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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Logic Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Logic

Of 148 developers who shipped a Logic Score Attack 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.. 120 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 94 developers shipped in the last year and 120 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.4 times the market baseline, revenue down 30% on the market, 120 announced, ×1.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Logic
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 148
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.2k → $598 → $419 → $479 → $299 → $179 → $117 (still earning) → $120 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Logic: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 148
Bottom 30% $59 (exactly $59)
Median $179 (exactly $179)
Top 25% $1.2k (exactly $1,199)
Top 5% $7.7k (exactly $7,722)
Developers, 2 yr 148
Released games 399
Announced 120
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 down 30% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Logic
effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Score Attack, Logic; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Arcade, Strategy
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
Art
6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 89% positive over 3,780 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $59, median $180, 1 in 4 over $1.1k, 1 in 20 over $7.7k.

3 in 10 developers made under $59. 9 in 10 of the 58 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 120 games are announced against 94 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Score Attack with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair23 devs · median $6.2k · 24 announced
  2. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  3. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  4. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  5. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  6. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  7. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  8. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  9. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  10. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  11. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  12. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Glyphica: Typing Survival 2024 · EA · $746k LOLLIPOP! 2021 · $197k Let's Minesweeper 2024 · $117k GRIDROAD 2024 · $115k Hexologic 2018 · $102k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Glyphica: Typing Survival · EA $9.99 2,488 90% 75k $746k (exactly $745,654) aliasBLACK
LOLLIPOP! older $4.99 1,318 75% 40k $197k (exactly $197,305) 430Games, __Ja__ga__imo__
Let's Minesweeper older $4.99 780 76% 23k $117k (exactly $116,766) SUNJOY GAME
GRIDROAD $9.99 385 82% 12k $115k (exactly $115,384) RAJACORP
Hexologic older $4.99 684 96% 21k $102k (exactly $102,395) MythicOwl
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Fine Sweeper older $5.99 270 88% 8.1k $49k (exactly $48,519) Pixel Prophecy
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Word Puzzle Master $2.49 144 82% 4.3k $11k (exactly $10,757) Tilewise
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.