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Should I ship an Assassin Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Assassins
Only 11 developers shipped an Assassin Point & Click game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, DETECTIVE - Rainy night, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $650, ×0.4 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $26k, ×18 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 16 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $653 (exactly $653) |
| Top 25% | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) |
| Top 5% | $26k (exactly $26,376) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 350% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Assassins
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Point & Click
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 223 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 16 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
江华号 2023 · $40k 
DETECTIVE - Rainy night 2025 · $26k 
Shadows on the Vatican - Act II: Wrath 2015 · $22k 
1953 - KGB Unleashed 2013 · $20k 
Mr. Fast 2020 · $16k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 江华号 | older | $9.99 | 132 70% | 4.0k | $40k (exactly $39,560) | 知音动漫 |
| | DETECTIVE - Rainy night | $10.99 | 80 70% | 2.4k | $26k (exactly $26,376) | k148 Game Studio | |
| | Shadows on the Vatican - Act II: Wrath | older | $6.99 | 107 80% | 3.2k | $22k (exactly $22,438) | Daring Touch, 10th Art Studio |
| | 1953 - KGB Unleashed | older | $2.99 | 218 63% | 6.5k | $20k (exactly $19,555) | · |
| | Mr. Fast | older | $4.99 | 105 79% | 3.2k | $16k (exactly $15,718) | ZHANG FAN |
 | Grizzly Man | $8.99 | 52 90% | 1.6k | $14k (exactly $14,024) | LCB Game Studio | |
 | Midnight Saturn | $9.99 | 28 82% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | Cosmic Void | |
 | The Katydids Incident | older | $4.99 | 53 100% | 1.6k | $7.9k (exactly $7,934) | Punx Studios |
 | DETECTIVE - Minerva case | older | $10.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $3.6k (exactly $3,627) | k148 Game Studio |
 | Santa's Hitlist CEO Edition | $3.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $3.4k (exactly $3,352) | Unlucky Studios, UnluckySaurus (Erick R… (Unlucky Studios, UnluckySaurus (Erick Ramirez)) | |
 | Phantom Playhouse | $7.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.9k (exactly $1,918) | Kakytron | |
 | Dean Archer Stories: The Missing Detective | $0.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $653 (exactly $653) | Sneaky Peek, Nacho Grela | |
 | Shuriken Practice 3 | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | myBad Studios | |
 | Whodunnit: the Midnight Murder Mystery Files | $7.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | Sandalfoot Games | |
 | DeadEye: A Roguelike Shooter | · EA | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | AliceCatto |
 | NOIRCOTICS | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | NOIR |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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