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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Cooking Score Attack game?

Cooking + Score Attack

Of 28 developers who shipped a Cooking Score Attack 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.. 30 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×3.0 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 515% on the market; 30 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 3.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 515% on the market, 30 announced, ×1.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Cooking + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 28
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $628 → $955 → $1.9k → $180 → $359 → $1.4k (still earning) → $239 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Cooking + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 28
Bottom 30% $180 (exactly $180)
Median $1.4k (exactly $1,438)
Top 25% $3.9k (exactly $3,896)
Top 5% $219k (exactly $219,401)
Developers, 2 yr 28
Released games 80
Announced 30
Effort 3 / 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 up 515% on the market, supply 120% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Cooking
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Cooking, Score Attack; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Deckbuilding, Roguelike Deckbuilder
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, 2D, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 92% positive over 3,027 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 $1.4k, 1 in 4 over $3.8k, 1 in 20 over $210k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + Job SimulatorFair54 devs · median $14k · 68 announced
  2. + DogsFair12 devs · median $8.1k · 12 announced
  3. + Turn-Based CombatFair15 devs · median $6.0k · 22 announced
  4. + Point & ClickFair68 devs · median $1.8k · 79 announced
  5. + LogicFair27 devs · median $1.6k · 26 announced
  6. + Hidden ObjectFair25 devs · median $1.0k · 20 announced
  7. + PuzzleFair77 devs · median $958 · 92 announced
  8. + Artificial IntelligencePoor odds15 devs · median $73k · 10 announced
  9. + JRPGPoor odds13 devs · median $34k · 25 announced
  10. + LGBTQ+Poor odds16 devs · median $30k · 32 announced
  11. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds12 devs · median $26k · 23 announced
  12. + Post-apocalypticPoor odds19 devs · median $24k · 29 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Omelet You Cook 2026 · $685k Kinny and the Cosmic Cauldron 2026 · $219k Feed the Scorchpot 2026 · $167k Fruit Mountain 2024 · $147k Goblin Sushi 2026 · EA · $121k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Omelet You Cook $14.99 1,523 97% 46k $685k (exactly $684,893) Dan Schumacher, Hjalte Tagmose
Kinny and the Cosmic Cauldron $12.99 563 85% 17k $219k (exactly $219,401) Kinnymoms
Feed the Scorchpot $14.99 371 87% 11k $167k (exactly $166,839) Moravian
Fruit Mountain older $8.99 545 98% 16k $147k (exactly $146,986) BeXide Inc.
Goblin Sushi · EA $9.99 404 89% 12k $121k (exactly $121,079) Old Cake Factory
Bartender VR Simulator older $19.99 168 56% 5.0k $101k (exactly $100,750) VR Factory Games Sp. z o.o.
Claire a la Mode $14.99 49 93% 1.5k $22k (exactly $22,035) Colorgrave
かぞえ飯 older $2.99 109 94% 3.3k $9.8k (exactly $9,777) oyajinojiike
Make the Burger older $4.99 64 71% 1.9k $9.6k (exactly $9,581) DoubleFury
Baking Bustle: Ashley’s Dream older $6.99 35 88% 1.1k $7.3k (exactly $7,340) GameOn Production
HoloCafe $4.99 28 100% 840 $4.2k (exactly $4,192) Kevinfu510
Mage Food Truck $9.99 13 100% 390 $3.9k (exactly $3,896) One Man Left Studios
Just Grill the Steak! $1.99 50 90% 1.5k $3.0k (exactly $2,985) KIMIDORI SOFT
PizzaPanic $8.99 10 80% 300 $2.7k (exactly $2,697) Catnip Lab
I Can Only Speak Doner $4.99 16 87% 480 $2.4k (exactly $2,395) Fokaia Studio

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