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Should I ship a Nature Match 3?
Match 3 + Nature
Only 12 developers shipped a Nature Match 3 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, Jixo 3: Hidden Horizons Collector's Edition, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $450 against a market of $480. 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 5% | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 89 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $1.99 |
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 40% on the market, supply 70% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Match 3
- Price point
- $1.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 72 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Critter Crunch 2012 · $58k 
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Tiny Bubbles 2018 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Critter Crunch | older | $6.99 | 276 94% | 8.3k | $58k (exactly $57,877) | Capybara Games |
| | Story of Animal Sprite | older | $8.99 | 117 89% | 3.5k | $32k (exactly $31,555) | Lunaforge Studios |
| | Cave Quest 2 | older | $12.99 | 52 92% | 1.6k | $20k (exactly $20,264) | MD Studio |
| | Slot Shots Pinball Ultimate Edition | older | $19.99 | 22 81% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Pinblend Studios |
| | Tiny Bubbles | older | $9.99 | 44 90% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $13,187) | Pine Street Codeworks LLC |
 | Artifact Quest 2 - Match 3 Puzzle | older | $6.99 | 50 82% | 1.5k | $10k (exactly $10,485) | Best Friend Games |
 | Spring Bonus | older | $6.99 | 41 87% | 1.2k | $8.6k (exactly $8,598) | Grey Alien Games |
 | Heart of Moon : The Mask of Seasons | older | $5.99 | 34 100% | 1.0k | $6.1k (exactly $6,110) | Unikgame |
 | Tile Tale | older | $4.99 | 35 62% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | Sokpop Collective |
 | SuiCats | older | $1.99 | 85 95% | 2.6k | $5.1k (exactly $5,074) | Beza's Workshop |
 | Jixo 3: Hidden Horizons Collector's Edition | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | MixoGames Ltd. | |
 | Hentai Furry Foxy | $0.99 | 27 92% | 810 | $802 (exactly $802) | Cyber Keks | |
 | Relaxing Time: Enchanting France Collector's Edition | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Do Games Limited | |
 | 爪爪改造家 PawRebuild | $0.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $683 (exactly $683) | 冷笑黑妖 | |
 | Around the World 5: Beautiful America Collector's Edition | $7.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Avi Games | |
 | Frog Box | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Defaultt Games | |
 | Sea Life Explorer Collector's Edition | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Point8 Games Inc. | |
 | Wild Lynx Jigsaw | $1.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Boogygames Studios | |
 | Crystal Garden | $0.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | Aleksa Racovic | |
 | Matchy Way Tales | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Pavlo Nasonkin, Alexander Atiasov |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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