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Level Editor + Incremental
Only 18 developers shipped a Level Editor Incremental 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, WindStop Strategy, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $150 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 12 developers shipped in the last year and 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 5% | $448k (exactly $447,752) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 21 |
| 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 up 45% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Level Editor, Incremental; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Isometric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 2,113 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
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Comparable games
WindStop Strategy 2026 · $448k 
Age of Clicks 2026 · EA · $184k 
Coloring Game: Studio 2024 · $120k 
Sniper Camouflage Orange Spy Warrior I Buried Two Bodies in the Garden and the Police Haven't Figured Out Yet That They're Missing Because They Were a Lonely Old Couple Who Had No Relatives Simulator 2026 2026 · EA · $23k 
Art of Destruction 2022 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | WindStop Strategy | $9.99 | 1,494 78% | 45k | $448k (exactly $447,752) | Xia Start | |
| | Age of Clicks | · EA | $12.99 | 472 65% | 14k | $184k (exactly $183,938) | David Ius |
| | Coloring Game: Studio | older | $29.99 | 133 98% | 4.0k | $120k (exactly $119,660) | L. Stotch |
| | Sniper Camouflage Orange Spy Warrior I Buried Two Bodies in the Garden and the Police Haven't Figured Out Yet That They're Missing Because They Were a Lonely Old Couple Who Had No Relatives Simulator 2026 | · EA | $9.99 | 77 66% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $23,077) | The Only Way Out |
| | Art of Destruction | older | $4.99 | 79 78% | 2.4k | $12k (exactly $11,826) | ZHANG FAN |
 | Box Cats Puzzle | older | $2.99 | 88 94% | 2.6k | $7.9k (exactly $7,894) | CatSaw |
 | Oberty | older | $2.99 | 75 94% | 2.3k | $6.7k (exactly $6,728) | Dmytro Denys |
 | Cats in Cozy Rooms | $4.99 | 44 97% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | AGE Zero, Odd Grape Studio | |
 | Storm of Jigsaw Puzzles 拼图风暴 | older | $9.99 | 20 75% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | AppleCoffee |
 | 物理世界 | · EA older | $3.99 | 44 84% | 1.3k | $5.3k (exactly $5,267) | NeutronStar.studio |
 | For the Crown | $9.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Gierki Dev | |
 | 走亲戚大作战 | $3.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | 梦游勇者鸭 | |
 | Bubble's Travel | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | YunheCulture | |
 | Christmas Is Coming | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | SumGames |
 | Slot Car Simulator | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Shoka Games | |
 | Sudoku Studio | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Jasmine Software |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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