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Escape Room + Point & Click
Of 62 developers who shipped an Escape Room 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.. 51 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×15 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $630. Revenue is up 35% on the market; 51 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) |
| Top 25% | $12k (exactly $11,611) |
| Top 5% | $627k (exactly $626,749) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 62 |
| Released games | 294 |
| Announced | 51 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Escape Room, Point & Click; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle, Exploration
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.00 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Atmospheric, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.00 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 17,010 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 8 in 10 of the 53 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 51 games are announced against 35 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
Escape Simulator 2021 · $9.9M 
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games 2017 · $6.3M 
The Room 4: Old Sins 2021 · $4.8M 
The Room 2014 · $4.6M 
The House of Da Vinci 2017 · $4.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Escape Simulator | older | $19.99 | 16,496 94% | 495k | $9.9M (exactly $9,892,651) | Pine Studio |
| | Zero Escape: The Nonary Games | older | $29.99 | 7,007 92% | 210k | $6.3M (exactly $6,304,198) | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. |
| | The Room 4: Old Sins | older | $8.99 | 17,806 98% | 534k | $4.8M (exactly $4,802,278) | Fireproof Games |
| | The Room | older | $4.99 | 30,421 97% | 913k | $4.6M (exactly $4,554,024) | Fireproof Games |
| | The House of Da Vinci | older | $19.99 | 6,710 85% | 201k | $4.0M (exactly $4,023,987) | Blue Brain Games |
 | Agent A: A puzzle in disguise | older | $19.99 | 5,901 95% | 177k | $3.5M (exactly $3,538,830) | Yak & Co |
 | Grim Fandango Remastered | older | $14.99 | 7,127 91% | 214k | $3.2M (exactly $3,205,012) | Double Fine Productions, Shiny Shoe |
 | The Room Two | older | $4.99 | 21,056 97% | 632k | $3.2M (exactly $3,152,083) | Fireproof Games |
 | Deponia | older | $9.99 | 10,455 87% | 314k | $3.1M (exactly $3,133,364) | Daedalic Entertainment |
 | Deponia: The Complete Journey | older | $29.99 | 3,375 85% | 101k | $3.0M (exactly $3,036,488) | Daedalic Entertainment |
 | Escape Simulator 2 | $19.99 | 4,292 92% | 129k | $2.6M (exactly $2,573,912) | Pine Studio | |
 | Servant of the Lake | $7.99 | 7,120 98% | 214k | $1.7M (exactly $1,706,664) | Rusty Lake | |
 | 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 | |
 | HER TREES : PUZZLE DREAM | $3.99 | 1,936 97% | 58k | $232k (exactly $231,739) | Stone | |
 | Parallel Experiment | $9.99 | 702 84% | 21k | $210k (exactly $210,389) | Eleven Puzzles | |
 | My Fav Chill Streamer Dies a Million Times｜ゆるゆる生配信する推しは100万回死ぬ | $34.99 | 114 92% | 3.4k | $120k (exactly $119,666) | VELUX STUDIO | |
 | 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 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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