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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Procedural Generation Point & Click game?

Procedural Generation + Point & Click

Of 54 developers who shipped a Procedural Generation 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.. 48 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 31 developers shipped in the last year and 48 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 80% on the market, 48 announced, ×1.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Procedural Generation + Point & Click
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 54
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $30k → $1.1k → $2.1k → $1.4k → $298 → $90 → $150 (still earning) → $420 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Procedural Generation + Point & Click: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 54
Bottom 30% $119 (exactly $119)
Median $297 (exactly $297)
Top 25% $1.0k (exactly $1,048)
Top 5% $13k (exactly $12,860)
Developers, 2 yr 54
Released games 149
Announced 48
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $3.99

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 80% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Procedural Generation
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Point & Click
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Procedural Generation, Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Simulation
Price point
$3.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Relaxing
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.

The top 10 games average 77% positive over 4,576 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $300, 1 in 4 over $1.0k, 1 in 20 over $12k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 34 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 48 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Procedural Generation with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + SnowFair11 devs · median $3.0k · 16 announced
  2. + Traditional RoguelikeFair71 devs · median $2.0k · 93 announced
  3. + DetectiveFair29 devs · median $1.5k · 30 announced
  4. + Word GameFair22 devs · median $1.3k · 23 announced
  5. + TypingFair26 devs · median $1.1k · 11 announced
  6. + IdlerFair98 devs · median $807 · 107 announced
  7. + LogicFair137 devs · median $478 · 149 announced
  8. + Walking SimulatorFair57 devs · median $449 · 62 announced
  9. + Precision PlatformerFair49 devs · median $449 · 42 announced
  10. + Hidden ObjectFair58 devs · median $418 · 56 announced
  11. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds31 devs · median $77k · 95 announced
  12. + TrainsPoor odds22 devs · median $30k · 35 announced

All 222 pairs on the Procedural Generation page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

BitCraft Online 2025 · EA · $1.6M Approximately Up 2026 · $746k Distrust: Polar Survival 2017 · $687k Mini Airways - ATC simulator 2024 · $401k Life Eater 2024 · $148k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
BitCraft Online · EA $15.99 3,334 72% 100k $1.6M (exactly $1,599,320) Clockwork Laboratories, Inc.
Approximately Up $24.99 995 93% 30k $746k (exactly $745,952) Approximately Games
Distrust: Polar Survival older $12.99 1,764 73% 53k $687k (exactly $687,431) Cheerdealers
Mini Airways - ATC simulator older $9.99 1,339 92% 40k $401k (exactly $401,298) CCC Games, Erabit
Life Eater older $14.99 330 86% 9.9k $148k (exactly $148,401) Strange Scaffold
Fossil Corner older $9.99 330 98% 9.9k $99k (exactly $98,901) Brady Soglin
Wanna Make It older $10.99 293 97% 8.8k $97k (exactly $96,602) CQGAME
Thought Experiment Simulator older $4.99 620 81% 19k $93k (exactly $92,814) HoHo Game Studio
Moviehouse – The Film Studio Tycoon older $10.99 225 32% 6.8k $74k (exactly $74,182) Odyssey Studios
Spectator older $12.99 113 93% 3.4k $44k (exactly $44,036) Minechan, Neko Machine
Spectator 2 $12.99 33 72% 990 $13k (exactly $12,860) Neko Machine, Minechan
Spectator 3 $12.99 11 90% 330 $4.3k (exactly $4,287) Neko Machine, Minechan
BAR $5.99 20 70% 600 $3.6k (exactly $3,594) TechieMay
Grumpy Gaffer $0.99 117 94% 3.5k $3.5k (exactly $3,475) RC Games Studio
Just Keep Looting $4.99 20 85% 600 $3.0k (exactly $2,994) Duck Forge
Intentional Bugs $2.99 24 100% 720 $2.2k (exactly $2,153) wanderMarch
Cyberpunk Inquisitor $5.99 11 90% 330 $2.0k (exactly $1,977) Nerdook Productions
Keep It Contained · EA $5.99 11 100% 330 $2.0k (exactly $1,977) Triarch Interactive

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.