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Should I ship a Historical Logic game?
Logic + Historical
Of 63 developers who shipped a Historical Logic 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.. 71 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $480; 1 in 20 cleared $500k, ×805 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 71 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 25% | $9.4k (exactly $9,353) |
| Top 5% | $506k (exactly $505,604) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 63 |
| Released games | 214 |
| Announced | 71 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 50% 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.
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
- Historical
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Logic; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Investigation
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 24,664 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 7 in 10 of the 38 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 71 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator 2026 · $8.0M 
Murders on the Yangtze River 2024 · $7.1M 
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy 2026 · $5.3M 
Mars Horizon 2020 · $1.7M 
Drop Duchy 2025 · $1.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator | $19.99 | 13,278 97% | 398k | $8.0M (exactly $7,962,817) | Nick Nieuwoudt, Dominik Latos | |
| | Murders on the Yangtze River | older | $14.99 | 15,833 96% | 475k | $7.1M (exactly $7,120,100) | OMEGAMES STUDIO |
| | Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy | $49.99 | 3,558 92% | 107k | $5.3M (exactly $5,335,933) | Asobo Studio | |
| | Mars Horizon | older | $19.99 | 2,757 84% | 83k | $1.7M (exactly $1,653,373) | Auroch Digital |
| | Drop Duchy | $14.99 | 2,962 89% | 89k | $1.3M (exactly $1,332,011) | Sleepy Mill Studio | |
 | The House of Da Vinci 2 | older | $19.99 | 2,051 90% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,229,985) | Blue Brain Games |
 | Last Room | older | $29.99 | 953 73% | 29k | $857k (exactly $857,414) | Quantum Forge Studios |
 | The House of Da Vinci 3 | older | $19.99 | 1,303 89% | 39k | $781k (exactly $781,409) | Blue Brain Games |
 | Botany Manor | older | $24.99 | 1,028 94% | 31k | $771k (exactly $770,692) | Balloon Studios |
 | Europa Universalis III Complete | older | $14.99 | 1,372 85% | 41k | $617k (exactly $616,988) | Paradox Development Studio |
 | Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise | $15.99 | 1,054 78% | 32k | $506k (exactly $505,604) | KARMAGAME HK LIMITED | |
 | Proverbs | $8.99 | 1,786 96% | 54k | $482k (exactly $481,684) | Mark Ffrench | |
 | The Shell Part III: Paradiso | $19.99 | 622 96% | 19k | $373k (exactly $373,013) | Innocent Grey | |
 | Worldwide Rush | $19.99 | 559 77% | 17k | $335k (exactly $335,232) | Memel Games | |
 | Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum | $19.99 | 357 98% | 11k | $214k (exactly $214,093) | Jupiter Corporation | |
 | Mosaic of The Pharaohs | $8.99 | 297 92% | 8.9k | $80k (exactly $80,101) | Mark Ffrench | |
 | Pyramids and Aliens: Escape Room | $12.99 | 191 81% | 5.7k | $74k (exactly $74,433) | mc2games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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