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Should I ship a Minigames Point & Click game?
Minigames + Point & Click
Of 25 developers who shipped a Minigames 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.. 24 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×4.5 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $170k, ×1446 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 24 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $535 (exactly $535) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,596) |
| Top 5% | $172k (exactly $172,028) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 96 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Minigames
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Minigames, Point & Click; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Immersive Sim, Simulation, Action
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 2,022 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 8 in 10 of the 16 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Minigames with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LGBTQ+Strong odds
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + Life SimStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SandboxFair
- + RomanceFair
- + ManagementFair
- + ExplorationFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + HorrorFair
- + MagicFair
Comparable games
Later Alligator 2019 · $1.5M 
The Tiny Bang Story 2011 · $570k 
McPixel 2012 · $381k 
McPixel 3 2022 · $359k 
Parallel Experiment 2025 · $210k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Later Alligator | older | $17.99 | 2,749 96% | 82k | $1.5M (exactly $1,483,635) | SmallBü, Pillow Fight |
| | The Tiny Bang Story | older | $4.99 | 3,809 88% | 114k | $570k (exactly $570,207) | Colibri Games |
| | McPixel | older | $4.99 | 2,545 87% | 76k | $381k (exactly $380,986) | Sos Sosowski |
| | McPixel 3 | older | $9.99 | 1,199 96% | 36k | $359k (exactly $359,340) | Sos Sosowski |
| | Parallel Experiment | $9.99 | 702 84% | 21k | $210k (exactly $210,389) | Eleven Puzzles | |
 | The Little Acre | older | $12.99 | 518 86% | 16k | $202k (exactly $201,865) | Pewter Games Studios |
 | The Trolley Solution | $9.99 | 574 77% | 17k | $172k (exactly $172,028) | byDanDans | |
 | Pinchcliffe Grand Prix | older | $19.99 | 275 53% | 8.3k | $165k (exactly $164,918) | Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictu… (Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictus Games) |
 | Zup! Zero | older | $1.99 | 2,572 93% | 77k | $154k (exactly $153,548) | Quiet River |
 | Attentat 1942 | older | $10.99 | 448 92% | 13k | $148k (exactly $147,706) | Charles Games |
 | Ugoku Sushi Bar | $12.99 | 316 88% | 9.5k | $123k (exactly $123,145) | Rogue Duck Interactive | |
 | Seclusa | $12.99 | 148 97% | 4.4k | $58k (exactly $57,676) | Studio Niente | |
 | Sex Industry XXX | $9.99 | 160 62% | 4.8k | $48k (exactly $47,952) | Lust Desires 🖤 | |
 | DGGWare | $8.99 | 66 93% | 2.0k | $18k (exactly $17,800) | Silkworm | |
 | Pinchcliffe Grand Prix Anniversary Edition | $29.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $13k (exactly $12,596) | Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictu… (Ravn Studio, Rock Pocket Games, Invictus Games) | |
 | Concierge | $12.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $8.6k (exactly $8,573) | KODINO | |
 | Casino Casualty | $7.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | GlitchedLizard | |
 | Ana's Auto Fellatio | $9.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | Gloomy Washer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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