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Should I ship a Perma Death Point & Click game?
Perma Death + Point & Click
Of 28 developers who shipped a Perma Death 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.. 32 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 16 developers shipped in the last year and 32 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $238 (exactly $238) |
| Top 25% | $1.1k (exactly $1,076) |
| Top 5% | $22k (exactly $21,878) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 61 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 25% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Perma Death
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Perma Death, Point & Click; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 977 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Perma Death with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Precision PlatformerFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + Visual NovelFair
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Comparable games
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Card Survival: Tropical Island 2022 · $2.2M 
Spectator 2023 · $44k 
Sex Apartment 2: Grand Hotel 2026 · $24k 
Sex Apartment 💫 2025 · $22k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Five Nights at Freddy's 2 | older | $7.99 | 23,871 93% | 716k | $5.7M (exactly $5,721,879) | Scott Cawthon |
| | Card Survival: Tropical Island | older | $24.99 | 2,962 94% | 89k | $2.2M (exactly $2,220,611) | WinterSpring Games |
| | Spectator | older | $12.99 | 113 93% | 3.4k | $44k (exactly $44,036) | Minechan, Neko Machine |
| | Sex Apartment 2: Grand Hotel | $9.99 | 81 71% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $24,276) | Dreamers Workshop | |
| | Sex Apartment 💫 | $4.99 | 150 62% | 4.5k | $22k (exactly $22,455) | Dreamers Workshop | |
 | Kaamos: Puzzle Roguelike | $9.99 | 73 87% | 2.2k | $22k (exactly $21,878) | Pepperbox Studios | |
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 | Italian Brainrot: In Prison | $4.99 | 64 81% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | ShLeks, Hero | |
 | Myasoid | older | $4.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Fasu Studio |
 | Loop//Error | $2.99 | 40 95% | 1.2k | $3.6k (exactly $3,588) | Koro Pixel Studio | |
 | Landonia | · EA | $4.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Landonia RPG |
 | CurrentDay | $2.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.1k (exactly $1,076) | HB Studio | |
 | A Good Deed On Harris Avenue | $2.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Daniel H. May | |
 | Landlord Quest | $1.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $537 (exactly $537) | katbrush |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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