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Escape Room + Logic
Of 54 developers who shipped an Escape Room 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.. 44 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×18 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $480. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 44 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $18,350) |
| Top 5% | $627k (exactly $626,749) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 54 |
| Released games | 173 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 30% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Escape Room
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Escape Room, Logic; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 6,039 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 8 in 10 of the 36 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 25 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Escape Room with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationStrong odds
- + Online Co-OpFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + SupernaturalFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + MysteryFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + HorrorFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + AdventureFair
Comparable games
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise 2019 · $3.5M 
The House of Da Vinci 2 2020 · $1.2M 
The House of Da Vinci 3 2022 · $781k 
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? 2024 · $680k 
In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure 2024 · $644k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Agent A: A puzzle in disguise | older | $19.99 | 5,901 95% | 177k | $3.5M (exactly $3,538,830) | Yak & Co |
| | The House of Da Vinci 2 | older | $19.99 | 2,051 90% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,229,985) | Blue Brain Games |
| | The House of Da Vinci 3 | older | $19.99 | 1,303 89% | 39k | $781k (exactly $781,409) | Blue Brain Games |
| | Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? | $14.99 | 1,513 95% | 45k | $680k (exactly $680,396) | Stately Snail | |
| | In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure | $14.99 | 1,432 86% | 43k | $644k (exactly $643,970) | Clock Out Games | |
 | The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition | $24.99 | 836 72% | 25k | $627k (exactly $626,749) | Blue Brain Games | |
 | The Inheritance of Crimson Manor | older | $19.99 | 907 87% | 27k | $544k (exactly $543,928) | MediaCity Games |
 | Escape From Mystwood Mansion | older | $16.99 | 885 92% | 27k | $451k (exactly $451,084) | Lost Sock Studio |
 | Unboxing the Cryptic Killer | older | $5.99 | 2,354 89% | 71k | $423k (exactly $423,014) | Eleven Puzzles |
 | How 2 Escape | older | $12.99 | 684 71% | 21k | $267k (exactly $266,555) | Breakfirst Games |
 | Post Trauma | $14.99 | 574 72% | 17k | $258k (exactly $258,128) | RED SOUL GAMES | |
 | We Escaped a Twisted Game | $4.99 | 792 94% | 24k | $119k (exactly $118,562) | Deluded Games | |
 | Looking For Fael | $19.99 | 165 98% | 5.0k | $99k (exactly $98,950) | Swing Swing Submarine, La Poule Noire,… (Swing Swing Submarine, La Poule Noire, ARTE France) | |
 | Pyramids and Aliens: Escape Room | $12.99 | 191 81% | 5.7k | $74k (exactly $74,433) | mc2games | |
 | Secrets of Blackrock Manor - Escape Room | $9.99 | 222 80% | 6.7k | $67k (exactly $66,533) | Biri Biri | |
 | How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine | $12.99 | 161 83% | 4.8k | $63k (exactly $62,742) | Breakfirst Games | |
 | 60 Minutes to Extinction: Escape Room | $7.99 | 153 82% | 4.6k | $37k (exactly $36,674) | mc2games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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