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Should I ship a Board Game Point & Click game?
Board Game + Point & Click
Of 59 developers who shipped a Board Game Point & Click 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.. 44 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 33 developers shipped in the last year and 44 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 5% | $3.2k (exactly $3,164) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 59 |
| Released games | 326 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 115% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Board Game, Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Strategy, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 217 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. Nearly all of the 59 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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