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Should I ship a Point & Click Arcade game?
Arcade + Point & Click
Of 231 developers who shipped a Point & Click Arcade 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.. 161 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 135 developers shipped in the last year and 161 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) |
| Top 5% | $43k (exactly $43,413) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 231 |
| Released games | 687 |
| Announced | 161 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 up 20% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Arcade
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Arcade, Point & Click; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Incremental, Simulation, Idler
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 8,509 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 132 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 161 games are announced against 135 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Zup! 2016 · $496k 
That's not my Neighbor 2025 · $403k 
Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile 2025 · $265k 
Rhythia 2026 · EA · $243k 
Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game 2021 · $203k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Zup! | older | $1.99 | 8,307 94% | 249k | $496k (exactly $495,928) | Quiet River |
| | That's not my Neighbor | $2.99 | 4,498 88% | 135k | $403k (exactly $403,471) | Nachosama Games | |
| | Agatha Christie - Death on the Nile | $39.99 | 221 78% | 6.6k | $265k (exactly $265,134) | Microids Studio Lyon | |
| | Rhythia | · EA | $3.99 | 2,029 83% | 61k | $243k (exactly $242,871) | Capo Games |
| | Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game | older | $14.99 | 452 80% | 14k | $203k (exactly $203,264) | Squidpunch Studios, Vincent Ltd |
 | Furry Love | older | $0.99 | 4,504 87% | 135k | $134k (exactly $133,769) | Red Six Development |
 | Peace, Death! 2 | older | $4.99 | 854 95% | 26k | $128k (exactly $127,844) | AZAMATIKA |
 | Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite | $5.99 | 698 83% | 21k | $125k (exactly $125,431) | RyanJakob | |
 | Creepy Tale: Snow Child | $11.99 | 248 91% | 7.4k | $89k (exactly $89,206) | Creepy Brothers | |
 | Play with my balls | older | $29.99 | 92 89% | 2.8k | $83k (exactly $82,772) | Galactic Geckon |
 | Roulette Hero | $9.99 | 260 92% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,922) | CLLC Studio | |
 | Big Tiddy Goth Baddie🖤⛓️ | $14.99 | 152 76% | 4.6k | $68k (exactly $68,354) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Woodo | $16.99 | 118 99% | 3.5k | $60k (exactly $60,145) | Tiny Monks Tales | |
 | PC Building Empire | · EA | $11.99 | 166 83% | 5.0k | $60k (exactly $59,710) | Moose Games |
 | SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off | $14.99 | 119 61% | 3.6k | $54k (exactly $53,514) | Entalto Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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