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Should I ship a Modern-Day Typing game?
Typing + Modern
Only 11 developers shipped a Modern-Day Typing 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, Anomalous Coffee Machine 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×2.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 25% | $26k (exactly $25,891) |
| Top 5% | $158k (exactly $157,904) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 350% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Typing
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 77% positive over 1,764 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Anomalous Coffee Machine 2 2025 · $158k 
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD: Typing of The Net 2025 · $99k 
Typing Break 2026 · $26k 
Gordon Streaman 2 2022 · $22k 
Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter 2021 · $6.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Anomalous Coffee Machine 2 | $6.99 | 753 81% | 23k | $158k (exactly $157,904) | HoruBrain Interactive | |
| | NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD: Typing of The Net | $3.99 | 827 71% | 25k | $99k (exactly $98,992) | WSS playground, mumimumi, veryOK, Atree… (WSS playground, mumimumi, veryOK, Atree, kabocha renga) | |
| | Typing Break | $8.99 | 96 80% | 2.9k | $26k (exactly $25,891) | Tholus | |
| | Gordon Streaman 2 | older | $12.99 | 56 71% | 1.7k | $22k (exactly $21,823) | Brouillard |
| | Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter | older | $4.99 | 43 86% | 1.3k | $6.4k (exactly $6,437) | Sensen Games |
 | Tyfortress: Tactical Typing | older | $4.99 | 35 85% | 1.1k | $5.2k (exactly $5,240) | Sensen Games |
 | Tybot Invasion: The Typing Runner | older | $4.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Sensen Games |
 | Typed82 | older | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Beardman Studios |
 | Pain to Satisfaction | · EA | $1.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $1.9k (exactly $1,851) | WSG Entertainment |
 | KatanaHime | $0.99 | 45 95% | 1.4k | $1.3k (exactly $1,336) | Heuristic Forge | |
 | Grammar Grind | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Skylor Beck | |
 | test_project | $2.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | xyz | |
 | Character Limit | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Hotel Outlaw | |
 | BONLE | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Elderstone Studios | |
 | Qwerty's Quickies | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Devious Slime Drops |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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