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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Grid-Based Movement Point & Click game?

Grid-Based Movement + Point & Click

Of 31 developers who shipped a Grid-Based Movement 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.. 16 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 17 developers shipped in the last year and 16 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue up 35% on the market, 16 announced, ×0.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Grid-Based Movement + Point & Click
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 31
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $449 → $210 → $3.0k → $479 → $599 → $150 → $1.3k (still earning) → $105 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Grid-Based Movement + Point & Click: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 31
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $359 (exactly $359)
Top 25% $1.3k (exactly $1,346)
Top 5% $3.8k (exactly $3,835)
Developers, 2 yr 31
Released games 110
Announced 16
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $2.99

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 20% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Grid-Based Movement
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Point & Click
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Grid-Based Movement, Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration
Price point
$2.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.

The top 10 games average 82% positive over 525 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $60, median $360, 1 in 4 over $1.3k, 1 in 20 over $3.8k.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 17 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Grid-Based Movement with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + HistoricalFair22 devs · median $3.0k · 30 announced
  2. + EconomyFair20 devs · median $1.2k · 29 announced
  3. + AutomationFair28 devs · median $959 · 26 announced
  4. + MiningFair12 devs · median $899 · 14 announced
  5. + CollectathonFair17 devs · median $809 · 17 announced
  6. + BuildingFair50 devs · median $719 · 57 announced
  7. + HackingFair14 devs · median $719 · 11 announced
  8. + SokobanFair143 devs · median $657 · 135 announced
  9. + ProgrammingFair23 devs · median $599 · 24 announced
  10. + DogsFair14 devs · median $599 · 7 announced
  11. + PlatformerFair23 devs · median $539 · 18 announced
  12. + Puzzle PlatformerFair62 devs · median $449 · 56 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Midnight Sin 2026 · $232k About Love, Hate and the other ones 2014 · $150k Drag and Drop Medieval 2024 · $82k Swords and Sorcery - Underworld - Definitive Edition 2015 · $28k Railway Islands - Puzzle 2021 · $28k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Midnight Sin $19.99 387 82% 12k $232k (exactly $232,084) Faerin Games
About Love, Hate and the other ones older $7.99 626 90% 19k $150k (exactly $150,052) Black Pants Studio
Drag and Drop Medieval older $29.99 91 85% 2.7k $82k (exactly $81,873) Galactic Geckon
Swords and Sorcery - Underworld - Definitive Edition older $9.99 93 72% 2.8k $28k (exactly $27,872) OlderBytes
Railway Islands - Puzzle older $3.99 230 94% 6.9k $28k (exactly $27,531) Rising Moon Games
Gambit Shifter older $7.99 63 96% 1.9k $15k (exactly $15,101) Volcanite Games
Cat Slide Tiles older $2.99 145 98% 4.4k $13k (exactly $13,007) Minicactus Games
Hot Hentai Puzzle Vol.2 older $9.99 42 76% 1.3k $13k (exactly $12,587) Milk Game Studio
LEGIE older $1.99 199 88% 6.0k $12k (exactly $11,880) Spytihněv
Puzzle Car older $2.99 88 96% 2.6k $7.9k (exactly $7,894) Rising Moon Games
Outpacked $7.99 16 93% 480 $3.8k (exactly $3,835) Antikythera Games
Port Trader $5.99 13 46% 390 $2.3k (exactly $2,336) Urban Isotope
O.W.L Projekt $1.99 29 79% 870 $1.7k (exactly $1,731) Sagitta Studios
Encounter: A 8-Bit Noir Adventure... $2.99 17 100% 510 $1.5k (exactly $1,525) Defence Force
Hentai Merge Dice $1.99 25 80% 750 $1.5k (exactly $1,492) theNeko
Toggle Tile $8.99 5 100% 150 $1.3k (exactly $1,348) Eyal Hazor
Mining Grounds $2.99 15 80% 450 $1.3k (exactly $1,346) Jestercraft
Blockboy and The Wizard $2.99 14 100% 420 $1.3k (exactly $1,256) Thorbear Games
Pixel Forge $9.99 4 75% 120 $1.2k (exactly $1,199) MELOVITY

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.