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Should I ship a Mythological Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Mythology
Of 40 developers who shipped a Mythological 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.. 65 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $280k, ×450 the market median. Revenue is up 30% on the market; 65 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $838 (exactly $838) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 5% | $283k (exactly $282,861) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 40 |
| Released games | 135 |
| Announced | 65 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.00 |
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 30% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Mythology
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle, Investigation
- Price point
- $6.00 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Story Rich, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.00.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 3,861 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 65 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 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
Chants of Sennaar 2023 · $18M 
The Rewinder 2021 · $3.1M 
Home Safety Hotline 2024 · $1.2M 
Cats and the Other Lives 2022 · $653k 
xiuzhen idle 2025 · $416k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chants of Sennaar | older | $19.99 | 30,416 98% | 912k | $18M (exactly $18,240,475) | Rundisc |
| | The Rewinder | older | $14.99 | 6,843 95% | 205k | $3.1M (exactly $3,077,297) | MistyMountainStudio |
| | Home Safety Hotline | older | $14.99 | 2,763 90% | 83k | $1.2M (exactly $1,242,521) | Night Signal Entertainment |
| | Cats and the Other Lives | older | $19.99 | 1,089 91% | 33k | $653k (exactly $653,073) | Cultic Games |
| | xiuzhen idle | $5.99 | 2,313 79% | 69k | $416k (exactly $415,646) | 游戏养家工作室 | |
 | Mindlock - The Apartment | $14.99 | 629 95% | 19k | $283k (exactly $282,861) | Roof Cut Media | |
 | 緋月仙行錄 | $19.99 | 454 57% | 14k | $272k (exactly $272,264) | 月光草 | |
 | Adore | older | $19.99 | 396 87% | 12k | $237k (exactly $237,481) | Cadabra Games |
 | Havsala: Into the Soul Palace | older | $11.99 | 607 91% | 18k | $218k (exactly $218,338) | Ubik Studios, Stratera Games |
 | 12 Labours of Hercules | older | $2.99 | 2,307 93% | 69k | $207k (exactly $206,938) | Jetdogs Studios, Zoom Out Games |
 | The End of the Sun | $24.99 | 228 97% | 6.8k | $171k (exactly $170,932) | The End of the Sun Forge | |
 | Lost in Art: a Miniature Realm | $13.99 | 54 96% | 1.6k | $23k (exactly $22,664) | Archaic Game Studio | |
 | Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence | $7.99 | 82 92% | 2.5k | $20k (exactly $19,655) | Making Enemies, Ayose Trujillo | |
 | Mosaica: Arboreal | $4.99 | 44 81% | 1.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,587) | RymPow | |
 | Doctor Arcana and The Secret of Shadowspire | $14.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Monolith Graphics, The Hideout | |
 | Erogoddess: Mirage | $5.99 | 33 96% | 990 | $5.9k (exactly $5,930) | Moobly | |
 | MY FATHER LIED | $8.99 | 10 70% | 300 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | LUNAR GAMES LTD |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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