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Should I ship a Dog Match 3?
Match 3 + Dogs
Only 12 developers shipped a Dog Match 3 in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Dogpile, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced.
Verdict: long shot, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $90, ×0.2 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $210k, ×447 the market median. Revenue is up 16050% on the market; 4 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) |
| Top 5% | $212k (exactly $212,188) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 4 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- Match 3
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 94% positive over 768 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 4 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Match 3 with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RomanceFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
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- + ShooterFair
- + MagicFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Dark FantasyFair
- + PvPLong shot
- + CombatLong shot
- + Visual NovelPoor odds
Comparable games
Furry Shades of Gay 2: A Shade Gayer 2021 · $221k 
Dogpile 2025 · $212k 
Sex and the Furry Titty 2: Sins of the City 2022 · $212k 
Furry Shades of Gay 2020 · $175k 
Furry Shades of Gay 3: Still Gayer 2023 · $121k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Furry Shades of Gay 2: A Shade Gayer | older | $9.99 | 738 96% | 22k | $221k (exactly $221,179) | Furlough Games |
| | Dogpile | $9.99 | 708 95% | 21k | $212k (exactly $212,188) | Studio Folly, Toot Games, Foot | |
| | Sex and the Furry Titty 2: Sins of the City | older | $9.99 | 708 91% | 21k | $212k (exactly $212,188) | Furlough Games |
| | Furry Shades of Gay | older | $6.99 | 835 91% | 25k | $175k (exactly $175,100) | Furlough Games |
| | Furry Shades of Gay 3: Still Gayer | older | $9.99 | 403 95% | 12k | $121k (exactly $120,779) | Furlough Games |
 | Sex and the Furry Titty 3: Come Inside, Sweety | older | $9.99 | 325 92% | 9.8k | $97k (exactly $97,402) | Furlough Games |
 | Furry Reich 🐺 | older | $3.99 | 189 77% | 5.7k | $23k (exactly $22,623) | Furry Dreams Lab |
 | Roguematch : The Extraplanar Invasion | $14.99 | 33 84% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Starstruck Games | |
 | Furry Love & Sex | older | $6.99 | 51 82% | 1.5k | $11k (exactly $10,695) | Octo Games |
 | 1001 Jigsaw. Home Sweet Home | older | $14.99 | 13 61% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Creobit |
 | Puppy Link - Tile Connect | $2.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | ZT-Studio | |
 | Jixo: The Season of Joy Collector's Edition | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | Home for Friends: Beloved Pets Collector's Edition | $8.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Do Games Limited | |
 | Droppy Dog | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Helen Tran, M81 Studio | |
 | Pop DS | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | XPS Technology | |
 | Bubbles in the Air | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Elder Bear | |
 | Dog Gone Cats: Tail of 300 Days (Pawlike Edition) | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Team Pueo | |
 | Farmyard Pals Jigsaw Puzzles | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Boogygames Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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