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Should I ship a Typing Adventure game?
Adventure + Typing
Of 70 developers who shipped a Typing 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.. 93 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×2.4 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $790k, ×1682 the market median. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 93 games are announced against 42 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,150) |
| Top 25% | $7.8k (exactly $7,759) |
| Top 5% | $799k (exactly $799,117) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 70 |
| Released games | 206 |
| Announced | 93 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Adventure, Typing; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Word Game, Exploration, RPG
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Text-Based, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 17,624 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 39 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 93 games are announced against 42 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SamuraiFair
- + FMVFair
- + PinballFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Mini GolfFair
- + SportsFair
- + GolfFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
Comparable games
Hacknet 2015 · $5.1M 
Homicipher 2024 · $3.3M 
Epistory - Typing Chronicles 2016 · $1.8M 
Emily is Away <3 2021 · $1.8M 
Buddy Simulator 1984 2021 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hacknet | older | $9.99 | 16,910 93% | 507k | $5.1M (exactly $5,067,927) | Team Fractal Alligator |
| | Homicipher | $13.99 | 7,821 96% | 235k | $3.3M (exactly $3,282,474) | 八名木Games | |
| | Epistory - Typing Chronicles | older | $14.99 | 4,030 94% | 121k | $1.8M (exactly $1,812,291) | Fishing Cactus |
| | Emily is Away <3 | older | $9.99 | 6,036 91% | 181k | $1.8M (exactly $1,808,989) | Kyle Seeley |
| | Buddy Simulator 1984 | older | $9.99 | 3,791 93% | 114k | $1.1M (exactly $1,136,163) | Not a Sailor Studios |
 | Grey Hack | · EA older | $19.99 | 1,801 90% | 54k | $1.1M (exactly $1,080,060) | Loading Home |
 | CaseCracker | older | $9.99 | 3,314 89% | 99k | $993k (exactly $993,206) | BlackRobe |
 | S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH | $13.99 | 2,324 90% | 70k | $975k (exactly $975,383) | U0U Games | |
 | AI2U: With You 'Til The End | $14.99 | 2,073 87% | 62k | $932k (exactly $932,228) | AlterStaff Inc. | |
 | Hacker Simulator | older | $24.99 | 1,230 74% | 37k | $922k (exactly $922,131) | Save All Studio |
 | DEAD LETTER DEPT. | $14.99 | 1,777 95% | 53k | $799k (exactly $799,117) | Mike Monroe, Belief Engine | |
 | Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey | $9.99 | 1,543 98% | 46k | $462k (exactly $462,437) | Wagotabi Limited | |
 | Blood Typers | $12.49 | 912 94% | 27k | $342k (exactly $341,726) | Outer Brain Studios | |
 | Dyping Escape | $9.99 | 544 91% | 16k | $163k (exactly $163,037) | Heaviside Creations | |
 | CaseCracker3 | $12.99 | 359 84% | 11k | $140k (exactly $139,902) | BlackRobe | |
 | Sofia in Exchange for Lies | $25.99 | 164 81% | 4.9k | $128k (exactly $127,871) | MUTAN, storynote | |
 | Touch Type Tale - Strategic Typing | $19.99 | 107 89% | 3.2k | $64k (exactly $64,168) | Pumpernickel Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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