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Should I ship a Point & Click Deckbuilding?
Deckbuilding + Point & Click
Of 34 developers who shipped a Point & Click Deckbuilding 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.. 36 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is flat on the market; 36 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,587) |
| Top 5% | $81k (exactly $81,058) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 34 |
| Released games | 62 |
| Announced | 36 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Deckbuilding
- effort 3 / 10 · high · card pools and run logic
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Deckbuilding, Point & Click; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Card Battler, Roguelike
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 1,424 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 7 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Deckbuilding with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AutomationFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + 2D FighterFair
- + Party GameFair
- + SwordplayFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + LogicFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Dating SimPoor odds
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
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Sinners Landing 2025 · $108k 
Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator 2025 · $81k 
Roulette Hero 2025 · $78k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Inscryption | older | $19.99 | 135,017 96% | 4.1M | $81M (exactly $80,969,695) | Daniel Mullins Games |
| | Sovereign Syndicate | older | $19.99 | 573 79% | 17k | $344k (exactly $343,628) | Crimson Herring Studios |
| | Sinners Landing | $19.99 | 180 86% | 5.4k | $108k (exactly $107,946) | Flexible Media | |
| | Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator | $12.99 | 208 59% | 6.2k | $81k (exactly $81,058) | Zeitglas | |
| | Roulette Hero | $9.99 | 260 92% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,922) | CLLC Studio | |
 | Skogdal | $19.99 | 112 98% | 3.4k | $67k (exactly $67,166) | Erlend Kirkeboe, Kay Arne Kirkeboe | |
 | Farm Keeper | older | $4.99 | 390 91% | 12k | $58k (exactly $58,383) | Cuddle Code |
 | Once a Porn a Time: Porn and Cards | $14.99 | 85 72% | 2.6k | $38k (exactly $38,224) | OPT Studio | |
 | The Foretold: Westmark Legacy | older | $19.99 | 61 50% | 1.8k | $37k (exactly $36,582) | Nodbrim Interactive |
 | Dead Finger Dice | $4.99 | 230 78% | 6.9k | $34k (exactly $34,431) | Rocket Adrift Games | |
 | Love, Internet, and Murder Magic | $3.99 | 217 72% | 6.5k | $26k (exactly $25,975) | Renka | |
 | Kaamos: Puzzle Roguelike | $9.99 | 73 87% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,878) | Pepperbox Studios | |
 | Little Witch Inuko | $9.99 | 42 83% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | Flamme Soft | |
 | Sinners Landing: Bane of Passion | · EA | $14.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | Flexible Media |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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