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Should I ship a Point & Click Beat 'em up?
Beat 'em up + Point & Click
Only 9 developers shipped a Point & Click Beat 'em up 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, Mutants Ate My Carrots, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 5% | $4.3k (exactly $4,316) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 200% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Beat 'em up
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Beat 'em up, Point & Click
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,666 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 6 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Beat 'em up with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + LootPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
Comparable games
BROK the InvestiGator 2022 · $591k 
Kick-Ass 2 2014 · $61k 
Save One More 2018 · $28k 
The Underground Man 2 2022 · $9.9k 
Scrap Riders 2023 · $9.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BROK the InvestiGator | older | $19.99 | 985 97% | 30k | $591k (exactly $590,704) | COWCAT |
| | Kick-Ass 2 | older | $9.99 | 203 42% | 6.1k | $61k (exactly $60,839) | Freedom Factory |
| | Save One More | older | $4.99 | 187 62% | 5.6k | $28k (exactly $27,994) | Stas Shostak |
| | The Underground Man 2 | older | $2.49 | 132 84% | 4.0k | $9.9k (exactly $9,860) | Mehsoft |
| | Scrap Riders | older | $19.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Games For Tutti |
 | Mutants Ate My Carrots | $11.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $4.3k (exactly $4,316) | Animatic Vision | |
 | My Darkest Witch | older | $4.99 | 28 71% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | Fasu Studio |
 | Slice Adventure | $4.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | 4U Games | |
 | Monsti | older | $0.99 | 68 69% | 2.0k | $2.0k (exactly $2,020) | Old Games |
 | ARENIX | older | $1.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $716 (exactly $716) | Volens Games |
 | MY SLIEM gets stronger after it dies | $2.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $449 (exactly $449) | DaNI大鲵 | |
 | Humans Vs Orcs | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | ShakyHand | |
 | Battle Mayhem | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Sam Farnsley | |
 | Magical Girl: Final Pink Star | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | WINGLAY | |
 | HAPPY RUNNER | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bogosor Studio | |
 | Riders | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DC2S | |
 | Bodacious Bashup | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sliced Enigma |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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