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Minigames + Puzzle
Of 47 developers who shipped a Minigames Puzzle 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.. 29 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×7.6 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is flat on the market; 29 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $359 (exactly $359) |
|---|---|
| Median | $900 (exactly $900) |
| Top 25% | $8.6k (exactly $8,573) |
| Top 5% | $210k (exactly $210,389) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 47 |
| Released games | 212 |
| Announced | 29 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 flat on the market, supply 55% more 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
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Minigames, Puzzle; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Action, Exploration
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 11,643 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 9 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 29 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Later Alligator 2019 · $1.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | It Takes Two | older | $39.99 | 218,492 95% | 6.6M | $262M (exactly $262,124,852) | Hazelight Studios |
| | Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 | older | $24.99 | 36,950 95% | 1.1M | $28M (exactly $27,701,415) | Red Dot Games |
| | UFO 50 | $24.99 | 7,134 94% | 214k | $5.3M (exactly $5,348,360) | Mossmouth | |
| | Gunsmith Simulator | $24.99 | 3,165 84% | 95k | $2.4M (exactly $2,372,800) | GameHunters | |
| | 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 |
 | Filament | older | $16.99 | 623 86% | 19k | $318k (exactly $317,543) | Beard Envy |
 | Parallel Experiment | $9.99 | 702 84% | 21k | $210k (exactly $210,389) | Eleven Puzzles | |
 | Mayor May Knott | $24.99 | 189 100% | 5.7k | $142k (exactly $141,693) | Ravenous Images | |
 | Mythmatch | $19.99 | 124 98% | 3.7k | $74k (exactly $74,363) | Team Artichoke | |
 | Puppergeist | $4.99 | 156 95% | 4.7k | $23k (exactly $23,353) | Serenity Forge | |
 | DGGWare | $8.99 | 66 93% | 2.0k | $18k (exactly $17,800) | Silkworm | |
 | Garden Ink | $9.50 | 55 100% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $15,675) | Kranich | |
 | 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) | |
 | Neopets - Mega Mini Games Collection - The Neopian Arcade Odyssey | $9.99 | 38 31% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | No Gravity Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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