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Should I ship a Crafting Match 3?
Crafting + Match 3
Only 5 developers shipped a Crafting Match 3 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, Mineshaft, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced, ×8.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 0 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $630. 8 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $298 (exactly $298) |
| Top 25% | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 5% | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Crafting, Match 3
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 677 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. 8 games are announced against 0 developers who shipped in the last year, ×8.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Re:DESTINY 2021 · $51k 
Minesweeper Collector 2 2024 · $29k 
Faerie Solitaire Dire 2020 · EA · $25k 
Geolosys 2022 · $7.5k 
Puzzle Forge Dungeon 2021 · $7.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Re:DESTINY | older | $3.99 | 430 76% | 13k | $51k (exactly $51,471) | D-Ark Studio |
| | Minesweeper Collector 2 | older | $9.99 | 97 89% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $29,071) | Anton Kryukov |
| | Faerie Solitaire Dire | · EA older | $19.99 | 41 68% | 1.2k | $25k (exactly $24,588) | Subsoap |
| | Geolosys | older | $5.99 | 42 85% | 1.3k | $7.5k (exactly $7,547) | SUJIKO Media Group |
| | Puzzle Forge Dungeon | older | $9.99 | 25 68% | 750 | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) | Tuesday Quest |
 | Yum Collector | older | $4.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Eon Gate Innovations |
 | Dale Hardshovel HD | older | $3.99 | 13 61% | 390 | $1.6k (exactly $1,556) | phime studio LLC |
 | Saving Clicklandia | older | $6.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Sky Bros |
 | Mineshaft | · EA | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Z Sculpt Entertainment |
 | Merge Guard | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Raido Studios | |
 | Sexycraft | older | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Slippy Floor |
 | Paint Puzzle Quest | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Boogygames Studios | |
 | Digital Revolution | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Team IO | |
 | OnlyGame | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | 小桨哥 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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