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Should I ship a Cat Word Game?
Word Game + Cats
Only 15 developers shipped a Cat Word 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, Virtual AI - KURONYAM, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×9.1 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $23k, ×197 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 5 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $15,652) |
| Top 5% | $23k (exactly $23,384) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 down 80% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Word Game
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 1,020 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Word Game with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Hidden ObjectFair
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Comparable games
Cat's Kiss 2022 · $687k 
MEMOLOGY: GOYDA 2024 · $110k 
スペルトナエル 2024 · $93k 
Virtual AI - KURONYAM 2024 · $23k 
Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt 2025 · $22k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cat's Kiss | older | $14.99 | 1,528 89% | 46k | $687k (exactly $687,142) | Narrator, STORIA |
| | MEMOLOGY: GOYDA | older | $1.99 | 1,847 94% | 55k | $110k (exactly $110,266) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm |
| | スペルトナエル | older | $8.99 | 344 97% | 10k | $93k (exactly $92,777) | おまど |
| | Virtual AI - KURONYAM | $14.99 | 52 71% | 1.6k | $23k (exactly $23,384) | Shiba Neko | |
| | Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt | $3.99 | 185 100% | 5.6k | $22k (exactly $22,144) | BIG EYES TATA | |
 | LiveStream: Chapter One | $7.00 | 77 89% | 2.3k | $16k (exactly $16,170) | Artflux_Games | |
 | MEMOLOGY 2: OLD TIMES | $0.99 | 527 95% | 16k | $16k (exactly $15,652) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Avian Enigma | older | $7.99 | 36 75% | 1.1k | $8.6k (exactly $8,629) | Aako Inc, Otter Club |
 | Learn Japanese Kana & Vocab with Sushi | $7.00 | 36 91% | 1.1k | $7.6k (exactly $7,560) | The Farting Cat | |
 | Days with Ophelia: The Girl From Wind City | older | $8.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $4.9k (exactly $4,855) | 沉思者貓(The Thinker Cat), 梅果子Plumko |
 | Kanji Cats | $11.70 | 9 100% | 270 | $3.2k (exactly $3,159) | The Farting Cat | |
 | MEMASIKI | $0.99 | 94 89% | 2.8k | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) | Reanim Games | |
 | Spelly Cat | · EA | $9.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Brkn Fixie Games |
 | Quiz Kingdom: Elementary Math Kids RPG | $17.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | DIG Games | |
 | MEMASIKI IS MY 2007TH | $0.99 | 31 90% | 930 | $921 (exactly $921) | Reanim Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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