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Should I ship a Dragon Point & Click game?

Point & Click + Dragons

Of 26 developers who shipped a Dragon 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.. 15 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $130k, ×222 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 15 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 50% on the market, 15 announced, ×1.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Point & Click + Dragons
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 26
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $9.6k → $1.4k → $2.5k → $6.1k → $683 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Point & Click + Dragons: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 26
Bottom 30% $359 (exactly $359)
Median $1.4k (exactly $1,440)
Top 25% $9.3k (exactly $9,281)
Top 5% $139k (exactly $139,407)
Developers, 2 yr 26
Released games 60
Announced 15
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 down 50% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Dragons
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Visual Novel, Adventure, Exploration
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cartoony, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,209 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $360, median $1.4k, 1 in 4 over $9.2k, 1 in 20 over $130k.

3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Point & Click with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + JRPGFair41 devs · median $8.4k · 45 announced
  2. + Job SimulatorFair50 devs · median $5.8k · 56 announced
  3. + Party-Based RPGFair17 devs · median $2.5k · 20 announced
  4. + Life SimFair162 devs · median $2.4k · 219 announced
  5. + Local MultiplayerFair14 devs · median $2.0k · 8 announced
  6. + MiningFair36 devs · median $1.9k · 39 announced
  7. + CookingFair68 devs · median $1.8k · 79 announced
  8. + Escape RoomFair62 devs · median $1.8k · 51 announced
  9. + UnderwaterFair21 devs · median $1.8k · 20 announced
  10. + Local Co-OpFair12 devs · median $1.8k · 9 announced
  11. + Online Co-OpFair28 devs · median $1.7k · 34 announced
  12. + Word GameFair60 devs · median $1.6k · 56 announced

All 200 pairs on the Point & Click page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Storyteller 2023 · $3.7M Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy 2025 · $631k The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 2015 · $614k Dragon Sleuth Brittany 2025 · $139k The Secret Order 5: The Buried Kingdom 2017 · $75k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Storyteller older $14.99 8,169 88% 245k $3.7M (exactly $3,673,599) Daniel Benmergui
Amerzone - The Explorer's Legacy $39.99 526 90% 16k $631k (exactly $631,042) Microids Studio Paris
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 older $29.99 682 90% 20k $614k (exactly $613,595) KING Art
Dragon Sleuth Brittany $14.99 310 88% 9.3k $139k (exactly $139,407) Cherry Blossom Games, Critical Bliss
The Secret Order 5: The Buried Kingdom older $14.99 167 82% 5.0k $75k (exactly $75,100) Sunward Games
The Secret Order 8: Return to the Buried Kingdom older $14.99 109 82% 3.3k $49k (exactly $49,017) Sunward Games
Six Legends $14.99 87 100% 2.6k $39k (exactly $39,124) Vincent Paquin
Sonya: The Great Adventure older $6.99 175 74% 5.3k $37k (exactly $36,698) Specialbit Studio
Kingdom of Lust · EA $12.99 62 64% 1.9k $24k (exactly $24,161) Alienguy
Pet Lands $14.99 47 46% 1.4k $21k (exactly $21,136) Tbjbu2, Adria Martinez Exposito
Dragon Detective: A Friend from the Shadows $9.99 49 97% 1.5k $15k (exactly $14,685) Sungazer Software LLC
Bathhouse Creatures $4.99 62 98% 1.9k $9.3k (exactly $9,281) Sleepy Rocket
Rune Ark $6.99 29 65% 870 $6.1k (exactly $6,081) WelesGames
DungeonSweeper $7.99 21 76% 630 $5.0k (exactly $5,034) Smoketree Studios
MONPIC -The Hatchling Meets a Girl- $8.99 16 93% 480 $4.3k (exactly $4,315) Happy Elements K.K

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.