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Should I ship a Magic Typing game?

Typing + Magic

Only 12 developers shipped a Magic Typing 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, PROJEKT GODHAND, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×4.7 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $74k, ×158 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 21 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 4.7 times the market baseline, revenue up 20% on the market, 21 announced, ×3.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Typing + Magic
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 12
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $449 → $210 → $1.7k → $1.5k (still earning) → $4.2k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Typing + Magic: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 12
Bottom 30% $119 (exactly $119)
Median $2.2k (exactly $2,242)
Top 25% $5.4k (exactly $5,396)
Top 5% $75k (exactly $74,892)
Developers, 2 yr 12
Released games 34
Announced 21
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $7.99

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 20% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Typing
effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
Magic
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Typing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Spelling
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Anime, Story Rich
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 90% positive over 271 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $2.2k, 1 in 4 over $5.3k, 1 in 20 over $74k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Typing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + LGBTQ+Strong odds7 devs · median $7.2k · 7 announced
  2. + Dating SimFair10 devs · median $8.2k · 10 announced
  3. + Online Co-OpFair16 devs · median $5.0k · 12 announced
  4. + Female ProtagonistFair31 devs · median $4.0k · 24 announced
  5. + DetectiveFair24 devs · median $2.8k · 31 announced
  6. + RogueliteFair29 devs · median $2.4k · 34 announced
  7. + CombatFair20 devs · median $2.2k · 26 announced
  8. + Psychological HorrorFair33 devs · median $1.8k · 42 announced
  9. + CollectathonFair11 devs · median $1.8k · 16 announced
  10. + HackingFair33 devs · median $1.2k · 44 announced
  11. + TacticalFair16 devs · median $1.2k · 9 announced
  12. + ModernFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 14 announced

All 68 pairs on the Typing page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Epistory - Typing Chronicles 2016 · $1.8M Nanotale - Typing Chronicles 2021 · $419k PROJEKT GODHAND 2026 · $75k Terra Alia: The Language Discovery RPG 2021 · $43k WonderLang Japanese 2025 · $10k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Epistory - Typing Chronicles older $14.99 4,030 94% 121k $1.8M (exactly $1,812,291) Fishing Cactus
Nanotale - Typing Chronicles older $19.99 698 77% 21k $419k (exactly $418,591) Fishing Cactus
PROJEKT GODHAND $15.80 158 96% 4.7k $75k (exactly $74,892) Anarch Entertainment
Terra Alia: The Language Discovery RPG older $14.99 96 64% 2.9k $43k (exactly $43,171) 30 Parallel
WonderLang Japanese $24.99 14 42% 420 $10k (exactly $10,496) bair games
Locktale $7.99 30 83% 900 $7.2k (exactly $7,191) Mina Pêcheux
Necrotyper $14.99 12 91% 360 $5.4k (exactly $5,396) Vildiur
WonderLang Korean $24.99 6 66% 180 $4.5k (exactly $4,498) bair games
Typomagical $9.99 14 100% 420 $4.2k (exactly $4,196) Sigcom
Spell Wizard $2.99 25 84% 750 $2.2k (exactly $2,242) Wushed
Magic Typo $6.99 8 100% 240 $1.7k (exactly $1,678) Ferinz
WonderLang English $24.99 2 100% 60 $1.5k (exactly $1,499) bair games
Pitchforks & Paragraphs $3.99 2 100% 60 $239 (exactly $239) Rogue Pigeon Games

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.