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Should I ship a Logic Tower Defense?

Tower Defense + Logic

Of 40 developers who shipped a Logic Tower Defense 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.. 44 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $960, ×2.0 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $270. Revenue is down 25% on the market; 44 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.0 times the market baseline, revenue down 25% on the market, 44 announced, ×1.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Tower Defense + Logic
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 40
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $450 → $450 → $13k → $1.7k → $1.4k → $1.2k → $598 (still earning) → $30 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Tower Defense + Logic: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 40
Bottom 30% $269 (exactly $269)
Median $955 (exactly $955)
Top 25% $2.7k (exactly $2,728)
Top 5% $17k (exactly $17,195)
Developers, 2 yr 40
Released games 116
Announced 44
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 25% on the market, supply 85% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 9%, 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.

Tower Defense
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
Tower Defense, Logic; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Survival, Adventure
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 434 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $270, median $960, 1 in 4 over $2.7k, 1 in 20 over $17k.

3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 26 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Tower Defense with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + DwarvesStrong odds10 devs · median $6.7k · 9 announced
  2. + MiningFair33 devs · median $6.3k · 45 announced
  3. + Survival HorrorFair14 devs · median $1.9k · 16 announced
  4. + CapitalismFair15 devs · median $1.6k · 20 announced
  5. + TanksFair14 devs · median $1.5k · 13 announced
  6. + MechsFair24 devs · median $1.5k · 24 announced
  7. + IdlerFair108 devs · median $1.2k · 136 announced
  8. + PuzzleFair64 devs · median $1.0k · 67 announced
  9. + Gun CustomizationFair26 devs · median $958 · 32 announced
  10. + On-Rails ShooterFair11 devs · median $899 · 12 announced
  11. + Psychological HorrorFair8 devs · median $897 · 8 announced
  12. + Turn-Based CombatFair28 devs · median $839 · 34 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Progressbar95 2020 · $520k Tech Blast 2025 · $108k Broken Universe - Tower Defense 2023 · $87k Winged Sakura: Mindy's Arc 2014 · $45k Sweet Dreams Alex 2023 · $26k
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Tech Blast $39.99 90 92% 2.7k $108k (exactly $107,973) Galactic Geckon
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Sweet Dreams Alex older $14.99 58 94% 1.7k $26k (exactly $26,083) Clarity Games
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.