Should I ship a Snow Logic game?
Logic + Snow
Only 13 developers shipped a Snow 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, Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $450 against a market of $480. 12 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) |
| Top 5% | $80k (exactly $80,496) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 down 25% on the market, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Logic; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 8 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Linear, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 244 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
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
Relicta 2020 · $140k 
Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens 2025 · $80k 
BORIS THE ROCKET 🚀 2020 · $26k 
Facility 47 2020 · $16k 
Survivorman VR The Descent 2024 · $6.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Relicta | older | $19.99 | 234 76% | 7.0k | $140k (exactly $140,330) | Mighty Polygon |
| | Ballex²: The Hanging Gardens | $14.99 | 179 95% | 5.4k | $80k (exactly $80,496) | Mushreb Games | |
| | BORIS THE ROCKET 🚀 | older | $9.99 | 87 97% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,074) | toR Studio |
| | Facility 47 | older | $4.99 | 107 90% | 3.2k | $16k (exactly $16,018) | Inertia Game Studios |
| | Survivorman VR The Descent | older | $14.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Cream Productions Inc., Descent VR Prod… (Cream Productions Inc., Descent VR Productions Inc.) |
 | Arctictopia | older | $4.99 | 30 93% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | Gamtropy |
 | Icemaze Cave: Skate Escape | older | $5.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $4.3k (exactly $4,313) | Ornbjorn |
 | Faraway: Arctic Escape | older | $4.99 | 26 69% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Pine Studio |
 | Christmas Fables: Holiday Guardians Collector's Edition | older | $7.99 | 15 60% | 450 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Do Games Limited |
 | Nino Maze LOFI | older | $0.99 | 95 88% | 2.9k | $2.8k (exactly $2,822) | Carlos Junio |
 | Globs | $2.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $2.5k (exactly $2,512) | Ninesliced, ArkanYota, Notgoyome, Theob… (Ninesliced, ArkanYota, Notgoyome, Theobosse, Strochnis, Yolwoocle) | |
 | Christmas Fables: Nutcracker's Tale Collector's Edition | $11.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Do Games Limited | |
 | DEDALO - Escape Room Adventure | $5.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | M9 Games | |
 | Jixo: The Season of Joy Collector's Edition | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | Christmas Fables: The Wishing Store Collector's Edition | $8.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Do Games Limited | |
 | Chester The Chest | $4.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Pablyco | |
 | Let's Freeze Some Penguins | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Neckbolt | |
 | Hentai Sora | $0.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $238 (exactly $238) | Cyber Keks | |
 | Heave Away Haul Away | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Rokem Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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