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Should I ship a Medieval Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Medieval
Of 151 developers who shipped a Medieval 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.. 164 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $360; 1 in 20 cleared $210k, ×452 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 164 games are announced against 80 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,313) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $15,718) |
| Top 5% | $215k (exactly $214,507) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 151 |
| Released games | 360 |
| Announced | 164 |
| 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 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Medieval
- 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; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, RPG, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Story Rich, 2D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 11,561 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 88 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 164 games are announced against 80 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Point & Click with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + JRPGFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Party-Based RPGFair
- + Life SimFair
- + Local MultiplayerFair
- + MiningFair
- + CookingFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + UnderwaterFair
- + Local Co-OpFair
- + Online Co-OpFair
- + Word GameFair
Comparable games
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator 2022 · $23M 
Pentiment 2022 · $5.5M 
The House of Da Vinci 2017 · $4.0M 
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth 2017 · $3.6M 
Sovereign Tower 2026 · $1.9M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator | older | $19.99 | 37,870 92% | 1.1M | $23M (exactly $22,710,639) | niceplay games |
| | Pentiment | older | $19.99 | 9,231 95% | 277k | $5.5M (exactly $5,535,831) | Obsidian Entertainment |
| | The House of Da Vinci | older | $19.99 | 6,710 85% | 201k | $4.0M (exactly $4,023,987) | Blue Brain Games |
| | Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth | older | $19.99 | 5,926 92% | 178k | $3.6M (exactly $3,553,822) | Daedalic Entertainment |
| | Sovereign Tower | $19.99 | 3,087 93% | 93k | $1.9M (exactly $1,851,274) | WILD WITS GAMES | |
 | The Dark Eye: Memoria | older | $19.99 | 2,090 89% | 63k | $1.3M (exactly $1,253,373) | Daedalic Entertainment |
 | The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav | older | $19.99 | 2,074 86% | 62k | $1.2M (exactly $1,243,778) | Daedalic Entertainment |
 | The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian | $24.99 | 1,356 74% | 41k | $1.0M (exactly $1,016,593) | Schisma Games | |
 | 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 |
 | Corruption Town | · EA | $14.99 | 992 88% | 30k | $446k (exactly $446,102) | BoredBasmati |
 | Do No Harm | $15.99 | 896 74% | 27k | $430k (exactly $429,811) | Darts Games | |
 | The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker | $14.99 | 880 83% | 26k | $396k (exactly $395,736) | Olipa Games | |
 | Death of the Reprobate | $12.99 | 659 96% | 20k | $257k (exactly $256,812) | Joe Richardson | |
 | Crown Gambit | $17.99 | 428 94% | 13k | $231k (exactly $230,992) | WILD WITS GAMES | |
 | Philna Fantasy | $14.99 | 477 52% | 14k | $215k (exactly $214,507) | Sailike Game | |
 | Fallen Elf Freya | $9.99 | 683 85% | 20k | $205k (exactly $204,695) | Honey Rider |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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