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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Crafting Point & Click game?

Crafting + Point & Click

Of 122 developers who shipped a Crafting 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.. 167 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 75 developers shipped in the last year and 167 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 20% on the market, 167 announced, ×2.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Crafting + Point & Click
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 122
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.4k → $1.1k → $180 → $539 → $628 → $449 → $599 (still earning) → $89 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Crafting + Point & Click: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 122
Bottom 30% $119 (exactly $119)
Median $359 (exactly $359)
Top 25% $4.1k (exactly $4,070)
Top 5% $54k (exactly $53,514)
Developers, 2 yr 122
Released games 289
Announced 167
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: revenue up 20% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 19%, 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.

Crafting
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 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
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Crafting, Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Adventure, Management
Price point
$3.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Pixel Graphics
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.

The top 10 games average 77% positive over 7,697 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $360, 1 in 4 over $4.0k, 1 in 20 over $53k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 61 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 167 games are announced against 75 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

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Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator older $19.99 37,870 92% 1.1M $23M (exactly $22,710,639) niceplay games
Melvor Idle older $9.99 14,630 90% 439k $4.4M (exactly $4,384,611) Games by Malcs
Mr. Prepper older $19.99 4,795 81% 144k $2.9M (exactly $2,875,562) Rejected Games
Card Survival: Tropical Island older $24.99 2,962 94% 89k $2.2M (exactly $2,220,611) WinterSpring Games
BitCraft Online · EA $15.99 3,334 72% 100k $1.6M (exactly $1,599,320) Clockwork Laboratories, Inc.
SKYHILL older $9.99 4,736 78% 142k $1.4M (exactly $1,419,379) Mandragora
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Desktop Raid $8.99 672 76% 20k $181k (exactly $181,238) Lee_Studio
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.