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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Puzzle Character Action Game?

Character Action Game + Puzzle

Only 4 developers shipped a Puzzle Character Action Game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 10 did: 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.. 11 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.

Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $15k against a market of $1.5k. 11 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 10.2 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 11 announced, ×11 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Character Action Game + Puzzle
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 4 yr n = 10

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Character Action Game + Puzzle: Plate 1 · outcomes, 4 yr, n = 10
Bottom 30% $1.4k (exactly $1,438)
Median $9.0k (exactly $8,994)
Top 25% $305k (exactly $305,346)
Top 5% $3.4M (exactly $3,435,495)
Developers, 4 yr 10
Released games 76
Announced 11
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $9.99

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 65% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Character Action Game
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
Puzzle
effort 2 / 10 · high · discrete rules, levels are data

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Character Action Game, Puzzle
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.

The top 25% priced at $16.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 16,223 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 4 years by share: 3 in 10 under $1.5k, median $9.0k, 1 in 4 over $300k, 1 in 20 over $3.4M.

3 in 10 developers made under $1.5k. 11 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Character Action Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Sci-fiPoor odds12 devs · median $305k · 30 announced
  2. + Action RPGPoor odds14 devs · median $105k · 55 announced
  3. + ShooterPoor odds14 devs · median $84k · 47 announced
  4. + Action-AdventurePoor odds23 devs · median $58k · 93 announced
  5. + Female ProtagonistPoor odds14 devs · median $58k · 43 announced
  6. + Spectacle fighterPoor odds22 devs · median $58k · 44 announced
  7. + Hack and SlashPoor odds27 devs · median $58k · 80 announced
  8. + Beat 'em upPoor odds12 devs · median $58k · 37 announced
  9. + AdventurePoor odds28 devs · median $29k · 100 announced
  10. + ActionPoor odds54 devs · median $20k · 188 announced
  11. + Action RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 40 announced
  12. + RoguelikePoor odds9 devs · median $20k · 16 announced

All 39 pairs on the Character Action Game page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

VLADiK BRUTAL 2024 · $3.4M Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek 2019 · $1.1M Ocean's Heart 2021 · $632k KAKU: Ancient Seal 2024 · $604k Lakeview Cabin Collection 2015 · $479k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
VLADiK BRUTAL older $11.99 9,551 89% 287k $3.4M (exactly $3,435,495) BRUTAL SOFTWARE
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek older $29.99 1,217 87% 37k $1.1M (exactly $1,094,935) Dynamic Pixels
Ocean's Heart older $14.99 1,405 82% 42k $632k (exactly $631,828) Max Mraz
KAKU: Ancient Seal older $24.99 806 79% 24k $604k (exactly $604,258) BINGOBELL
Lakeview Cabin Collection older $9.99 1,599 94% 48k $479k (exactly $479,220) Roope Tamminen
Cybernetic Fault $14.99 679 78% 20k $305k (exactly $305,346) Whale Rock Games
Relicta older $19.99 234 76% 7.0k $140k (exactly $140,330) Mighty Polygon
Youropa older $14.99 288 93% 8.6k $130k (exactly $129,514) frecle
Son of Nor older $19.99 113 48% 3.4k $68k (exactly $67,766) stillalive studios
Whiskey.Mafia. Leo's Family older $5.99 331 68% 9.9k $59k (exactly $59,481) FastGame, VICTORIA Games
Long Live Caesar $9.99 51 78% 1.5k $15k (exactly $15,285) Yury Khovansky, Vladislavs Viktorovs
Fizz Quiz $14.99 20 50% 600 $9.0k (exactly $8,994) Moon
Climb! NYARUMA Action Puzzle $1.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) CoMuCreator

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