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Should I ship a Demon Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Demons
Of 52 developers who shipped a Demon 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.. 72 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $72k, ×153 the market median. Revenue is up 45% on the market; 72 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,190) |
| Top 5% | $73k (exactly $72,629) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 52 |
| Released games | 177 |
| Announced | 72 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 45% on the market, supply 85% 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
- Demons
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Point & Click; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Hidden Object
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Dark, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 4,317 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 72 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Point & Click with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Melvor Idle 2021 · $4.4M 
The Thaumaturge 2024 · $4.1M 
Sally Face - Episode One 2016 · $2.5M 
Forbidden Solitaire 2026 · $1.1M 
Hellslave 2022 · $422k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Melvor Idle | older | $9.99 | 14,630 90% | 439k | $4.4M (exactly $4,384,611) | Games by Malcs |
| | The Thaumaturge | older | $34.99 | 3,888 81% | 117k | $4.1M (exactly $4,081,234) | Fool's Theory |
| | Sally Face - Episode One | older | $2.99 | 27,502 97% | 825k | $2.5M (exactly $2,466,929) | Portable Moose |
| | 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) | |
| | Hellslave | older | $19.99 | 703 82% | 21k | $422k (exactly $421,589) | Ars Goetia |
 | Lucifer Within Us | older | $19.99 | 635 73% | 19k | $381k (exactly $380,809) | Kitfox Games |
 | Darkestville Castle | older | $15.99 | 625 93% | 19k | $300k (exactly $299,812) | Epic Llama Games |
 | Countess in Crimson | older | $9.99 | 833 83% | 25k | $250k (exactly $249,650) | Digital Seductions |
 | NightCry | older | $24.99 | 225 60% | 6.8k | $169k (exactly $168,682) | Nude Maker |
 | Adam Wolfe | older | $5.99 | 844 91% | 25k | $152k (exactly $151,667) | Mad Head Games |
 | Heart of the Forest | $12.99 | 202 70% | 6.1k | $79k (exactly $78,719) | Trapped Predator | |
 | Angel Engine | $7.99 | 303 80% | 9.1k | $73k (exactly $72,629) | HMS Studios, Black Lantern Collective | |
 | Riddlewood Manor | $14.99 | 132 93% | 4.0k | $59k (exactly $59,360) | Peanut Button | |
 | Daemonologie | $2.99 | 561 92% | 17k | $50k (exactly $50,322) | Katanalevy | |
 | Para Eyes | $9.99 | 133 95% | 4.0k | $40k (exactly $39,860) | Shawno Studios | |
 | Dead Finger Dice | $4.99 | 230 78% | 6.9k | $34k (exactly $34,431) | Rocket Adrift Games | |
 | Weirdlands | $19.99 | 53 98% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $31,784) | Martin Mejak | |
 | Heroine Conquest | $3.99 | 230 71% | 6.9k | $28k (exactly $27,531) | BadColor | |
 | Paragnosia | $3.99 | 228 92% | 6.8k | $27k (exactly $27,292) | Sine Coda |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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