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Should I ship a Point & Click Trading Card Game?
Trading Card Game + Point & Click
Only 9 developers shipped a Point & Click Trading Card 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, FISHTOPIA, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240, ×0.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240. 17 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper, while revenue is down 90% on the market.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $240 (exactly $240) |
| Top 25% | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 5% | $19k (exactly $18,879) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 74 |
| Announced | 17 |
| 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 down 90% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Trading Card Game
- 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
- Trading Card Game, 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 $3.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 28,697 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Trading Card Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + SandboxFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Procedural GenerationPoor odds
- + TradingPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + CollectathonPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Auto BattlerPoor odds
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
Comparable games
| Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Zup! F | older | $1.99 | 7,749 96% | 232k | $463k (exactly $462,615) | Quiet River |
 | Zup! 2 | older | $1.99 | 6,490 95% | 195k | $387k (exactly $387,453) | Quiet River |
 | Zup! 8 | older | $1.99 | 4,176 95% | 125k | $249k (exactly $249,307) | Quiet River |
 | Zup! Z | older | $1.99 | 4,058 97% | 122k | $242k (exactly $242,263) | Quiet River |
 | Zup! 5 | older | $1.99 | 2,856 93% | 86k | $171k (exactly $170,503) | Quiet River |
 | 12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull | older | $2.99 | 1,736 90% | 52k | $156k (exactly $155,719) | Jetdogs Studios, Zoom Out Games |
 | Gnomes Garden | older | $14.99 | 262 87% | 7.9k | $118k (exactly $117,821) | Workroom7, Creobit |
 | Zup! Zero 2 | older | $1.99 | 1,251 94% | 38k | $75k (exactly $74,685) | Quiet River |
 | FISHTOPIA | $8.99 | 70 87% | 2.1k | $19k (exactly $18,879) | BountyGames | |
 | SEARCH ALL - ADULT | older | $9.99 | 49 67% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,685) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | PERSEVERANCE: Chapter 1 | $4.99 | 25 44% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | XPECTED | |
 | Choice Matters | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Nue Games | |
 | The Lion Gambles Everything He Owns | $0.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $535 (exactly $535) | Simba | |
 | Fated All-In: Casino 5 Queens | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | TEAM OLDBOY_Levi | |
 | Games for Stream! | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | Lacozy | |
 | LuckyCat | $1.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | TanE Games | |
 | Waifu Dominion: Lustful Reign | $3.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | A.I.Flo | |
 | Creature Tamer | · EA | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Shadow Form Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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