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Should I ship a Point & Click Time Attack game?
Time Attack + Point & Click
Only 7 developers shipped a Point & Click Time Attack 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, 100 Cats London, 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.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $480. Revenue is up 110% on the market; 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $475 (exactly $475) |
|---|---|
| Median | $718 (exactly $718) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,746) |
| Top 5% | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 114 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $0.99 |
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 110% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time 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
- Time Attack, Point & Click; all of the top 25% also carry Collectathon, Hidden Object, Puzzle
- Price point
- $0.99 typical · top 25% priced $1.99 or above
- Art
- all of the top 25% ship with Cozy, Hand-drawn, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $1.99 or above; the middle game at $0.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 695 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. Nearly all of the 42 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Time Attack with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + CatsFair
- + SportsFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + FuturisticFair
- + RacingFair
- + Level EditorFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + SpaceFair
- + ActionFair
- + AdventureFair
- + RunnerFair
- + ArcadeFair
Comparable games
Cats Huddled Together 挤在一起的猫猫们 2023 · $25k 
Cats Around Us: Giant Cat 2024 · $6.9k 
100 Cats London 2025 · $6.6k 
Meta Sudoku 2023 · $4.5k 
Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Dubai 2024 · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cats Huddled Together 挤在一起的猫猫们 | older | $1.99 | 417 85% | 13k | $25k (exactly $24,895) | Catnip studio |
| | Cats Around Us: Giant Cat | older | $1.99 | 115 98% | 3.5k | $6.9k (exactly $6,866) | Noobzilla |
| | 100 Cats London | $1.99 | 111 96% | 3.3k | $6.6k (exactly $6,627) | 100 Cats | |
| | Meta Sudoku | older | $1.99 | 75 80% | 2.3k | $4.5k (exactly $4,478) | Matrix Science |
| | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Dubai | older | $0.99 | 122 94% | 3.7k | $3.6k (exactly $3,623) | NaipSoft |
 | 100 Cats Singapore | $0.99 | 113 93% | 3.4k | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | 100 Cats | |
 | 100 Cats Berlin | older | $0.99 | 111 91% | 3.3k | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | 100 Cats |
 | 100 Cats Belgrade | $1.99 | 54 90% | 1.6k | $3.2k (exactly $3,224) | 100 Cats | |
 | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Brazil | older | $0.99 | 103 92% | 3.1k | $3.1k (exactly $3,059) | NaipSoft |
 | Find Cats in the Casino | $0.99 | 94 94% | 2.8k | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) | MeowSignal | |
 | 100 Cats Italy | $1.99 | 46 95% | 1.4k | $2.7k (exactly $2,746) | 100 Cats | |
 | 100 Cats Mexico | $0.99 | 89 89% | 2.7k | $2.6k (exactly $2,643) | 100 Cats | |
 | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Tokyo | $0.99 | 72 88% | 2.2k | $2.1k (exactly $2,138) | NaipSoft | |
 | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Los Angeles | $0.99 | 55 90% | 1.7k | $1.6k (exactly $1,634) | NaipSoft | |
 | Hidden Pets: 101 Cats in Australia | $0.99 | 55 96% | 1.7k | $1.6k (exactly $1,634) | NaipSoft | |
 | Embrace the Brilliance | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | THINK & FEEL |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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