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Should I ship a Point & Click Souls-like?
Souls-like + Point & Click
Only 9 developers shipped a Point & Click Souls-like in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, The Married Woman Nextdoor - Creampie SEX Beside Her Husband, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.2k against a market of $1.5k. 12 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $360 (exactly $360) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) |
| Top 5% | $280k (exactly $279,620) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 70% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Souls-like
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Souls-like, Point & Click
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 2,821 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Souls-like with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IncrementalFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + WarPoor odds
- + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
Comparable games
The Married Woman Nextdoor - Creampie SEX Beside Her Husband 2026 · $280k 
Laid-Back Camp - Virtual - Lake Motosu 2021 · $217k 
Exposed Livestream 2025 · $156k 
Jorel’s Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy - Complete Edition 2023 · $82k 
Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse 2014 · $51k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Married Woman Nextdoor - Creampie SEX Beside Her Husband | $9.99 | 933 86% | 28k | $280k (exactly $279,620) | AibanWork | |
| | Laid-Back Camp - Virtual - Lake Motosu | older | $19.99 | 362 80% | 11k | $217k (exactly $217,091) | Gemdrops, Inc. |
| | Exposed Livestream | $9.99 | 520 81% | 16k | $156k (exactly $155,844) | Kumada Gaon | |
| | Jorel’s Brother and The Most Important Game of the Galaxy - Complete Edition | older | $14.99 | 182 82% | 5.5k | $82k (exactly $81,845) | Double Dash Studios, Copa Studio |
| | Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse | older | $6.99 | 242 98% | 7.3k | $51k (exactly $50,747) | Humongous Entertainment |
 | Aim Climb | older | $6.80 | 225 89% | 6.8k | $46k (exactly $45,900) | YuLu |
 | Save the Reactor | older | $4.99 | 126 95% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $18,862) | Hypnohead |
 | Italian Brainrot: In Prison | $4.99 | 64 81% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | ShLeks, Hero | |
 | The Flayed Man | $1.99 | 82 84% | 2.5k | $4.9k (exactly $4,895) | Snoring Dog Games | |
 | Hentai: Memory leak | older | $0.99 | 85 82% | 2.6k | $2.5k (exactly $2,524) | Crew Lab |
 | Find Me | $4.99 | 8 50% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Ludmila Pislova, Hana Bauerova | |
 | Chlorine Scales | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Alexandre Perrot, Etienne Perrot | |
 | Arena | $2.00 | 6 100% | 180 | $360 (exactly $360) | 30 Minute Games | |
 | Aeonic | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | dev | |
 | Time Assassin | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 0cd studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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