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Level Editor + Card Game
Only 10 developers shipped a Level Editor Card 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, Witch's Apocalyptic Journey, 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, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $340k, ×551 the market median. Revenue is up 241820% on the market; 16 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,884) |
| Top 5% | $346k (exactly $345,755) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Card Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · rules engine and card data
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Level Editor, Card Game
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 84% positive over 1,339 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Witch's Apocalyptic Journey 2026 · $346k 
卡牌缔造者-CardMaker 2022 · $62k 
Oberty 2024 · $6.7k 
Joey's Nightmare II 2026 · EA · $6.7k 
Cthulhu Dungeon 2022 · EA · $4.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Witch's Apocalyptic Journey | $8.99 | 1,282 84% | 38k | $346k (exactly $345,755) | MeowAlive | |
| | 卡牌缔造者-CardMaker | older | $9.99 | 207 66% | 6.2k | $62k (exactly $62,038) | oldhc |
| | Oberty | older | $2.99 | 75 94% | 2.3k | $6.7k (exactly $6,728) | Dmytro Denys |
| | Joey's Nightmare II | · EA | $7.99 | 28 85% | 840 | $6.7k (exactly $6,712) | A* Studio |
| | Cthulhu Dungeon | · EA older | $6.99 | 23 65% | 690 | $4.8k (exactly $4,823) | SanYeGame |
 | Cropisle TD | older | $2.99 | 35 82% | 1.1k | $3.1k (exactly $3,140) | Buffelo Games |
 | Routemania | older | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Roadtrip Games |
 | Lonely Path | older | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Gilded Rune Games |
 | More Panda - Slot Creator | older | $34.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $2.1k (exactly $2,099) | Pokies4fun |
 | Lucky Farm | $2.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $1.9k (exactly $1,884) | 帝歌 DIGEGames | |
 | Little Immortal Cultivator | $8.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) | YiHuan Game | |
 | Shuffled Sky | · EA | $14.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | Voided Sun |
 | Twin Tile | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Kepri Studios | |
 | Card Memory | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Card Memory | |
 | hgmGame-rooster | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | hgmGame | |
 | Card World | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Huawen | |
 | Boss Key | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Institute of Card Game Studies |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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