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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Typing Action game?

Action + Typing

Of 74 developers who shipped a Typing Action 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.. 85 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $74k, ×119 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 85 games are announced against 55 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.7 times the market baseline, revenue down 35% on the market, 85 announced, ×1.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Action + Typing
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 74
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $449 → $2.3k → $719 → $1.3k → $533 → $1.3k → $719 (still earning) → $150 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Action + Typing: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 74
Bottom 30% $179 (exactly $179)
Median $449 (exactly $449)
Top 25% $5.1k (exactly $5,090)
Top 5% $75k (exactly $74,892)
Developers, 2 yr 74
Released games 188
Announced 85
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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 down 35% on the market, supply 190% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, 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.

Action
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
Typing
effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Action, Typing; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelite, Combat
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 89% positive over 8,080 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $450, 1 in 4 over $5.0k, 1 in 20 over $74k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 7 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 85 games are announced against 55 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + Real-Time with PauseFair16 devs · median $103k · 18 announced
  2. + Job SimulatorFair25 devs · median $14k · 30 announced
  3. + PinballFair42 devs · median $2.6k · 48 announced
  4. + Escape RoomFair43 devs · median $1.8k · 40 announced
  5. + Football (American)Fair16 devs · median $1.3k · 6 announced
  6. + BaseballFair16 devs · median $1.2k · 12 announced
  7. + BilliardsFair19 devs · median $958 · 25 announced
  8. + IdlerFair225 devs · median $898 · 292 announced
  9. + TennisFair23 devs · median $628 · 12 announced
  10. + Time AttackFair90 devs · median $599 · 110 announced
  11. + TabletopFair71 devs · median $505 · 86 announced
  12. + WuxiaPoor odds9 devs · median $189k · 36 announced

All 288 pairs on the Action page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Epistory - Typing Chronicles 2016 · $1.8M The Typing of The Dead: Overkill 2013 · $1.7M Cryptmaster 2024 · $1.3M Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! 2020 · $1.1M Slash It 2 2017 · $1.0M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Epistory - Typing Chronicles older $14.99 4,030 94% 121k $1.8M (exactly $1,812,291) Fishing Cactus
The Typing of The Dead: Overkill older $19.99 2,782 87% 83k $1.7M (exactly $1,668,365) Modern Dream
Cryptmaster older $24.99 1,671 94% 50k $1.3M (exactly $1,252,749) Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! older $19.99 1,768 93% 53k $1.1M (exactly $1,060,270) Vertigo Gaming Inc.
Slash It 2 older $39.99 872 88% 26k $1.0M (exactly $1,046,138) EGAMER
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! older $14.99 2,133 90% 64k $959k (exactly $959,210) Vertigo Gaming Inc.
Hacker Simulator older $24.99 1,230 74% 37k $922k (exactly $922,131) Save All Studio
Slash It older $39.99 767 88% 23k $920k (exactly $920,170) EGAMER
Glyphica: Typing Survival · EA $9.99 2,488 90% 75k $746k (exactly $745,654) aliasBLACK
Quadrilateral Cowboy older $19.99 897 92% 27k $538k (exactly $537,931) Blendo Games
s.p.l.i.t $2.99 3,862 92% 116k $346k (exactly $346,421) Mike Klubnika
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD: Typing of The Net $3.99 827 71% 25k $99k (exactly $98,992) WSS playground, mumimumi, veryOK, Atree… (WSS playground, mumimumi, veryOK, Atree, kabocha renga)
PROJEKT GODHAND $15.80 158 96% 4.7k $75k (exactly $74,892) Anarch Entertainment
MORSE $13.99 124 93% 3.7k $52k (exactly $52,043) ALJO Games
Fingerdance $2.99 374 97% 11k $34k (exactly $33,548) zniq
Typing Break $8.99 96 80% 2.9k $26k (exactly $25,891) Tholus
Portalborn · EA $9.99 72 93% 2.2k $22k (exactly $21,578) TheHand
Isekat: Crushed by a Computer, My Beloved Kitten is Transported to a Fantasy World where its Typing Skills Save the Kingdom! $9.99 50 92% 1.5k $15k (exactly $14,985) InSpite
Type or Die $13.99 29 31% 870 $12k (exactly $12,171) Type or Die

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