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Should I ship a Robot Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Robots
Of 30 developers who shipped a Robot 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.. 57 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $540; 1 in 20 cleared $34k, ×55 the market median. Revenue is up 230% on the market; 57 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $535 (exactly $535) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) |
| Top 5% | $35k (exactly $34,627) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 30 |
| Released games | 119 |
| Announced | 57 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 230% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Robots
- 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; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Puzzle
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, 2D, Stylized
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 508 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. All of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 57 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 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
Machinarium 2009 · $11M 
Five Nights at Freddy's 2014 · $8.0M 
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 2014 · $5.7M 
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 2015 · $3.7M 
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 2015 · $2.5M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Machinarium | older | $19.99 | 17,552 95% | 527k | $11M (exactly $10,525,934) | Amanita Design |
| | Five Nights at Freddy's | older | $4.99 | 53,607 94% | 1.6M | $8.0M (exactly $8,024,968) | Scott Cawthon |
| | Five Nights at Freddy's 2 | older | $7.99 | 23,871 93% | 716k | $5.7M (exactly $5,721,879) | Scott Cawthon |
| | Five Nights at Freddy's 4 | older | $7.99 | 15,483 93% | 464k | $3.7M (exactly $3,711,275) | Scott Cawthon |
| | Five Nights at Freddy's 3 | older | $7.99 | 10,388 90% | 312k | $2.5M (exactly $2,490,004) | Scott Cawthon |
 | Primordia | older | $9.99 | 2,975 96% | 89k | $892k (exactly $891,608) | Wormwood Studios |
 | The Fall | older | $9.99 | 2,794 87% | 84k | $837k (exactly $837,362) | Over The Moon |
 | The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day | older | $9.99 | 1,680 76% | 50k | $503k (exactly $503,496) | ComonGames |
 | Subsurface Circular | older | $5.99 | 1,496 94% | 45k | $269k (exactly $268,831) | Bithell Games |
 | ENCODYA | older | $24.99 | 327 72% | 9.8k | $245k (exactly $245,152) | Chaosmonger Studio |
 | Roulette Hero | $9.99 | 260 92% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,922) | CLLC Studio | |
 | Mech Builder 3D | $14.99 | 77 93% | 2.3k | $35k (exactly $34,627) | Don Pachi | |
 | DATING OF THE FUTURE | $15.99 | 43 90% | 1.3k | $21k (exactly $20,627) | geoWaffle | |
 | Lost In Space - The First Adventure | $9.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Scary Robot | |
 | About an Elf | $7.99 | 27 88% | 810 | $6.5k (exactly $6,472) | Meringue Interactive | |
 | Dear Flower | $7.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) | Popiicorn Game | |
 | Deep Space Tavern | $5.99 | 21 90% | 630 | $3.8k (exactly $3,774) | World Away Games | |
 | Last Spaceship | $8.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | 正常游戏 Normal Games | |
 | Crazy Robot Ball | $5.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $3.2k (exactly $3,235) | Blue Band Studio | |
 | Triptych Book I: Blockhead | · EA | $13.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $2.5k (exactly $2,518) | Mords, Tootsie |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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