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Should I ship a Point & Click Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Point & Click
Of 96 developers who shipped a Point & Click Puzzle Platformer 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.. 103 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 49 developers shipped in the last year and 103 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) |
| Top 5% | $22k (exactly $22,485) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 96 |
| Released games | 431 |
| Announced | 103 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 10% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Puzzle Platformer
- 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
- Puzzle Platformer, Point & Click; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Adventure, Exploration
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 3,352 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. Nearly all of the 75 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 103 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Life SimFair
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- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + SokobanFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Chants of Sennaar 2023 · $18M 
Monument Valley 2022 · $1.8M 
The Cave 2013 · $1.1M 
Wordle 2021 · $1.1M 
Monument Valley 3 2025 · $969k | 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 |
| | Monument Valley | older | $7.99 | 7,582 98% | 227k | $1.8M (exactly $1,817,405) | ustwo games |
| | The Cave | older | $14.99 | 2,483 87% | 74k | $1.1M (exactly $1,116,605) | Double Fine Productions |
| | Wordle | older | $30.62 | 1,147 80% | 34k | $1.1M (exactly $1,053,634) | PreoNus Games |
| | Monument Valley 3 | $14.99 | 2,155 93% | 65k | $969k (exactly $969,104) | ustwo games | |
 | Timelie | older | $17.99 | 1,783 95% | 53k | $962k (exactly $962,285) | Urnique Studio |
 | Old Man's Journey | older | $9.99 | 2,871 87% | 86k | $860k (exactly $860,439) | Broken Rules |
 | Monument Valley 2 | older | $7.99 | 3,526 93% | 106k | $845k (exactly $845,182) | ustwo games |
 | Genesis Noir | older | $14.99 | 1,694 79% | 51k | $762k (exactly $761,792) | Feral Cat Den |
 | FRAMED Collection | older | $9.99 | 2,336 94% | 70k | $700k (exactly $700,099) | Loveshack Entertainment |
 | Piece by Piece | $12.99 | 233 100% | 7.0k | $91k (exactly $90,800) | Neon Polygons | |
 | Creepy Tale: Snow Child | $11.99 | 248 91% | 7.4k | $89k (exactly $89,206) | Creepy Brothers | |
 | 春泥 Soil of Rebirth | $9.99 | 216 73% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $64,735) | 午夜说书人 | |
 | Bulb Boy 2: Jar of Despair | $14.99 | 50 84% | 1.5k | $22k (exactly $22,485) | Bulbware | |
 | Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt | $3.99 | 185 100% | 5.6k | $22k (exactly $22,144) | BIG EYES TATA | |
 | Escaping Wonderland | $19.99 | 32 87% | 960 | $19k (exactly $19,190) | Cortopia Studios | |
 | Homicide Desk | $5.99 | 82 67% | 2.5k | $15k (exactly $14,735) | Shu'la Lab LLC | |
 | BRELOK -ねずみたちの脱出- | $3.99 | 97 91% | 2.9k | $12k (exactly $11,611) | ひろめてん | |
 | BAKU -バク- | $5.99 | 54 100% | 1.6k | $9.7k (exactly $9,704) | ひろめてん |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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