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Should I ship a Horse Puzzle game?
Puzzle + Horses
Only 14 developers shipped a Horse Puzzle game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Horse Magnifier: The Full Horse, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 9 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 5% | $126k (exactly $125,670) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 50% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Puzzle
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 1,544 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
Pony Island 2016 · $2.2M 
Horse Magnifier: The Full Horse 2026 · $126k 
Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch 2017 · $65k 
ColdRidge 2024 · $29k 
Furry SexyTails 2021 · $24k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pony Island | older | $4.99 | 14,783 95% | 443k | $2.2M (exactly $2,213,015) | Daniel Mullins Games |
| | Horse Magnifier: The Full Horse | $2.99 | 1,401 99% | 42k | $126k (exactly $125,670) | sketbordcat | |
| | Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch | older | $9.99 | 217 88% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $65,035) | HeR Interactive |
| | ColdRidge | $9.99 | 97 73% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $29,071) | Frog Collective | |
| | Furry SexyTails | older | $1.50 | 527 85% | 16k | $24k (exactly $23,715) | Furlough Games |
 | Animals Memory | older | $4.99 | 64 81% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | 100animalease | older | $6.99 | 20 95% | 600 | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) | sewohayami, woof Inc. |
 | Knight Swap | older | $0.99 | 124 89% | 3.7k | $3.7k (exactly $3,683) | Minimol Games |
 | Unicorn and Sweets 2 | older | $9.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Stas Paty9mkin |
 | Chess Knights: High Noon | older | $2.99 | 35 77% | 1.1k | $3.1k (exactly $3,140) | Minimol Games |
 | Hogtie | $4.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Alacrity Games | |
 | Home Rescue: Clean and Restore Collector's Edition | $11.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | Avi Games | |
 | Hentai Furry Pony | $0.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $535 (exactly $535) | Cyber Keks | |
 | Wild Horse Racing | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | idlesoul | |
 | Animal Pattern | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Neblyn | |
 | Carrotour | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | lì tŕ, Eastern, Arian | |
 | Horse Craft | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Rumination Games | |
 | Wild West Furry - Hentai Jigsaw | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Black Hole |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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