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Should I ship a Card Game Point & Click game?

Card Game + Point & Click

Of 62 developers who shipped a Card 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.. 69 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $540, ×4.5 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 69 games are announced against 39 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 4.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 80% on the market, 69 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Card Game + Point & Click
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 62
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.6k → $1.1k → $37k → $839 → $537 → $1.2k → $535 (still earning) → $269 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Card Game + Point & Click: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 62
Bottom 30% $179 (exactly $179)
Median $539 (exactly $539)
Top 25% $2.9k (exactly $2,876)
Top 5% $78k (exactly $77,922)
Developers, 2 yr 62
Released games 180
Announced 69
Effort 2 / 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 80% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Card Game
effort 2 / 10 · high · rules engine and card data
Point & Click
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
Systems
Card Game, Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Colorful, 2D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 92% positive over 3,649 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $540, 1 in 4 over $2.8k, 1 in 20 over $77k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 29 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 69 games are announced against 39 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.