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Should I ship a Party Game?

Party Game

Of 750 developers who shipped a Party 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.. 1,638 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480, level with the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60; 1 in 20 cleared $70k, ×148 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 1,638 games are announced against 643 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.0 times the market baseline, revenue down 70% on the market, 1,638 announced, ×2.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Party Game
Fig. 1 · this niche among 355
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 750
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $5.1k → $3.6k → $3.0k → $2.1k → $2.2k → $1.0k → $479 (still earning) → $179 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Party Game: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 750
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $479 (exactly $479)
Top 25% $3.6k (exactly $3,593)
Top 5% $71k (exactly $70,536)
Developers, 2 yr 750
Released games 1,365
Announced 1,638
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $5.49

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 70% on the market, supply 485% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Party Game
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Party Game
Price point
$5.49 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.49.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 110,986 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 $480, 1 in 4 over $3.5k, 1 in 20 over $70k.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. 8 in 10 of the 137 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 1,638 games are announced against 643 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · every pair with this tag

All pairs with Party Game

15 pairs with a settingwith: mechanics · settings · any
  1. Party Game + Horror Poor odds $1.3k 61 devs
  2. Party Game + Psychological Horror Poor odds $1.3k 24 devs
  3. Party Game + Cats Poor odds $802 23 devs
  4. Party Game + Medieval Poor odds $719 23 devs
  5. Party Game + Psychological Poor odds $599 23 devs
  6. Party Game + Detective Poor odds $598 16 devs
  7. Party Game + Magic Poor odds $479 23 devs
  8. Party Game + Futuristic Poor odds $449 23 devs
  9. Party Game + Mystery Poor odds $419 32 devs
  10. Party Game + Fantasy Poor odds $300 37 devs
  11. Party Game + Space Poor odds $89 18 devs
  12. Party Game + Artificial Intelligence Dead $300 18 devs
  13. Party Game + Nature Dead $270 18 devs
  14. Party Game + Sci-fi Dead $179 38 devs
  15. Party Game + Robots Dead $150 19 devs
Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Among Us 2018 · $99M Party Animals 2023 · $34M Gang Beasts 2017 · $33M Pummel Party 2018 · $21M Ultimate Chicken Horse 2016 · $18M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Among Us older $4.99 659,003 92% 20M $99M (exactly $98,652,749) Innersloth
Party Animals older $19.99 56,043 81% 1.7M $34M (exactly $33,608,987) Recreate Games
Gang Beasts older $19.99 54,880 85% 1.6M $33M (exactly $32,911,536) Boneloaf, Rocket Science
Pummel Party older $14.99 46,134 88% 1.4M $21M (exactly $20,746,460) Rebuilt Games
Ultimate Chicken Horse older $14.99 41,060 95% 1.2M $18M (exactly $18,464,682) Clever Endeavour Games
MECCHA CHAMELEON $5.99 78,746 87% 2.4M $14M (exactly $14,150,656) lemorion_1224
UNO older $9.99 42,019 70% 1.3M $13M (exactly $12,593,094) Ubisoft Entertainment
Move or Die older $14.99 16,479 89% 494k $7.4M (exactly $7,410,606) Xelu, Those Awesome Guys
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes older $14.99 14,331 97% 430k $6.4M (exactly $6,444,651) Steel Crate Games
ROUNDS older $5.99 35,738 95% 1.1M $6.4M (exactly $6,422,119) Landfall
Super Battle Golf $12.99 9,325 93% 280k $3.6M (exactly $3,633,952) Brimstone
Voyagers of Nera · EA $29.99 2,022 83% 61k $1.8M (exactly $1,819,193) Treehouse Games
Backyard Baseball $39.99 1,210 80% 36k $1.5M (exactly $1,451,637) Mega Cat Studios
LEGO® Party! $39.99 1,112 87% 33k $1.3M (exactly $1,334,066) SMG Studio
Machine Party $7.99 4,199 87% 126k $1.0M (exactly $1,006,500) Mike Klubnika, GDeavid
Guilty as Sock! $5.50 4,836 89% 145k $798k (exactly $797,940) Demon Max
Feign $4.99 5,270 91% 158k $789k (exactly $788,919) Teneke Kafalar
Neighbors: Suburban Warfare · EA $9.99 1,906 66% 57k $571k (exactly $571,228) Invisible Walls
BOMBANANA! $7.99 2,360 96% 71k $566k (exactly $565,692) Lefto Studio

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