Should I ship a Dog Logic game?
Logic + Dogs
Of 28 developers who shipped a Dog Logic 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.. 21 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.8 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 30% on the market; 21 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) |
| Top 5% | $12k (exactly $12,449) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 62 |
| Announced | 21 |
| 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 up 30% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Logic; 9 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Cute, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 336 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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- + Bullet TimeFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + TransportationFair
- + Automobile SimFair
- + CookingFair
Comparable games
Railbound 2022 · $708k 
HUMANITY 2023 · $439k 
Puppy Cross 2020 · $41k 
Pup Champs 2025 · $39k 
Tell Me Your Story 2024 · $25k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Railbound | older | $12.99 | 1,818 94% | 55k | $708k (exactly $708,475) | Afterburn |
| | HUMANITY | older | $29.99 | 488 92% | 15k | $439k (exactly $439,054) | tha ltd., Enhance |
| | Puppy Cross | older | $4.99 | 274 96% | 8.2k | $41k (exactly $41,018) | DIMANCHE CORP. |
| | Pup Champs | $12.99 | 101 98% | 3.0k | $39k (exactly $39,360) | Afterburn | |
| | Tell Me Your Story | older | $9.99 | 84 65% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $25,175) | RedDeer.Games |
 | 100 hidden dogs | older | $0.99 | 552 93% | 17k | $16k (exactly $16,394) | Anatoliy Loginovskikh, Аlexandr Telminov |
 | In My Shadow | older | $9.99 | 50 82% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | Playbae |
 | Dawg Game | $3.99 | 104 98% | 3.1k | $12k (exactly $12,449) | Big Noses Entertainment | |
 | Finch & Archie | · EA | $11.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $9.4k (exactly $9,352) | Octarine Arts |
 | Pasha Planet: Reborn | older | $13.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $5.9k (exactly $5,876) | Scorpio Game CO., LTD. |
 | Fail Fail Succeed | $9.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Martin Zetterman | |
 | The Empress Quest : Full Moons Saga | $19.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Nine Stories Tower Studio | |
 | Eyes That Hypnotise | $2.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $2.8k (exactly $2,781) | Possum Riot | |
 | Doggy Up! | $3.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | Feas | |
 | SEARCH ALL - BONES | $2.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $1.9k (exactly $1,884) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich | |
 | Considerable Grandfather | $7.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | The Niknokination Collaboration | |
 | Jixo: The Season of Joy Collector's Edition | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | MixoGames Ltd. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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