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Typing + Fantasy
Of 27 developers who shipped a Fantasy Typing 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.. 42 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×1.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $13k, ×28 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 42 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $538 (exactly $538) |
| Top 25% | $3.7k (exactly $3,711) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $13,485) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 27 |
| Released games | 67 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 55% more 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
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Typing; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Word Game, Puzzle, RPG
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 307 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Typing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Cryptmaster 2024 · $1.3M 
7 Days to End with You 2022 · $797k 
Nanotale - Typing Chronicles 2021 · $419k 
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Terra Alia: The Language Discovery RPG 2021 · $43k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cryptmaster | older | $24.99 | 1,671 94% | 50k | $1.3M (exactly $1,252,749) | Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games |
| | 7 Days to End with You | older | $7.99 | 3,327 87% | 100k | $797k (exactly $797,482) | Lizardry |
| | Nanotale - Typing Chronicles | older | $19.99 | 698 77% | 21k | $419k (exactly $418,591) | Fishing Cactus |
| | Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech | older | $19.99 | 254 98% | 7.6k | $152k (exactly $152,324) | Study Bunny Games LLC |
| | Terra Alia: The Language Discovery RPG | older | $14.99 | 96 64% | 2.9k | $43k (exactly $43,171) | 30 Parallel |
 | Backspace Bouken | older | $14.99 | 69 94% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,029) | RNG Party Games |
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 | TYPECAST | older | $4.99 | 145 91% | 4.4k | $22k (exactly $21,706) | Gutter Arcade, Mecha Studios |
 | Type Knight | older | $4.99 | 135 91% | 4.1k | $20k (exactly $20,210) | chaikadev |
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 | Camelot 10000CE | $7.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $11k (exactly $11,266) | Miziziziz | |
 | WonderLang Japanese | $24.99 | 14 42% | 420 | $10k (exactly $10,496) | bair games | |
 | Locktale | $7.99 | 30 83% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Mina Pêcheux | |
 | WonderLang Mandarin Chinese | $24.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $4.5k (exactly $4,498) | bair games | |
 | Typomagical | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Sigcom | |
 | Beek: Familiar Spirit - Remastered | $3.99 | 31 80% | 930 | $3.7k (exactly $3,711) | Studio Klondike Australia | |
 | The Garden of Hermeneus | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | ShironoR | |
 | WonderLang Portuguese | $24.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $2.2k (exactly $2,249) | bair games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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