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Should I ship a Level Editor Logic game?

Level Editor + Logic

Of 97 developers who shipped a Level Editor Logic 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.. 146 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $660, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $80k, ×128 the market median. Revenue is up 185% on the market; 146 games are announced against 53 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 185% on the market, 146 announced, ×2.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Level Editor + Logic
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 97
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.5k → $598 → $896 → $449 → $1.0k → $597 → $960 (still earning) → $955 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Level Editor + Logic: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 97
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $659 (exactly $659)
Top 25% $3.4k (exactly $3,356)
Top 5% $80k (exactly $80,496)
Developers, 2 yr 97
Released games 318
Announced 146
Effort 5 / 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 up 185% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Logic
effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Level Editor, Logic; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Strategy, Grid-Based Movement
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $17.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, 2D, Minimalist
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $17.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 93% positive over 4,325 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $150, median $660, 1 in 4 over $3.3k, 1 in 20 over $80k.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 50 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 146 games are announced against 53 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Level Editor with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Multiple EndingsFair17 devs · median $8.1k · 23 announced
  2. + Hidden ObjectFair12 devs · median $7.6k · 14 announced
  3. + CollectathonFair15 devs · median $3.4k · 17 announced
  4. + Time AttackFair12 devs · median $748 · 14 announced
  5. + IdlerFair19 devs · median $719 · 12 announced
  6. + Score AttackFair51 devs · median $598 · 62 announced
  7. + AutomationLong shot27 devs · median $300 · 32 announced
  8. + TransportationPoor odds10 devs · median $43k · 17 announced
  9. + TrainsPoor odds10 devs · median $43k · 11 announced
  10. + MilitaryPoor odds22 devs · median $43k · 46 announced
  11. + City BuilderPoor odds20 devs · median $24k · 50 announced
  12. + Online Co-OpPoor odds36 devs · median $19k · 111 announced

All 136 pairs on the Level Editor page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Baba Is You 2019 · $9.4M The Artisan of Glimmith 2026 · $979k HUMANITY 2023 · $439k The Signal State 2021 · $389k Pictopix 2017 · $295k
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The Artisan of Glimmith $12.99 2,513 97% 75k $979k (exactly $979,316) Lunarch Studios
HUMANITY older $29.99 488 92% 15k $439k (exactly $439,054) tha ltd., Enhance
The Signal State older $19.99 649 86% 19k $389k (exactly $389,205) Reckoner Industries
Pictopix older $6.99 1,408 96% 42k $295k (exactly $295,258) Tomlab Games
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Quantum Odyssey · EA $17.99 141 92% 4.2k $76k (exactly $76,098) Quarks Interactive
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Puzzle Depot $19.99 61 100% 1.8k $37k (exactly $36,582) Laughing Manatee Games
Voxelgram 2 $9.99 111 85% 3.3k $33k (exactly $33,267) Procedural Level
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.