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Should I ship a Dark-Fantasy Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Dark Fantasy
Of 102 developers who shipped a Dark-Fantasy 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.. 162 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.5k, ×8.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $390k, ×630 the market median. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 162 games are announced against 60 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.5k (exactly $5,458) |
| Top 25% | $36k (exactly $35,778) |
| Top 5% | $396k (exactly $395,736) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 102 |
| Released games | 353 |
| Announced | 162 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 30% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Dark Fantasy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, RPG, Interactive Fiction
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 12,624 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 7 in 10 of the 57 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 162 games are announced against 60 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Fran Bow 2015 · $9.3M 
Little Misfortune 2019 · $7.1M 
Scarlet Hollow 2021 · EA · $4.3M 
The Thaumaturge 2024 · $4.1M 
Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure 2019 · $1.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Fran Bow | older | $14.99 | 20,579 97% | 617k | $9.3M (exactly $9,254,376) | Killmonday Games AB |
| | Little Misfortune | older | $19.99 | 11,789 92% | 354k | $7.1M (exactly $7,069,863) | Killmonday Games AB |
| | Scarlet Hollow | · EA older | $29.99 | 4,833 97% | 145k | $4.3M (exactly $4,348,250) | Black Tabby Games |
| | The Thaumaturge | older | $34.99 | 3,888 81% | 117k | $4.1M (exactly $4,081,234) | Fool's Theory |
| | Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure | older | $19.99 | 2,089 89% | 63k | $1.3M (exactly $1,252,773) | Stuck In Attic |
 | Cabernet | $19.99 | 2,025 94% | 61k | $1.2M (exactly $1,214,392) | Party for Introverts | |
 | UNREAL LIFE | older | $19.99 | 1,863 95% | 56k | $1.1M (exactly $1,117,241) | hako life, hako 生活 |
 | Forbidden Solitaire | $15.99 | 2,245 96% | 67k | $1.1M (exactly $1,076,926) | Grey Alien Games, Night Signal Entertai… (Grey Alien Games, Night Signal Entertainment) | |
 | Unavowed | older | $14.99 | 2,309 95% | 69k | $1.0M (exactly $1,038,357) | Wadjet Eye Games |
 | The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian | $24.99 | 1,356 74% | 41k | $1.0M (exactly $1,016,593) | Schisma Games | |
 | Horripilant | $7.99 | 2,928 92% | 88k | $702k (exactly $701,842) | Alexandre Declos , Pas Game Studio | |
 | Corruption Town | · EA | $14.99 | 992 88% | 30k | $446k (exactly $446,102) | BoredBasmati |
 | The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker | $14.99 | 880 83% | 26k | $396k (exactly $395,736) | Olipa Games | |
 | Slender Threads | $19.99 | 574 90% | 17k | $344k (exactly $344,228) | Blyts | |
 | The Dark Rites of Arkham | $14.99 | 655 97% | 20k | $295k (exactly $294,554) | Postmodern Adventures | |
 | DAEMON MASQUERADE | $14.99 | 514 95% | 15k | $231k (exactly $231,146) | Callum Page | |
 | Hotel Tales | $14.99 | 455 80% | 14k | $205k (exactly $204,614) | TopHouse Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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