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Should I ship a Point & Click JRPG?
JRPG + Point & Click
Of 41 developers who shipped a Point & Click JRPG 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.. 45 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.4k, ×13 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $1.6k. Revenue is down 15% on the market; 45 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.4k (exactly $8,379) |
| Top 25% | $65k (exactly $65,465) |
| Top 5% | $792k (exactly $791,740) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 41 |
| Released games | 140 |
| Announced | 45 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 15% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- JRPG
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- JRPG, Point & Click; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Dating Sim
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, Cute, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 11,801 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.6k. 7 in 10 of the 30 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 45 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Summer Clover 2024 · $4.9M 
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo 2023 · $3.7M 
Rakuen 2017 · $2.1M 
Peeping Dorm Manager 2023 · $2.0M 
PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse 2026 · $1.6M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Summer Clover | older | $17.99 | 9,062 97% | 272k | $4.9M (exactly $4,890,761) | Connection |
| | PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo | older | $19.99 | 6,123 95% | 184k | $3.7M (exactly $3,671,963) | Square Enix |
| | Rakuen | older | $14.99 | 4,699 96% | 141k | $2.1M (exactly $2,113,140) | Laura Shigihara |
| | Peeping Dorm Manager | older | $10.99 | 6,206 92% | 186k | $2.0M (exactly $2,046,118) | HornyDoge |
| | PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse | $24.99 | 2,169 95% | 65k | $1.6M (exactly $1,626,099) | Square Enix | |
 | Just a To the Moon Series Beach Episode | $7.99 | 3,784 98% | 114k | $907k (exactly $907,025) | Freebird Games | |
 | Corpse Party (2021) | older | $19.99 | 1,422 90% | 43k | $853k (exactly $852,773) | MAGES. |
 | The Censor DX Edition | $17.99 | 1,467 82% | 44k | $792k (exactly $791,740) | Tiramisu, Big S Studio | |
 | Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town | $29.99 | 837 95% | 25k | $753k (exactly $753,049) | h.a.n.d., Inc. | |
 | Spirit Hunter: Death Mark | older | $49.99 | 344 86% | 10k | $516k (exactly $515,897) | EXPERIENCE |
 | Spooky Milk Life | · EA | $11.99 | 1,216 74% | 36k | $437k (exactly $437,395) | MangoMango, Studio Ginkgo |
 | 緋月仙行錄 | $19.99 | 454 57% | 14k | $272k (exactly $272,264) | 月光草 | |
 | The Endless Abyss: A Busty Cop’s Corrupted Soul | $12.99 | 683 71% | 20k | $266k (exactly $266,165) | GiraffeLiam | |
 | MASSAGE MY EX-BULLY | $6.99 | 519 70% | 16k | $109k (exactly $108,834) | Warumiyo | |
 | Whimsy Bake＆Craft | $7.99 | 357 64% | 11k | $86k (exactly $85,573) | MOON SCAPE | |
 | Let's Start Managing the Sexual Relief Department! | $7.99 | 315 73% | 9.5k | $76k (exactly $75,506) | むくどりGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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