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Should I ship a Desktop Companion Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Desktop Companion
Of 29 developers who shipped a Desktop Companion 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.. 34 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $5.9k, ×49 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $490k, ×4118 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 34 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $16,617) |
| Top 5% | $490k (exactly $490,042) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 29 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 34 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 100% on the market, supply 765% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Desktop Companion
- effort 1 / 10 · high · effort 1 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Point & Click, Desktop Companion; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Idler, Creature Collector, Life Sim
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, 2D, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 7,891 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 34 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Point & Click with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Life SimFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + MiningFair
- + CookingFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Online Co-OpFair
- + Word GameFair
Comparable games
Ithya: Magic Studies 2025 · $693k 
Maltese's Fluffy Onsen 2025 · $490k 
Birdwatching Notebook 2026 · $476k 
Desktop Raid 2026 · $181k 
NejicomiSimulator TMA02 2024 · $79k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ithya: Magic Studies | $10.99 | 2,103 97% | 63k | $693k (exactly $693,359) | BlueTurtle | |
| | Maltese's Fluffy Onsen | $5.99 | 2,727 94% | 82k | $490k (exactly $490,042) | Sinkhole Studio, Moonlab Studio | |
| | Birdwatching Notebook | $9.99 | 1,588 97% | 48k | $476k (exactly $475,924) | Biekka Games | |
| | Desktop Raid | $8.99 | 672 76% | 20k | $181k (exactly $181,238) | Lee_Studio | |
| | NejicomiSimulator TMA02 | older | $22.99 | 114 76% | 3.4k | $79k (exactly $78,626) | やぶから堂, たまぷろじぇくと |
 | With Me: Aquatic Time | · EA | $9.99 | 153 88% | 4.6k | $46k (exactly $45,854) | Sensory Patch Games |
 | NejicomiSimulator Vol.4 | older | $22.99 | 65 60% | 2.0k | $45k (exactly $44,830) | やぶから堂 |
 | Meow Palace: Forbidden City | · EA | $5.99 | 247 90% | 7.4k | $44k (exactly $44,386) | 宫喵家族 |
 | NejicomiSimulator TMA01 | older | $12.99 | 100 76% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $38,970) | やぶから堂, たまぷろじぇくと |
 | NejicomiSimulator Vol.5 | older | $12.99 | 80 83% | 2.4k | $31k (exactly $31,176) | やぶから堂, たまぷろじぇくと |
 | Nano Neighbors | $7.99 | 112 76% | 3.4k | $27k (exactly $26,846) | Studio BitDot | |
 | Push Push | $4.99 | 111 97% | 3.3k | $17k (exactly $16,617) | 1ceAgain | |
 | Corner Market | · EA | $3.99 | 135 89% | 4.1k | $16k (exactly $16,160) | Tiny Orbit |
 | Koumi-Jima after Training with Konomi-chan live2d | $10.99 | 43 55% | 1.3k | $14k (exactly $14,177) | やぶから堂, 青水庵 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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