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Management + Word Game
Only 18 developers shipped a Word Game Management 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, Matchmaking Inc., made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $1.5M, ×2479 the market median. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 18 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 25% | $7.3k (exactly $7,282) |
| Top 5% | $1.6M (exactly $1,556,978) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 down 20% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Word Game
- effort 1 / 10 · high · dictionary logic and simple UI
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Management, Word Game; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Strategy, Time Management
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 7,415 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 7 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Matchmaking Inc. 2025 · $1.6M 
风信楼 2021 · $1.2M 
Immortal Family 2024 · $509k 
Voice Love on Air 2024 · $473k 
懒人修仙传2 2022 · EA · $209k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Matchmaking Inc. | $8.99 | 5,773 87% | 173k | $1.6M (exactly $1,556,978) | Wave Games | |
| | 风信楼 | older | $11.99 | 3,423 94% | 103k | $1.2M (exactly $1,231,253) | Pingfang Games |
| | Immortal Family | older | $13.99 | 1,213 54% | 36k | $509k (exactly $509,096) | 一起来修仙工作室 |
| | Voice Love on Air | older | $29.99 | 526 86% | 16k | $473k (exactly $473,242) | SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT, Noisy Fish |
| | 懒人修仙传2 | · EA older | $7.99 | 873 71% | 26k | $209k (exactly $209,258) | 托更的修罗 |
 | Space industrial empire | older | $5.99 | 1,022 85% | 31k | $184k (exactly $183,653) | 游戏养家工作室 |
 | ~Be a maid in the Demon World~ The Secret Café of the Demon Angel Hero. | older | $18.99 | 320 74% | 9.6k | $182k (exactly $182,304) | Kokutou Umeboshi |
 | The Eastern Sacrifice | $9.99 | 356 55% | 11k | $107k (exactly $106,693) | 五条虾仁(5 shrimps) | |
 | 小小侠客模拟器 | $2.99 | 1,103 86% | 33k | $99k (exactly $98,939) | 小小游戏 | |
 | Word Factori | older | $5.99 | 459 83% | 14k | $82k (exactly $82,482) | Star Garden Games |
 | TypInc. | $9.99 | 102 74% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,569) | Game Game Games | |
 | Author Sim | $8.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $7.3k (exactly $7,282) | EssyTheSlug | |
 | 許願ReadyGo! | $6.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | 第一點心 | |
 | Dicey Words | $4.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | _Taralis | |
 | Lone Hero Path | $5.99 | 10 40% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Yamate | |
 | 拓荒纪元 Age of Frontier | $4.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | TriCat Games | |
 | Automatic Language Learning | · EA | $19.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Vlad Buculei |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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