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Should I ship a Logic Point & Click game?
Logic + Point & Click
Of 290 developers who shipped a Logic Point & Click 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.. 293 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×7.6 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 65% on the market; 293 games are announced against 173 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $6.0k (exactly $5,995) |
| Top 5% | $146k (exactly $145,638) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 290 |
| Released games | 1,203 |
| Announced | 293 |
| 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 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Logic, Point & Click; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Investigation
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 27,013 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 228 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 293 games are announced against 173 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
A Little to the Left 2022 · $7.6M 
The Roottrees are Dead 2025 · $5.8M 
Agent A: A puzzle in disguise 2019 · $3.5M 
Blacksad: Under the Skin 2019 · $3.2M 
Is This Seat Taken? 2025 · $2.7M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | A Little to the Left | older | $14.99 | 16,885 91% | 507k | $7.6M (exactly $7,593,184) | Max Inferno |
| | The Roottrees are Dead | $19.99 | 9,700 96% | 291k | $5.8M (exactly $5,817,090) | Evil Trout Inc. | |
| | Agent A: A puzzle in disguise | older | $19.99 | 5,901 95% | 177k | $3.5M (exactly $3,538,830) | Yak & Co |
| | Blacksad: Under the Skin | older | $19.99 | 5,356 83% | 161k | $3.2M (exactly $3,211,993) | Pendulo Studios, YS Interactive |
| | Is This Seat Taken? | $9.99 | 9,127 97% | 274k | $2.7M (exactly $2,735,362) | Poti Poti Studio | |
 | Phonopolis | $24.99 | 1,537 92% | 46k | $1.2M (exactly $1,152,289) | Amanita Design | |
 | Wordle | older | $30.62 | 1,147 80% | 34k | $1.1M (exactly $1,053,634) | PreoNus Games |
 | Submachine: Legacy | older | $24.99 | 1,281 98% | 38k | $960k (exactly $960,366) | Mateusz Skutnik |
 | The House of Da Vinci 3 | older | $19.99 | 1,303 89% | 39k | $781k (exactly $781,409) | Blue Brain Games |
 | Staffer Retro : A Supernatural Mystery Quest | $24.99 | 922 89% | 28k | $691k (exactly $691,223) | Team Tetrapod | |
 | Trials of Innocence | $16.99 | 1,308 91% | 39k | $667k (exactly $666,688) | 猫龙游戏 | |
 | Syberia - Remastered | $29.99 | 724 70% | 22k | $651k (exactly $651,383) | Virtuallyz Gaming, Microids Studio Paris | |
 | In Sink: A Co-op Escape Adventure | $14.99 | 1,432 86% | 43k | $644k (exactly $643,970) | Clock Out Games | |
 | The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition | $24.99 | 836 72% | 25k | $627k (exactly $626,749) | Blue Brain Games | |
 | Find Matt's Cats | $19.99 | 719 98% | 22k | $431k (exactly $431,184) | Matt Roszak | |
 | Noun Town Language Learning | $19.99 | 708 84% | 21k | $425k (exactly $424,588) | SUPER HYPER MEGA |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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