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Should I ship a Point & Click Auto Battler?
Auto Battler + Point & Click
Of 33 developers who shipped a Point & Click Auto Battler 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.. 30 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $800, ×1.7 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $480. Revenue is up 130% on the market; 30 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $478 (exactly $478) |
|---|---|
| Median | $799 (exactly $799) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $181k (exactly $181,238) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 33 |
| Released games | 73 |
| Announced | 30 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 up 130% on the market, supply 240% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Auto Battler
- 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
- Auto Battler, Point & Click; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Idler, RPG, Incremental
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $7.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 4,157 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Auto Battler with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Horripilant 2026 · $702k 
Desktop Raid 2026 · $181k 
A Tiny Sticker Tale 2023 · $141k 
Miseria 2026 · $84k 
Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator 2023 · $81k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Horripilant | $7.99 | 2,928 92% | 88k | $702k (exactly $701,842) | Alexandre Declos , Pas Game Studio | |
| | Desktop Raid | $8.99 | 672 76% | 20k | $181k (exactly $181,238) | Lee_Studio | |
| | A Tiny Sticker Tale | older | $9.99 | 471 97% | 14k | $141k (exactly $141,159) | Ogre Pixel |
| | Miseria | $7.99 | 350 58% | 11k | $84k (exactly $83,895) | Somnambulist Games | |
| | Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator | older | $9.99 | 270 77% | 8.1k | $81k (exactly $80,919) | Raptor Claw Games, Millendream |
 | Tap Heroes | older | $2.99 | 402 67% | 12k | $36k (exactly $36,059) | VaragtP |
 | Lets Get Loot! | $4.99 | 43 60% | 1.3k | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) | John Timpson, Teeja Timpson | |
 | Idle Banshee Alliance | older | $4.99 | 41 68% | 1.2k | $6.1k (exactly $6,138) | okyakusama |
 | Cradle of the Dark Brood | $4.99 | 38 78% | 1.1k | $5.7k (exactly $5,689) | RyuseGames | |
 | Chronominion Idler | · EA | $7.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $5.3k (exactly $5,273) | Indie Addict Game Studio |
 | Idle Streaming Bonanza | $4.99 | 30 93% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | Anarky Games | |
 | Visseron Idle | $2.99 | 46 78% | 1.4k | $4.1k (exactly $4,126) | HammaLlama | |
 | Swish Ball Clicker | $7.99 | 15 53% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Broad Street Indie Games | |
 | Ballardo: Roguelike Billiards | · EA | $8.99 | 13 53% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | Nue Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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