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Logic + Word Game
Of 92 developers who shipped a Word Game 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.. 65 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×4.5 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $90. Revenue is up 35% on the market; 65 games are announced against 63 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $538 (exactly $538) |
| Top 25% | $2.8k (exactly $2,781) |
| Top 5% | $133k (exactly $132,767) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 92 |
| Released games | 245 |
| Announced | 65 |
| 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 35% on the market, supply 110% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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, Word Game; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 8,035 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 8 in 10 of the 38 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 65 games are announced against 63 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Word Game 2022 · $6.2M 
Wordle 2021 · $1.1M 
CaseCracker 2022 · $993k 
Glyphica: Typing Survival 2024 · EA · $746k 
Wordle 3 2020 · $560k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Word Game | older | $34.99 | 5,930 93% | 178k | $6.2M (exactly $6,224,721) | Team9 |
| | Wordle | older | $30.62 | 1,147 80% | 34k | $1.1M (exactly $1,053,634) | PreoNus Games |
| | 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 |
| | Wordle 3 | older | $30.62 | 610 78% | 18k | $560k (exactly $560,346) | PreoNus Games |
 | Noun Town Language Learning | $19.99 | 708 84% | 21k | $425k (exactly $424,588) | SUPER HYPER MEGA | |
 | Wordle 4 | older | $30.62 | 420 76% | 13k | $386k (exactly $385,812) | PreoNus Games |
 | Wordle 2 | older | $30.62 | 394 61% | 12k | $362k (exactly $361,928) | PreoNus Games |
 | Misty Judgment | $8.99 | 1,170 92% | 35k | $316k (exactly $315,549) | 次元边界 | |
 | CaseCracker2 | older | $11.99 | 759 90% | 23k | $273k (exactly $273,012) | BlackRobe |
 | LOK Digital | $14.99 | 506 99% | 15k | $228k (exactly $227,548) | Letibus Design, Icedrop Games | |
 | Lingo 2 | $9.99 | 443 93% | 13k | $133k (exactly $132,767) | Brenton Wildes | |
 | Wordatro! | $9.99 | 401 85% | 12k | $120k (exactly $120,180) | Le Poulet | |
 | Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn | $14.99 | 250 92% | 7.5k | $112k (exactly $112,425) | 戏壤游戏(Xirang Games) | |
 | The Simen Rumors | $8.00 | 430 78% | 13k | $103k (exactly $103,200) | 羊之口 | |
 | 小小侠客模拟器 | $2.99 | 1,103 86% | 33k | $99k (exactly $98,939) | 小小游戏 | |
 | The Apothecary of Trubiz | $3.99 | 536 94% | 16k | $64k (exactly $64,159) | kinjo, Image Labo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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