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Should I ship a Gothic Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Gothic
Of 40 developers who shipped a Gothic 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.. 57 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $6.3k, ×13 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $980; 1 in 20 cleared $310k, ×664 the market median. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 57 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $980 (exactly $980) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) |
| Top 25% | $50k (exactly $50,232) |
| Top 5% | $316k (exactly $315,624) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 40 |
| Released games | 97 |
| Announced | 57 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 60% on the market, supply 95% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Gothic
- 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; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Exploration, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 5,039 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $980. 7 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 57 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Point & Click with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
At Dead Of Night 2020 · $1.6M 
NORCO 2022 · $1.2M 
Unavowed 2018 · $1.0M 
Schrödinger's Call 2026 · $607k 
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition 2014 · $566k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | At Dead Of Night | older | $15.99 | 3,289 94% | 99k | $1.6M (exactly $1,577,733) | Baggy Cat Ltd. |
| | NORCO | older | $14.99 | 2,774 92% | 83k | $1.2M (exactly $1,247,468) | Geography of Robots |
| | Unavowed | older | $14.99 | 2,309 95% | 69k | $1.0M (exactly $1,038,357) | Wadjet Eye Games |
| | Schrödinger's Call | $17.99 | 1,124 94% | 34k | $607k (exactly $606,623) | Acrobatic Chirimenjako | |
| | Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition | older | $19.99 | 944 89% | 28k | $566k (exactly $566,117) | Phoenix Online Studios, Pinkerton Road… (Phoenix Online Studios, Pinkerton Road Studio) |
 | Lorelai | older | $8.99 | 1,447 90% | 43k | $390k (exactly $390,256) | Harvester Games |
 | Lamplight City | older | $14.99 | 802 89% | 24k | $361k (exactly $360,659) | Grundislav Games |
 | Black Mirror I | older | $9.99 | 1,175 85% | 35k | $352k (exactly $352,148) | Future Games, Unknown Identity |
 | ASYLUM | $24.99 | 421 84% | 13k | $316k (exactly $315,624) | Senscape | |
 | My Lovely Wife | older | $14.99 | 685 74% | 21k | $308k (exactly $308,044) | GameChanger Studio, Toge Productions |
 | Clock Tower: Rewind | $19.99 | 460 88% | 14k | $276k (exactly $275,862) | WayForward, Limited Run Games | |
 | Death of the Reprobate | $12.99 | 659 96% | 20k | $257k (exactly $256,812) | Joe Richardson | |
 | Tormentum II | $19.99 | 200 92% | 6.0k | $120k (exactly $119,940) | OhNoo Studio | |
 | Alice's Gaze | $3.99 | 770 91% | 23k | $92k (exactly $92,169) | Starmoon Cat | |
 | Big Tiddy Goth Baddie🖤⛓️ | $14.99 | 152 76% | 4.6k | $68k (exactly $68,354) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Riddlewood Manor | $14.99 | 132 93% | 4.0k | $59k (exactly $59,360) | Peanut Button | |
 | Daemonologie | $2.99 | 561 92% | 17k | $50k (exactly $50,322) | Katanalevy | |
 | Goth Obsession: Touch Adventure | $2.99 | 560 81% | 17k | $50k (exactly $50,232) | Mora the Goth Girl |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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