Games › Logic › Logic + Psychological
Should I ship a Psychological Logic game?
Logic + Psychological
Of 122 developers who shipped a Psychological 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.. 145 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.8 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $270. Revenue is up 500% on the market; 145 games are announced against 80 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $839 (exactly $839) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) |
| Top 5% | $44k (exactly $44,085) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 122 |
| Released games | 242 |
| Announced | 145 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 500% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Psychological
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Logic; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Investigation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, First-Person, Dark
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 2,827 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 49 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 145 games are announced against 80 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Logic with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LovecraftianFair
- + City BuilderFair
- + NoirFair
- + HackingFair
- + VampiresFair
- + DragonsFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Bullet TimeFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + TransportationFair
- + Automobile SimFair
- + CookingFair
Comparable games
Demons' Timeline 2026 · $345k 
CaseCracker2 2024 · $273k 
I'm on Observation Duty 6 2023 · $235k 
I'm on Observation Duty 5 2022 · $232k 
Escape: Malice 2022 · $195k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Demons' Timeline | $10.99 | 1,046 97% | 31k | $345k (exactly $344,866) | DigitalCats | |
| | CaseCracker2 | older | $11.99 | 759 90% | 23k | $273k (exactly $273,012) | BlackRobe |
| | I'm on Observation Duty 6 | older | $11.99 | 652 94% | 20k | $235k (exactly $234,524) | Notovia, Dreamloop Games |
| | I'm on Observation Duty 5 | older | $9.99 | 775 96% | 23k | $232k (exactly $232,268) | Notovia |
| | Escape: Malice | older | $7.99 | 815 17% | 24k | $195k (exactly $195,356) | Nimbus Games |
 | I'm on Observation Duty 7 | $11.99 | 426 93% | 13k | $153k (exactly $153,232) | Notovia, Dreamloop Games | |
 | Left Alone | older | $6.99 | 592 74% | 18k | $124k (exactly $124,142) | SpeedTutor |
 | The Sekimeiya: Spun Glass | older | $14.99 | 270 85% | 8.1k | $121k (exactly $121,419) | Trinitite Team |
 | Heavy Burden | older | $11.99 | 334 85% | 10k | $120k (exactly $120,140) | Whale Rock Games |
 | I'm on Observation Duty 4 | older | $4.99 | 787 96% | 24k | $118k (exactly $117,814) | Notovia |
 | Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn | $14.99 | 250 92% | 7.5k | $112k (exactly $112,425) | 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games) | |
 | İblis3:Phenomena | $12.99 | 252 56% | 7.6k | $98k (exactly $98,204) | Bulut ULU | |
 | I'm on Observation Duty 8 | $11.99 | 237 95% | 7.1k | $85k (exactly $85,249) | Notovia, Dreamloop Games | |
 | Ire: A Prologue | $19.99 | 77 61% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | ProbablyMonsters | |
 | 看不见的我们 | $6.99 | 213 92% | 6.4k | $45k (exactly $44,666) | MYSTERY CROWN, 火蜥蜴文化 | |
 | Decide 4 God | $29.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $44k (exactly $44,085) | Miracle Moon | |
 | PAGER | $9.99 | 139 88% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $41,658) | bilge | |
 | Paper Kite: Threads of Longing | $9.99 | 138 94% | 4.1k | $41k (exactly $41,359) | 依露琳（武汉）品牌管理有限公司, 黎羽游戏 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
Your address goes to Buttondown, which sends the letter, and nowhere else. Every issue has an unsubscribe link. No tracking beyond the open count Buttondown keeps.