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Should I ship a Magic Minigames game?
Minigames + Magic
Only 8 developers shipped a Magic Minigames 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, Cauldron, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×5.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $480. Revenue is up 700% on the market; 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) |
| Top 25% | $26k (exactly $26,083) |
| Top 5% | $755k (exactly $754,597) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 700% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Minigames
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 92% positive over 1,801 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Minigames with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + RomanceFair
- + ManagementFair
- + ExplorationFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + HorrorFair
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Comparable games
RUMBLE 2022 · EA · $2.4M 
Cauldron 2025 · $755k 
My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery 2024 · $151k 
A Tale for Anna 2021 · $33k 
Magical Blush 2026 · $26k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | RUMBLE | · EA older | $24.99 | 3,158 87% | 95k | $2.4M (exactly $2,367,553) | Buckethead Entertainment |
| | Cauldron | $14.99 | 1,678 92% | 50k | $755k (exactly $754,597) | SleepyDad Games | |
| | My Little Pony: A Zephyr Heights Mystery | older | $39.99 | 126 73% | 3.8k | $151k (exactly $151,162) | Drakhar Studios |
| | A Tale for Anna | older | $10.99 | 99 88% | 3.0k | $33k (exactly $32,640) | Far Mills |
| | Magical Blush | $14.99 | 58 94% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $26,083) | Alkacer Game Studio | |
 | Claire a la Mode | $14.99 | 49 93% | 1.5k | $22k (exactly $22,035) | Colorgrave | |
 | So May It Be: A Witch Dating Simulator | older | $11.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $10k (exactly $10,431) | Planchette Games |
 | Roxy Raccoon | older | $9.99 | 26 92% | 780 | $7.8k (exactly $7,792) | Sinomod Studios |
 | The Elf on the Shelf®: Christmas Heroes | $39.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | Casual Brothers Ltd. | |
 | Crossroad of Worlds: Mystery Agency Collector's Edition | older | $7.99 | 10 10% | 300 | $2.4k (exactly $2,397) | Do Games Limited |
 | Words Of Power | $15.00 | 5 80% | 150 | $2.3k (exactly $2,250) | Tsuperion | |
 | Halloween Trouble 6: Pumpkin Rampage CE | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | Ironcode Gaming | |
 | Medetashi Medetashi | $3.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | たけの野々 | |
 | Albert's Ark Idle | $4.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Albert Tross Productions | |
 | Christmas Yarn 4: Blessing Star | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ironcode Gaming | |
 | Gem Tales 2: Crystal Dragon | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ironcode Gaming |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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