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Should I ship a Spelling Logic game?
Logic + Spelling
Of 25 developers who shipped a Spelling 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.. 19 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 20 developers shipped in the last year and 19 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 5% | $26k (exactly $25,697) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 93 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 2 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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, Spelling; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Word Game, Typing
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Cute, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 643 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Wordle 2021 · $1.1M 
Wordle 3 2020 · $560k 
Wordle 2 2020 · $362k 
Party Quiz 2026 · $53k 
CrossCraze 2024 · $29k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wordle | older | $30.62 | 1,147 80% | 34k | $1.1M (exactly $1,053,634) | PreoNus Games |
| | Wordle 3 | older | $30.62 | 610 78% | 18k | $560k (exactly $560,346) | PreoNus Games |
| | Wordle 2 | older | $30.62 | 394 61% | 12k | $362k (exactly $361,928) | PreoNus Games |
| | Party Quiz | $11.99 | 147 80% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,876) | White Ink | |
| | CrossCraze | older | $17.99 | 54 98% | 1.6k | $29k (exactly $29,144) | ORT Software |
 | Keine's Expanding Class! | $5.99 | 143 99% | 4.3k | $26k (exactly $25,697) | HornyMelon | |
 | Birdigo - bird word game | $9.99 | 78 84% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $23,377) | John August, Corey Martin | |
 | Words Can Kill | older | $7.99 | 92 70% | 2.8k | $22k (exactly $22,052) | Typing Monkey |
 | Knotwords | older | $11.99 | 54 90% | 1.6k | $19k (exactly $19,424) | Zach Gage, Jack Schlesinger |
 | Word Puzzle Master | $2.49 | 144 82% | 4.3k | $11k (exactly $10,757) | Tilewise | |
 | The Castle of Dr. Hoot | $4.99 | 60 80% | 1.8k | $9.0k (exactly $8,982) | BitWizard | |
 | Detective Worden | $4.99 | 54 85% | 1.6k | $8.1k (exactly $8,084) | Domestic Black Cat | |
 | Grammar Grind | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Skylor Beck | |
 | Wordban: a text-based Sokoban game | $12.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $779 (exactly $779) | Beibi Technology Co., Ltd. | |
 | M_rdle | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | FAT BOMB STUDIOS, LLC | |
 | Word95 | $2.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Rinanda Hidayat |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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