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Should I ship a Transhumanist Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Transhumanism
Only 14 developers shipped a Transhumanist Point & Click 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, Panthalassa, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.0k, ×6.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $810; 1 in 20 cleared $41k, ×87 the market median. Revenue is up 775% on the market; 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $802 (exactly $802) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,970) |
| Top 25% | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) |
| Top 5% | $41k (exactly $41,131) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 775% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- Transhumanism
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Point & Click
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 396 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $810. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 2016 · $15M 
VirtuaVerse 2020 · $439k 
Cockwork Industries Complete 2019 · $259k 
FixFox 2022 · $165k 
Max's Big Bust 2 - Max's Bigger Bust 2021 · $53k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action | older | $14.99 | 33,838 97% | 1.0M | $15M (exactly $15,216,949) | Sukeban Games |
| | VirtuaVerse | older | $14.99 | 977 81% | 29k | $439k (exactly $439,357) | Theta Division |
| | Cockwork Industries Complete | older | $9.99 | 864 76% | 26k | $259k (exactly $258,941) | Digital Seductions |
| | FixFox | older | $14.99 | 367 85% | 11k | $165k (exactly $165,040) | Rendlike |
| | Max's Big Bust 2 - Max's Bigger Bust | older | $29.99 | 59 94% | 1.8k | $53k (exactly $53,082) | Lached Up Games |
 | Mechanic 8230: Escape from Ilgrot | older | $12.99 | 111 90% | 3.3k | $43k (exactly $43,257) | Nudiventra |
 | Panthalassa | $13.99 | 98 97% | 2.9k | $41k (exactly $41,131) | Meia Calça | |
 | DATING OF THE FUTURE | $15.99 | 43 90% | 1.3k | $21k (exactly $20,627) | geoWaffle | |
 | Solace State: Emotional Cyberpunk Stories | older | $19.99 | 29 93% | 870 | $17k (exactly $17,391) | Vivid Foundry Corp. |
 | Warp Frontier | older | $14.99 | 36 86% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | Brawsome |
 | Neofeud 2 | $14.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $7.2k (exactly $7,195) | Silver Spook Games | |
 | Project Looking Glass | $4.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | MORPH | |
 | Gas Station Story | $8.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $3.8k (exactly $3,776) | enzi | |
 | Sky Resort 2 | $9.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | CrazySky3D | |
 | 黄色猫片 | $0.99 | 100 91% | 3.0k | $3.0k (exactly $2,970) | Basement Games, 86岁按时吃饭 | |
 | Bloodless Heart | $2.99 | 31 87% | 930 | $2.8k (exactly $2,781) | Jarkem | |
 | 易经·占卜 | $6.00 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,440) | 三页先生 | |
 | UFO | $0.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $802 (exactly $802) | jiangli |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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