Gaming · Do this yourself

Sell AI interactive story games.

How it makes money: Charge players $29/mo for unlimited AI-driven interactive story games.

Agent setup: Advanced · Needs custom code (Cursor) and hosting you maintain. How we rate this

💰 Talefy makes about $21k a month doing this. $20,762 MRR, verified via Stripe on TrustMRR (synced 2026-10-16)

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Based on Talefy on TrustMRR (opens in new tab)

Who it’s for

Hobbyists, game makers and anyone who wants to build something fun with AI.

Adapt it to your industry

  • Teacher: a small quiz game for your class
  • Shop or brand: a daily puzzle that brings customers back
  • Event organizer: a simple trivia game for your audience

Step by step

  1. Write down one problem a specific group of people pays to solve (for example “gym owners losing members”).
  2. Open ChatGPT, Claude or Grok and paste the prompt below to sharpen the idea and list what the first version must do.
  3. Use Claude or ChatGPT (canvas/artifacts) or Cursor to make the first version of the product for one type of customer.
  4. Create a Stripe account and a Payment Link so people can pay from day one.
  5. Make a one-page website that explains the problem, the fix and the price.
  6. Show it to 10 people from your target group and change what confuses them.
  7. Launch where those people already gather, then ask every new user for feedback.

Ready-to-copy prompt

Start an interactive mystery story in a lighthouse. Give me three choices after each short scene and remember what I picked.

Start with AI

Opens the AI with this guide and the prompt filled in.

Open in ChatGPT (opens in new tab)Open in Claude (opens in new tab)Open in Grok (opens in new tab)
Time
2–6 weeks for a first versionOur estimate

Your autonomous stack

Autonomy: A daily puzzle is generated, scheduled and posted automatically. Your part: Weekly: play-test the next week of puzzles (30 minutes).

Every layer an agent-run business needs, in order. Prices are public list prices, checked Oct 16, 2026.

  1. Agent (the brain): Grok Bot (agent + scheduled routines) (opens in new tab) (Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo (Super $100/mo for more usage; Plus $8 does not include Grok Bot)). Grok Bot runs the business day to day: writes, answers, decides small things and reports to you. Claude Code or Codex are alternatives.
  2. Build and hosting: Cursor (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Plus $8/mo · Premium $30/mo), Vercel hosting (opens in new tab) (Hobby free · Pro $20/mo). The product or service your customers use.
  3. Payments: Stripe payments (opens in new tab) (No monthly fee · 2.9% + 30¢ per card payment). Automatic checkout and receipts. Other options: PayPal Checkout (3.49% + 49¢) or Lemon Squeezy (5% + 50¢, handles sales tax).
  4. Customer acquisition: Buffer (scheduled X posts) (opens in new tab) (Free plan (3 channels, 10 queued posts each) · Essentials $5/mo per channel, billed yearly), beehiiv newsletter (opens in new tab) (Free up to 2,500 subscribers). Agent-written SEO pages, scheduled X posts and a weekly newsletter.
  5. Delivery: Grok Bot (agent + scheduled routines) (opens in new tab) (Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo (Super $100/mo for more usage; Plus $8 does not include Grok Bot)). A Grok Bot routine delivers the product or result as soon as someone pays.
  6. Support: Grok Bot (agent + scheduled routines) (opens in new tab) (Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo (Super $100/mo for more usage; Plus $8 does not include Grok Bot)). Grok Bot answers the support inbox; anything unclear is flagged for you.
  7. Monitoring and schedule: Grok Bot (agent + scheduled routines) (opens in new tab) (Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo (Super $100/mo for more usage; Plus $8 does not include Grok Bot)). Grok Bot scheduled routines run each day: send, check for failures, alert you if something breaks.
  8. Analytics: Google Analytics (opens in new tab) (Free). Tracks visits, signups and sales so the agent can report what works.
  9. Human checkpoint: Weekly: play-test the next week of puzzles (30 minutes).
  10. Price: charge $5 per player (one-time) (free to play + a small paid upgrade). Offer the first 3 customers a founding price for honest feedback.
Monthly cost$30–$85/monthFree tiers → paid plans of the tools above. Card fees come out of each sale.
What you could earn · EstimateEstimate: 50 paying players × $5 = $250/moOur estimate, not a fact or a promise. It’s simple math if you land these customers at this price.
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What they did

Talefy is a consumer app where AI writes and adapts story games as the player makes choices, sold by subscription.

How it went

TrustMRR shows $20,762 MRR, verified via Stripe (last sync 2026-10-16).

Worth knowing

TrustMRR pulls this figure from the payment provider’s API; the product description is the founder’s own. Revenue can change month to month.

Difficulty
AdvancedOur rating
Time to build
Not reportedOur estimate
Monthly cost
Not reported
Revenue
$20,762 MRR, verified via Stripe on TrustMRR (synced 2026-10-16)Verified: Calculated by TrustMRR from payment-provider data (as the TrustMRR page states)
Engagement
No public countThe source shows no number
X buzz
No X data

Posted · Added Oct 16, 2026

Original builder recipe

  • LLM story engine
  • Content safety filters
  • Web/mobile app
  • Stripe
  1. Describe the game or mod you want.
  2. Build it with your agent in small playable steps.
  3. Playtest after each step.
  4. Share or publish, respecting copyright.

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