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Should I ship a Minigames Logic game?
Logic + Minigames
Only 9 developers shipped a Minigames Logic 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, Summer Adventurers: Mediterranean, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 7 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 5% | $838 (exactly $838) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 62 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 2 / 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 65% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Logic, Minigames
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 85% positive over 35 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
The Tiny Bang Story 2011 · $570k 
Filament 2020 · $318k 
A=B 2022 · $136k 
Rover Mechanic Simulator 2020 · $135k 
OnlyFuck - RuRu's Adventures 2021 · $70k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Tiny Bang Story | older | $4.99 | 3,809 88% | 114k | $570k (exactly $570,207) | Colibri Games |
| | Filament | older | $16.99 | 623 86% | 19k | $318k (exactly $317,543) | Beard Envy |
| | A=B | older | $4.99 | 908 94% | 27k | $136k (exactly $135,928) | Artless Games |
| | Rover Mechanic Simulator | older | $11.99 | 376 82% | 11k | $135k (exactly $135,247) | ▲ Pyramid Games |
| | OnlyFuck - RuRu's Adventures | older | $9.99 | 233 59% | 7.0k | $70k (exactly $69,830) | NSFW18 Games |
 | OnlyFuck 2: Scarlett | older | $9.99 | 91 52% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $27,273) | NSFW18 Games, Jul3DX |
 | Educational Games for Kids | older | $12.99 | 50 82% | 1.5k | $19k (exactly $19,485) | Crazysoft Limited |
 | Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 90's | older | $11.99 | 53 79% | 1.6k | $19k (exactly $19,064) | LunaBeat |
 | Asian Riddles | older | $14.99 | 40 65% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $17,988) | Creobit |
 | Lost Artifacts: Time Machine | older | $14.99 | 34 76% | 1.0k | $15k (exactly $15,290) | GameOn Production |
 | Summer Adventurers: Mediterranean | $3.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | Ivan Hadži-Tančić | |
 | Word95 | $2.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Rinanda Hidayat | |
 | Around the World 5: Beautiful America Collector's Edition | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Avi Games | |
 | Blenzzle | $0.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $386 (exactly $386) | LeJunesArt | |
 | Dependium | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | Spectrum Forged Studios | |
 | MindTesting: The but smart Experience | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | patrickbutsmart | |
 | Math Party Fezgugel | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Fezgugel | |
 | Holiday in Europe: Netherlands Dreams Collector's Edition | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Do Games Limited | |
 | Holiday in Europe: Czech Adventure Collector's Edition | $8.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Do Games Limited | |
 | WORD SHIFT | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hyu-suke Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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