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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events Incremental game?
Quick-Time Events + Incremental
Of 57 developers who shipped a Quick-Time Events Incremental 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.. 33 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $420 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 34 developers shipped in the last year and 33 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) |
| Top 5% | $156k (exactly $155,620) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 57 |
| Released games | 118 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 115% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Quick-Time Events, Incremental; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Idler
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $5.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $5.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 4,669 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 34 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Quick-Time Events with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + Shoot 'Em UpFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + FlightFair
- + AliensFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + DemonsLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
Comparable games
Growing Things Up - Season 1 2026 · $276k 
Cornerpond 2025 · $230k 
Bugtopia 2025 · $156k 
Treasure Chest Clicker 2023 · $49k 
FAP & CUM: Simulator 🔞💦 2023 · $38k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Growing Things Up - Season 1 | $12.99 | 707 91% | 21k | $276k (exactly $275,518) | King, BLANQ | |
| | Cornerpond | $2.99 | 2,567 97% | 77k | $230k (exactly $230,260) | foolsroom | |
| | Bugtopia | $5.99 | 866 92% | 26k | $156k (exactly $155,620) | Nocturnal Games | |
| | Treasure Chest Clicker | older | $3.99 | 408 82% | 12k | $49k (exactly $48,838) | Simon Eftestol |
| | FAP & CUM: Simulator 🔞💦 | older | $9.99 | 127 55% | 3.8k | $38k (exactly $38,062) | Octo Games |
 | C-4 | older | $24.99 | 48 93% | 1.4k | $36k (exactly $35,986) | Microblast Games |
 | Dollar | older | $0.99 | 1,051 79% | 32k | $31k (exactly $31,215) | DollarDev |
 | Pet the Cat | $4.99 | 155 83% | 4.7k | $23k (exactly $23,204) | MEWSTURBO | |
 | Aura Farming | $3.67 | 118 77% | 3.5k | $13k (exactly $12,992) | Fropy Studio | |
 | 转生魔塔 | $11.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $9.4k (exactly $9,352) | Zeros | |
 | Cozy Twinkie | $2.99 | 89 82% | 2.7k | $8.0k (exactly $7,983) | Noodle A.M | |
 | Pocket Gecko | $3.99 | 49 97% | 1.5k | $5.9k (exactly $5,865) | riyotsa | |
 | Peckers | $4.99 | 37 97% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Humblebright Studio | |
 | Sin Slayers: Meat & Greed | $2.99 | 55 52% | 1.7k | $4.9k (exactly $4,934) | Goonswarm Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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