,962,833) | ATLUS | |
 | Gothic 1 Remake | $49.99 | 26,258 88% | 788k | $39M (exactly $39,379,123) | Alkimia Interactive | |
 | Magical Girl Witch Trials | $29.99 | 29,869 96% | 896k | $27M (exactly $26,873,139) | Acacia, Re,AER | |
 | Anno 117: Pax Romana | $59.99 | 12,150 69% | 365k | $22M (exactly $21,866,355) | Ubisoft Mainz | |
 | Sultan's Game | $24.99 | 25,061 93% | 752k | $19M (exactly $18,788,232) | Double Cross | |
 | Life is Strange: Double Exposure | $49.99 | 7,842 68% | 235k | $12M (exactly $11,760,647) | Deck Nine Games | |
 | Revenge on gold diggers | $6.99 | 46,610 80% | 1.4M | $9.8M (exactly $9,774,117) | 前方工作室 | |
 | Mon Bazou | $15.99 | 19,922 97% | 598k | $9.6M (exactly $9,556,583) | Santa Goat |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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