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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Point & Click Hack and Slash game?

Hack and Slash + Point & Click

Of 22 developers who shipped a Point & Click Hack and Slash 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.. 25 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 25 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue down 70% on the market, 25 announced, ×2.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Hack and Slash + Point & Click
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 22
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $299 → $1.1k → $299 → $1.2k → $2.5k → $299 → $449 (still earning) → $359 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Hack and Slash + Point & Click: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 22
Bottom 30% $299 (exactly $299)
Median $479 (exactly $479)
Top 25% $3.0k (exactly $2,994)
Top 5% $43k (exactly $43,297)
Developers, 2 yr 22
Released games 60
Announced 25
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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 70% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Hack and Slash
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium 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
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Hack and Slash, Point & Click; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Action, Adventure
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 67% positive over 771 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $480, 1 in 4 over $2.9k, 1 in 20 over $43k.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Hack and Slash with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Turn-BasedStrong odds8 devs · median $14k · 1 announced
  2. + Turn-Based CombatStrong odds28 devs · median $3.7k · 27 announced
  3. + VampiresFair32 devs · median $7.2k · 37 announced
  4. + ModernFair13 devs · median $7.2k · 20 announced
  5. + IdlerFair32 devs · median $6.4k · 50 announced
  6. + IncrementalFair40 devs · median $1.7k · 57 announced
  7. + RomancePoor odds11 devs · median $119k · 25 announced
  8. + Visual NovelPoor odds11 devs · median $85k · 22 announced
  9. + Character Action GamePoor odds27 devs · median $58k · 80 announced
  10. + DestructionPoor odds19 devs · median $43k · 57 announced
  11. + LGBTQ+Poor odds17 devs · median $33k · 20 announced
  12. + AutomationPoor odds12 devs · median $21k · 26 announced

All 175 pairs on the Hack and Slash page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

NecroAttack！ 2023 · $72k Legends of Wasteland 2026 · $67k Kick-Ass 2 2014 · $61k Sera's Adventure -Cave of Destruction- 2024 · $43k Kyn 2015 · $35k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
NecroAttack！ older $9.99 241 72% 7.2k $72k (exactly $72,228) VirusSea
Legends of Wasteland $6.99 320 62% 9.6k $67k (exactly $67,104) 清友工作室
Kick-Ass 2 older $9.99 203 42% 6.1k $61k (exactly $60,839) Freedom Factory
Sera's Adventure -Cave of Destruction- $18.99 76 53% 2.3k $43k (exactly $43,297) 渡里laboratory
Kyn older $9.99 117 57% 3.5k $35k (exactly $35,065) Tangrin Entertainment
Heroine Conquest $3.99 230 71% 6.9k $28k (exactly $27,531) BadColor
SpaceNET - A Space Adventure older $11.99 19 100% 570 $6.8k (exactly $6,834) Sonejo Studios
Lets Get Loot! $4.99 43 60% 1.3k $6.4k (exactly $6,437) John Timpson, Teeja Timpson
Slice Adventure $4.99 23 95% 690 $3.4k (exactly $3,443) 4U Games
Just Keep Looting $4.99 20 85% 600 $3.0k (exactly $2,994) Duck Forge
Landonia · EA $4.99 17 94% 510 $2.5k (exactly $2,545) Landonia RPG
Lustful Apocalypse · EA $12.99 6 16% 180 $2.3k (exactly $2,338) Demon Alter Studios
Takoyaki Surprise $4.99 8 100% 240 $1.2k (exactly $1,198) Red Triangle Games
Hentai Slash $0.99 28 85% 840 $832 (exactly $832) CggtGroup

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