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Should I ship a Point & Click Score Attack game?
Score Attack + Point & Click
Of 112 developers who shipped a Point & Click Score Attack 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.. 91 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $240 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 64 developers shipped in the last year and 91 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $238 (exactly $238) |
| Top 25% | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Top 5% | $18k (exactly $17,800) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 112 |
| Released games | 446 |
| Announced | 91 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $1.99 |
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 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Score Attack
- 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
- Score Attack, Point & Click; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Collectathon, Exploration
- Price point
- $1.99 typical · top 25% priced $4.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Relaxing, Cute, Cozy
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $4.99 or above; the middle game at $1.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 2,811 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 116 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 91 games are announced against 64 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Let's Minesweeper 2024 · $117k 
Hexologic 2018 · $102k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Urban Jungle | $11.99 | 667 90% | 20k | $240k (exactly $239,920) | KYLYK | |
| | LOLLIPOP! | older | $4.99 | 1,318 75% | 40k | $197k (exactly $197,305) | 430Games, __Ja__ga__imo__ |
| | Agreeee | $4.99 | 1,150 74% | 35k | $172k (exactly $172,155) | べすとまん | |
| | Let's Minesweeper | older | $4.99 | 780 76% | 23k | $117k (exactly $116,766) | SUNJOY GAME |
| | Hexologic | older | $4.99 | 684 96% | 21k | $102k (exactly $102,395) | MythicOwl |
 | PegIdle | older | $4.99 | 439 73% | 13k | $66k (exactly $65,718) | EagleEye Games |
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 | Coin Flipper | older | $2.99 | 483 84% | 14k | $43k (exactly $43,325) | Simon Eftestol |
 | PancitoMerge | $7.99 | 158 99% | 4.7k | $38k (exactly $37,873) | Fáyer, Sketchy Ceviche | |
 | Pet the Cat | $4.99 | 155 83% | 4.7k | $23k (exactly $23,204) | MEWSTURBO | |
 | DGGWare | $8.99 | 66 93% | 2.0k | $18k (exactly $17,800) | Silkworm | |
 | Hologuard | $7.99 | 48 95% | 1.4k | $12k (exactly $11,506) | illuCalab | |
 | Clicker Clicker Clicker | $2.99 | 112 62% | 3.4k | $10k (exactly $10,046) | EagleEye Games | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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