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Should I ship a Match 3 Cooking game?
Cooking + Match 3
Only 11 developers shipped a Match 3 Cooking 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, Tasty Bite: Food dating simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $810, ×1.7 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $13k, ×28 the market median. Revenue is down 75% on the market; 6 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $809 (exactly $809) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $13,211) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 75% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Cooking, Match 3
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 96% positive over 117 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 6 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe 2017 · $974k 
Catgirls From My Sweet Dream 2022 · $53k 
Tasty Bite: Food dating simulator 2026 · $13k 
Cocktail Rush 2022 · $4.5k 
Unicorn and Sweets 2 2021 · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe | older | $19.99 | 1,624 95% | 49k | $974k (exactly $973,913) | Trinket Studios |
| | Catgirls From My Sweet Dream | older | $4.99 | 353 88% | 11k | $53k (exactly $52,844) | CUTE ANIME GIRLS |
| | Tasty Bite: Food dating simulator | $6.99 | 63 95% | 1.9k | $13k (exactly $13,211) | DuckMemeticsGames | |
| | Cocktail Rush | older | $9.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Piece Of Voxel |
| | Unicorn and Sweets 2 | older | $9.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Stas Paty9mkin |
 | Unicorn and Sweets | older | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Stas Paty9mkin |
 | Fast Food Mania 3D | older | $9.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Stas Paty9mkin |
 | Witchpop | $8.50 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.6k (exactly $2,550) | Havlark Games | |
 | Spicy Fruit | older | $4.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Juice Blade |
 | Popcorn Fever | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Yunicorn Studio | |
 | Cheese Party | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Raincode | |
 | Sweet Dreams Café | · EA | $3.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $1.3k (exactly $1,317) | Bite Size Games Ltd |
 | Collect Mania | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | magnussoft | |
 | Hot Pot Game | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | theis | |
 | My Little Merling | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Cuddly Games | |
 | Angry Chef World Tour | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | NetCode Studios |
 | Jean's Beach Restaurant | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Afeel Inc |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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