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Should I ship a Space Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Space
Of 90 developers who shipped a Space 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.. 112 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $77k, ×123 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 112 games are announced against 45 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $238 (exactly $238) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Top 5% | $77k (exactly $77,348) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 90 |
| Released games | 301 |
| Announced | 112 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 80% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Space
- 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; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Simulation, Puzzle
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 5,139 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 60 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 112 games are announced against 45 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 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
Citizen Sleeper 2022 · $5.0M 
Samorost 3 2016 · $2.6M 
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector 2025 · $1.8M 
Heaven's Vault 2019 · $1.5M 
In Other Waters 2020 · $941k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Citizen Sleeper | older | $19.99 | 8,271 92% | 248k | $5.0M (exactly $4,960,119) | Jump Over The Age |
| | Samorost 3 | older | $19.99 | 4,369 93% | 131k | $2.6M (exactly $2,620,089) | Amanita Design |
| | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector | $24.99 | 2,358 91% | 71k | $1.8M (exactly $1,767,793) | Jump Over The Age | |
| | Heaven's Vault | older | $24.99 | 1,958 85% | 59k | $1.5M (exactly $1,467,913) | inkle Ltd |
| | In Other Waters | older | $14.99 | 2,093 88% | 63k | $941k (exactly $941,222) | Jump Over The Age |
 | Genesis Noir | older | $14.99 | 1,694 79% | 51k | $762k (exactly $761,792) | Feral Cat Den |
 | OPUS: The Day We Found Earth | older | $14.99 | 1,404 87% | 42k | $631k (exactly $631,379) | SIGONO INC. |
 | J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars | older | $19.99 | 823 85% | 25k | $494k (exactly $493,553) | CBE software |
 | STASIS | older | $7.99 | 1,708 79% | 51k | $409k (exactly $409,408) | THE BROTHERHOOD |
 | Gemini Rue | older | $9.99 | 1,252 86% | 38k | $375k (exactly $375,224) | Joshua Nuernberger |
 | Machinika: Atlas | $11.99 | 574 76% | 17k | $206k (exactly $206,468) | Littlefield Studio | |
 | Lightracer: For Judge | $9.99 | 462 92% | 14k | $138k (exactly $138,461) | Smartmelon Games | |
 | Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite | $5.99 | 698 83% | 21k | $125k (exactly $125,431) | RyanJakob | |
 | Milfy Way: Space Orgasm 🪐🔞 | $14.99 | 172 75% | 5.2k | $77k (exactly $77,348) | Pocket Rocket Studio 🚀 | |
 | SpaceVenture | $14.99 | 80 88% | 2.4k | $36k (exactly $35,976) | Guys from Andromeda | |
 | no signal | $15.00 | 69 98% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,050) | exodrifter | |
 | Zup! Y | $1.99 | 385 91% | 12k | $23k (exactly $22,984) | Quiet River | |
 | Universe Horizon | $2.99 | 234 88% | 7.0k | $21k (exactly $20,990) | Jarkem | |
 | Heartreasure: Stellar Journey | $5.99 | 107 100% | 3.2k | $19k (exactly $19,228) | asaha |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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