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Should I ship a Point & Click Swordplay game?
Swordplay + Point & Click
Only 7 developers shipped a Point & Click Swordplay game 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, Ladies, Don’t Tempt My Immortality, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $540 against a market of $630. 4 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $360 (exactly $360) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $8.9k (exactly $8,880) |
| Top 5% | $19k (exactly $18,793) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 4 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Swordplay
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Swordplay, Point & Click
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $3.95.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 759 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 4 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Swordplay with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + IdlerFair
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- + SamuraiPoor odds
- + JRPGPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
1428: Shadows over Silesia 2022 · $121k 
Pedro's Adventures in Spanish [Learn Spanish] 2021 · $106k 
The Adventures of The Black Hawk 2024 · $30k 
Ladies, Don’t Tempt My Immortality 2026 · $19k 
宗门最后的长老 2026 · $8.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 1428: Shadows over Silesia | older | $19.99 | 201 72% | 6.0k | $121k (exactly $120,540) | KUBI Games |
| | Pedro's Adventures in Spanish [Learn Spanish] | older | $21.99 | 161 90% | 4.8k | $106k (exactly $106,212) | Rocket Boy Games |
| | The Adventures of The Black Hawk | older | $12.99 | 77 85% | 2.3k | $30k (exactly $30,007) | Croqueta Asesina Studios |
| | Ladies, Don’t Tempt My Immortality | $10.99 | 57 89% | 1.7k | $19k (exactly $18,793) | 蒸汽满满工作室 | |
| | 宗门最后的长老 | $2.99 | 99 96% | 3.0k | $8.9k (exactly $8,880) | KUMA studio | |
 | Knife To Meet You | older | $14.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Mate Magyar |
 | Hero Puzzle | older | $1.99 | 74 54% | 2.2k | $4.4k (exactly $4,418) | Hero Games |
 | PAGO FOREST: DRAGON'S REVENGE | older | $5.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $4.3k (exactly $4,313) | Futurtech |
 | LA FORET DE PAGO 2 : SOUVENIR DE GLACE | older | $11.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) | Futurtech |
 | SEARCH ALL - RUNES | older | $2.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $3.8k (exactly $3,767) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Where's My Bara Deck? Hardcastle | $1.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $597 (exactly $597) | Kopon Games | |
 | Frog & Blade | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | StarGazer | |
 | Arena | $2.00 | 6 100% | 180 | $360 (exactly $360) | 30 Minute Games | |
 | Arena II | $3.95 | 3 100% | 90 | $356 (exactly $356) | 30 Minute Games | |
 | Path of Clicks | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | FANE Studio | |
 | Teamfight Royale | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Festucs Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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