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Should I ship a Dragon Logic game?
Logic + Dragons
Only 12 developers shipped a Dragon Logic game 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, Mind Over Magic, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×3.6 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 180% on the market; 8 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $148 (exactly $148) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) |
| Top 25% | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) |
| Top 5% | $3.2M (exactly $3,234,206) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 180% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Logic
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 4,444 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 8 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Word Game 2022 · $6.2M 
Mind Over Magic 2025 · $3.2M 
Kit's Quest 2023 · $20k 
Educational Games for Kids 2020 · $19k 
Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows 2025 · $15k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Word Game | older | $34.99 | 5,930 93% | 178k | $6.2M (exactly $6,224,721) | Team9 |
| | Mind Over Magic | $24.99 | 4,314 86% | 129k | $3.2M (exactly $3,234,206) | Sparkypants | |
| | Kit's Quest | older | $14.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Lone Fox Games |
| | Educational Games for Kids | older | $12.99 | 50 82% | 1.5k | $19k (exactly $19,485) | Crazysoft Limited |
| | Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows | $9.99 | 49 97% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,685) | Sungazer Software LLC | |
 | Curse of Dragon Mountains: The Strix | older | $9.99 | 38 47% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | Cateia Games |
 | DungeonSweeper | $7.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Smoketree Studios | |
 | Dumpy and Bumpy | older | $4.99 | 31 96% | 930 | $4.6k (exactly $4,641) | Programancer |
 | SEARCH ALL - RUNES | older | $2.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $3.8k (exactly $3,767) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Spire Blast | $6.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | Orbital Knight | |
 | One more gem | $15.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.4k (exactly $3,358) | Cosmin Munteanu | |
 | New Yankee: Pirate Trap | $6.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $2.3k (exactly $2,307) | Alawar Casual | |
 | Master of the Maze | $14.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Endeavorous Games and Tech | |
 | New Yankee: Jelly Chaos | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Alawar Casual | |
 | New Yankee: The Way of the Knight | $6.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Alawar Casual | |
 | Elven Rivers 3: Sky Realm Collector's Edition | $14.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | 8floor ltd |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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