Do I ship it?

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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Character Customization Typing game?

Character Customization + Typing

Of 27 developers who shipped a Character Customization Typing 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.. 38 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 345% on the market; 38 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 345% on the market, 38 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Customization + Typing
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 27
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.5k → $748 → $1.4k (still earning) → $90 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Character Customization + Typing: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 27
Bottom 30% $178 (exactly $178)
Median $539 (exactly $539)
Top 25% $4.1k (exactly $4,075)
Top 5% $69k (exactly $69,184)
Developers, 2 yr 27
Released games 55
Announced 38
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 345% on the market, supply 185% 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
Typing
effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list

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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, Typing; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Idler, Incremental, Simulation
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
Art
8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Relaxing
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,402 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 $4.0k, 1 in 20 over $69k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 38 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + Football (American)Strong odds14 devs · median $3.6k · 12 announced
  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. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds34 devs · median $116k · 60 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Tap Tap Loot 2026 · $171k NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws 2025 · $69k Acolyte 2022 · $18k WonderLang Spanish 2025 · $15k Beat Paws Odyssey 2026 · $5.5k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Tap Tap Loot $6.99 815 76% 24k $171k (exactly $170,906) Turtle Knight Games
NoSlack Pets: Lo-Fi Paws $5.99 385 97% 12k $69k (exactly $69,184) Lynkpin Game
Acolyte older $10.99 55 74% 1.7k $18k (exactly $18,134) Superstring
WonderLang Spanish $24.99 20 80% 600 $15k (exactly $14,994) bair games
Beat Paws Odyssey $6.99 26 88% 780 $5.5k (exactly $5,452) mindora games
Nekotype Keyboard Cat Simulator $3.99 42 100% 1.3k $5.0k (exactly $5,027) G-GAME
Typing Hero older $14.99 11 100% 330 $4.9k (exactly $4,947) Risen Realms
How to Grow Your Sausage $3.99 40 95% 1.2k $4.8k (exactly $4,788) Little Horror Studios
Japanese Fun - J64 $7.99 17 94% 510 $4.1k (exactly $4,075) Space 64
The Graffiti Creator older $9.99 13 46% 390 $3.9k (exactly $3,896) Mike Wigen
Girl Terminal $1.99 40 95% 1.2k $2.4k (exactly $2,388) 齿轮游戏
Hammerhead $6.99 9 100% 270 $1.9k (exactly $1,887) Marek Hamracek
Typer Survivor $5.99 8 100% 240 $1.4k (exactly $1,438) Taylor Bramble

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