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Should I ship a Gambling Point & Click game?
Gambling + Point & Click
Of 24 developers who shipped a Gambling 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.. 28 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, ×5.0 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 28 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $5.2k (exactly $5,211) |
| Top 5% | $52k (exactly $51,578) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 64 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply 280% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Gambling
- 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
- Gambling, Point & Click; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Idler, Incremental
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $5.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, 2D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $5.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 4,767 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Gambling with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Dungeon CrawlerFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Online Co-OpFair
- + Co-opFair
- + FPSFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + MysteryFair
Comparable games
Card Shark 2022 · $1.8M 
Click the Button 2026 · $461k 
LOLLIPOP! 2021 · $197k 
Scratchers 2025 · $52k 
I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling 2017 · $46k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Card Shark | older | $19.99 | 2,965 90% | 89k | $1.8M (exactly $1,778,110) | Nerial |
| | Click the Button | $3.99 | 3,849 93% | 115k | $461k (exactly $460,725) | LoopCap | |
| | LOLLIPOP! | older | $4.99 | 1,318 75% | 40k | $197k (exactly $197,305) | 430Games, __Ja__ga__imo__ |
| | Scratchers | $2.99 | 575 57% | 17k | $52k (exactly $51,578) | muffler | |
| | I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling | older | $0.99 | 1,542 91% | 46k | $46k (exactly $45,797) | Mutant Entertainment Studios |
 | ARSONATE | $2.99 | 158 87% | 4.7k | $14k (exactly $14,173) | Nash | |
 | Dice Goblins Clicker | $5.99 | 52 65% | 1.6k | $9.3k (exactly $9,344) | Crytime | |
 | Curt Maddox | older | $7.99 | 34 85% | 1.0k | $8.2k (exactly $8,150) | Lesson of Passion |
 | Telltale Texas Hold ‘Em | older | $0.99 | 235 79% | 7.1k | $7.0k (exactly $6,980) | Telltale |
 | Harvest Dice Profit | $2.99 | 66 92% | 2.0k | $5.9k (exactly $5,920) | Red Corn | |
 | Funfair Billionaire | $5.99 | 29 82% | 870 | $5.2k (exactly $5,211) | Yunogames | |
 | Casino Casualty | $7.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | GlitchedLizard | |
 | Home Rescue: Clean and Restore Collector's Edition | $11.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | Avi Games | |
 | Fate Dealer | $2.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | Anguish Dealer | |
 | Gift Drop Machine: Life Simulator | · EA | $4.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | PEGAX Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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