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Should I ship a Futuristic Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Futuristic
Of 72 developers who shipped a Futuristic 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.. 114 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $810, ×1.7 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $200k, ×435 the market median. Revenue is down 45% on the market; 114 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $807 (exactly $807) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) |
| Top 5% | $206k (exactly $206,468) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 72 |
| Released games | 242 |
| Announced | 114 |
| 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 down 45% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Futuristic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Point & Click; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Choices Matter, Multiple Endings
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, Atmospheric, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 5,460 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 39 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 114 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Neo Cab 2019 · $975k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Citizen Sleeper | older | $19.99 | 8,271 92% | 248k | $5.0M (exactly $4,960,119) | Jump Over The Age |
| | Dreamfall Chapters | older | $24.99 | 3,213 82% | 96k | $2.4M (exactly $2,408,786) | Red Thread Games |
| | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector | $24.99 | 2,358 91% | 71k | $1.8M (exactly $1,767,793) | Jump Over The Age | |
| | Beyond a Steel Sky | older | $34.99 | 1,295 87% | 39k | $1.4M (exactly $1,359,362) | Revolution Software Ltd |
| | Neo Cab | older | $14.99 | 2,169 80% | 65k | $975k (exactly $975,399) | Chance Agency |
 | Submachine: Legacy | older | $24.99 | 1,281 98% | 38k | $960k (exactly $960,366) | Mateusz Skutnik |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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