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Should I ship a Typing Incremental game?
Incremental + Typing
Of 55 developers who shipped a Typing 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.. 57 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 1 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 1 / 10 build. 43 developers shipped in the last year and 57 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) |
| Top 5% | $61k (exactly $61,377) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 55 |
| Released games | 97 |
| Announced | 57 |
| Effort | 1 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 140% on the market, supply 260% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Incremental
- effort 1 / 10 · high · formulas and upgrade tables
- Typing
- effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
What it takes
- Effort
- 1 / 10 · text and UI only
- Systems
- Incremental, Typing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Idler
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 3,784 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 57 games are announced against 43 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Incremental with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + OtomeStrong odds
- + Martial ArtsFair
- + FarmingFair
- + Dynamic NarrationFair
- + MiningFair
- + Souls-likeFair
- + Arena ShooterFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + UndergroundFair
- + LootFair
- + SupernaturalFair
Comparable games
Tap Tap Loot 2026 · $171k 
Hymer 2000 2025 · $154k 
Typing Farmer 2026 · $61k 
With Your Coworker 2026 · $36k 
Gumshoe Detective Agency: The First Case 2025 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Tap Tap Loot | $6.99 | 815 76% | 24k | $171k (exactly $170,906) | Turtle Knight Games | |
| | Hymer 2000 | $4.99 | 1,031 89% | 31k | $154k (exactly $154,341) | doBell | |
| | Typing Farmer | $4.99 | 410 87% | 12k | $61k (exactly $61,377) | MilkwayStudio | |
| | With Your Coworker | $0.99 | 1,220 82% | 37k | $36k (exactly $36,234) | 搖滾冰塊 | |
| | Gumshoe Detective Agency: The First Case | $9.99 | 56 73% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $16,783) | Birdy Interactive | |
 | Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding) | · EA | $7.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $9.3k (exactly $9,348) | Raclette Games |
 | Yuki-Onna Checker | $2.99 | 101 89% | 3.0k | $9.1k (exactly $9,060) | 闇宮 | |
 | Fan Speak | $6.99 | 39 94% | 1.2k | $8.2k (exactly $8,178) | Fan Speak Studio | |
 | Saku the Covert Agent | $6.99 | 37 83% | 1.1k | $7.8k (exactly $7,759) | Forward, 78Games | |
 | Learn Japanese Kana & Vocab with Sushi | $7.00 | 36 91% | 1.1k | $7.6k (exactly $7,560) | The Farting Cat |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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