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Should I ship a Typing Logic game?
Logic + Typing
Of 47 developers who shipped a Typing 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.. 31 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $850, ×7.1 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 495% on the market; 31 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $848 (exactly $848) |
| Top 25% | $2.8k (exactly $2,781) |
| Top 5% | $23k (exactly $23,388) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 47 |
| Released games | 102 |
| Announced | 31 |
| 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 up 495% on the market, supply 135% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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, Typing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Strategy, Programming
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Minimalist, Text-Based
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 2,968 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 33 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + TransportationFair
- + Automobile SimFair
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Comparable games
Hacknet 2015 · $5.1M 
Grey Hack 2017 · EA · $1.1M 
CaseCracker 2022 · $993k 
Glyphica: Typing Survival 2024 · EA · $746k 
Progressbar95 2020 · $520k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hacknet | older | $9.99 | 16,910 93% | 507k | $5.1M (exactly $5,067,927) | Team Fractal Alligator |
| | Grey Hack | · EA older | $19.99 | 1,801 90% | 54k | $1.1M (exactly $1,080,060) | Loading Home |
| | CaseCracker | older | $9.99 | 3,314 89% | 99k | $993k (exactly $993,206) | BlackRobe |
| | Glyphica: Typing Survival | · EA | $9.99 | 2,488 90% | 75k | $746k (exactly $745,654) | aliasBLACK |
| | Progressbar95 | older | $4.99 | 3,473 96% | 104k | $520k (exactly $519,908) | Igor Uduslivii |
 | CaseCracker2 | older | $11.99 | 759 90% | 23k | $273k (exactly $273,012) | BlackRobe |
 | MHRD | older | $9.99 | 438 88% | 13k | $131k (exactly $131,269) | Funghisoft |
 | Word Factori | older | $5.99 | 459 83% | 14k | $82k (exactly $82,482) | Star Garden Games |
 | Comet 64 | older | $14.99 | 182 74% | 5.5k | $82k (exactly $81,845) | Onur Ayas |
 | Party Quiz | $11.99 | 147 80% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,876) | White Ink | |
 | Cyber Warrior | $19.99 | 39 84% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Dunke Games | |
 | Hacky | $4.99 | 95 93% | 2.9k | $14k (exactly $14,222) | Cuddle Code | |
 | Yet Another Incremental Game (but this time about coding) | · EA | $7.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $9.3k (exactly $9,348) | Raclette Games |
 | Detective Worden | $4.99 | 54 85% | 1.6k | $8.1k (exactly $8,084) | Domestic Black Cat | |
 | Blackdoor | $12.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $7.8k (exactly $7,794) | Static Signal | |
 | Kinetype | · EA | $6.99 | 36 83% | 1.1k | $7.5k (exactly $7,549) | Morlytic |
 | Locktale | $7.99 | 30 83% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Mina Pêcheux | |
 | Sudoku | $4.99 | 20 75% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Popoko VM Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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