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Should I ship a Match 3 Time Management game?
Time Management + Match 3
Only 12 developers shipped a Match 3 Time 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, Mindcop, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×1.6 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $60. Revenue is up 2135% on the market; 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) |
| Top 5% | $186k (exactly $185,726) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 2135% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Management
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Match 3
- effort 2 / 10 · high · grid matching rules and cascades
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Time Management, Match 3
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 91% positive over 495 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Mindcop 2024 · $186k 
Finders 2015 · $29k 
Among the Heavens 2015 · $16k 
Progeria: Vae Victis 2024 · $8.1k 
SuiCats 2023 · $5.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mindcop | $14.99 | 413 94% | 12k | $186k (exactly $185,726) | Andre Gareis | |
| | Finders | older | $5.99 | 160 78% | 4.8k | $29k (exactly $28,752) | Alawar Entertainment, Amegami |
| | Among the Heavens | older | $2.99 | 180 87% | 5.4k | $16k (exactly $16,146) | Jetdogs Studios, CorePunch Gamestudio |
| | Progeria: Vae Victis | older | $9.99 | 27 92% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | TryhardS |
| | SuiCats | older | $1.99 | 85 95% | 2.6k | $5.1k (exactly $5,074) | Beza's Workshop |
 | PALM BLOCKS | older | $1.99 | 62 72% | 1.9k | $3.7k (exactly $3,701) | jUNKIE |
 | Chowdown Kitty | $2.99 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $3.1k (exactly $3,140) | Lunar Peace | |
 | Soul Link | older | $5.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.9k (exactly $2,875) | Neutron Star Studio |
 | Jewel Puzzle Click | older | $4.99 | 19 68% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Sabrina Aridi |
 | Swipe Fruit Smash | older | $4.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Sabrina Aridi |
 | Puppy Link - Tile Connect | $2.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $1.5k (exactly $1,525) | ZT-Studio | |
 | Idol Hacked! | $1.99 | 16 43% | 480 | $955 (exactly $955) | theNeko | |
 | TriMatch | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Wolverine Island | |
 | Hexara | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Omnivorian | |
 | LEARNMOOR: Kids Academy | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | NorShark | |
 | First Move: Classic Games Collection | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Johnny Mellado | |
 | Be touch-and-go | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | FuQianDeBiFang | |
 | XIaoXIaoQi | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 草莓派 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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