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Should I ship a Magic Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Magic
Of 127 developers who shipped a Magic Point & Click 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.. 195 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×3.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $180k, ×382 the market median. Revenue is up 70% on the market; 195 games are announced against 69 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,587) |
| Top 5% | $181k (exactly $181,238) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 127 |
| Released games | 478 |
| Announced | 195 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 70% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Magic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Visual Novel, Exploration
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 7,153 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 86 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 195 games are announced against 69 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Point & Click with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Life SimFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + MiningFair
- + CookingFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Online Co-OpFair
- + Word GameFair
Comparable games
Melvor Idle 2021 · $4.4M 
The Night of the Rabbit 2013 · $1.7M 
Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane 2023 · $1.5M 
Birth 2023 · $1.3M 
Unavowed 2018 · $1.0M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Melvor Idle | older | $9.99 | 14,630 90% | 439k | $4.4M (exactly $4,384,611) | Games by Malcs |
| | The Night of the Rabbit | older | $19.99 | 2,757 89% | 83k | $1.7M (exactly $1,653,373) | Daedalic Entertainment |
| | Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane | older | $29.99 | 1,649 96% | 49k | $1.5M (exactly $1,483,605) | Diamondhenge Entertainment |
| | Birth | older | $10.99 | 4,003 95% | 120k | $1.3M (exactly $1,319,789) | Madison Karrh |
| | Unavowed | older | $14.99 | 2,309 95% | 69k | $1.0M (exactly $1,038,357) | Wadjet Eye Games |
 | Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED | $29.99 | 949 96% | 28k | $854k (exactly $853,815) | TYPE-MOON, fuzz Inc. | |
 | Ithya: Magic Studies | $10.99 | 2,103 97% | 63k | $693k (exactly $693,359) | BlueTurtle | |
 | The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 | older | $29.99 | 682 90% | 20k | $614k (exactly $613,595) | KING Art |
 | Knightly Passions | older | $11.99 | 1,331 90% | 40k | $479k (exactly $478,761) | FEYADA |
 | The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker | $14.99 | 880 83% | 26k | $396k (exactly $395,736) | Olipa Games | |
 | Mesmalie | $8.99 | 1,123 99% | 34k | $303k (exactly $302,873) | Rain (orbitaldot) | |
 | 緋月仙行錄 | $19.99 | 454 57% | 14k | $272k (exactly $272,264) | 月光草 | |
 | Simon the Sorcerer Origins | $24.99 | 250 84% | 7.5k | $187k (exactly $187,425) | Smallthing Studios | |
 | Desktop Raid | $8.99 | 672 76% | 20k | $181k (exactly $181,238) | Lee_Studio | |
 | The End of the Sun | $24.99 | 228 97% | 6.8k | $171k (exactly $170,932) | The End of the Sun Forge | |
 | WANDERER: Broken Bed | $14.99 | 314 65% | 9.4k | $141k (exactly $141,206) | TopHouse Studio | |
 | Near-Mage | $19.99 | 180 89% | 5.4k | $108k (exactly $107,946) | Stuck In Attic |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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