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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Character Customization Point & Click game?

Character Customization + Point & Click

Of 110 developers who shipped a Character Customization 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.. 135 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $740, ×1.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $430k, ×687 the market median. Revenue is up 140% on the market; 135 games are announced against 64 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.2 times the market baseline, revenue up 140% on the market, 135 announced, ×2.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Customization + Point & Click
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 110
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $26k → $10k → $564 → $7.1k → $599 → $1.2k → $2.7k (still earning) → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Character Customization + Point & Click: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 110
Bottom 30% $210 (exactly $210)
Median $740 (exactly $740)
Top 25% $9.3k (exactly $9,291)
Top 5% $431k (exactly $431,184)
Developers, 2 yr 110
Released games 267
Announced 135
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 140% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Character Customization
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
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
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Character Customization, Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Simulation, RPG
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 89% positive over 28,074 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $210, median $740, 1 in 4 over $9.2k, 1 in 20 over $430k.

3 in 10 developers made under $210. 8 in 10 of the 56 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 135 games are announced against 64 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

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  2. + Real-TimeStrong odds7 devs · median $2.0k · 6 announced
  3. + Music-Based Procedural GenerationFair10 devs · median $18k · 8 announced
  4. + TransportationFair19 devs · median $7.2k · 24 announced
  5. + MinigamesFair27 devs · median $5.7k · 34 announced
  6. + DwarvesFair7 devs · median $3.2k · 13 announced
  7. + BikesFair11 devs · median $1.5k · 10 announced
  8. + IdlerFair210 devs · median $1.2k · 286 announced
  9. + IncrementalFair146 devs · median $1.2k · 190 announced
  10. + GamblingFair30 devs · median $836 · 32 announced
  11. + Precision PlatformerFair103 devs · median $748 · 116 announced
  12. + TypingFair27 devs · median $539 · 38 announced

All 250 pairs on the Character Customization page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut 2019 · $142M Esoteric Ebb 2026 · $6.5M ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies 2026 · $3.5M West of Loathing 2017 · $3.2M Death and Taxes 2020 · $3.1M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut older $39.99 118,124 92% 3.5M $142M (exactly $141,713,363) ZA/UM
Esoteric Ebb $24.99 8,719 95% 262k $6.5M (exactly $6,536,634) Christoffer Bodegård
ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies $39.99 2,911 83% 87k $3.5M (exactly $3,492,327) ZA/UM
West of Loathing older $10.99 9,716 97% 291k $3.2M (exactly $3,203,365) Asymmetric
Death and Taxes older $12.99 7,855 86% 236k $3.1M (exactly $3,061,094) Placeholder Gameworks
Escape Simulator 2 $19.99 4,292 92% 129k $2.6M (exactly $2,573,912) Pine Studio
Shadows Over Loathing older $22.99 3,120 95% 94k $2.2M (exactly $2,151,864) Asymmetric
BitCraft Online · EA $15.99 3,334 72% 100k $1.6M (exactly $1,599,320) Clockwork Laboratories, Inc.
Unavowed older $14.99 2,309 95% 69k $1.0M (exactly $1,038,357) Wadjet Eye Games
Ithya: Magic Studies $10.99 2,103 97% 63k $693k (exactly $693,359) BlueTurtle
Find Matt's Cats $19.99 719 98% 22k $431k (exactly $431,184) Matt Roszak
That's not my Neighbor $2.99 4,498 88% 135k $403k (exactly $403,471) Nachosama Games
The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker $14.99 880 83% 26k $396k (exactly $395,736) Olipa Games
SKETCHY MASSAGE $10.99 438 85% 13k $144k (exactly $144,409) OZ WORKS
Near-Mage $19.99 180 89% 5.4k $108k (exactly $107,946) Stuck In Attic

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