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Should I ship a Trivia Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Trivia
Of 25 developers who shipped a Trivia 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.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 2 / 10 build. 12 developers shipped in the last year and 16 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $299 (exactly $299) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) |
| Top 5% | $12k (exactly $11,869) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 25 |
| Released games | 103 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 10% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
- Trivia
- effort 1 / 10 · high · question bank and scoring
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Point & Click, Trivia; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Simulation, Choose Your Own Adventure
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, Cute, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 407 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. Nearly all of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Point & Click with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Chinatown Detective Agency 2022 · $89k 
Moviehouse – The Film Studio Tycoon 2023 · $74k 
Trivia Vault: Classic Rock Trivia 2 2017 · $37k 
Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 2017 · $36k 
Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 3 2017 · $35k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chinatown Detective Agency | older | $24.99 | 119 70% | 3.6k | $89k (exactly $89,214) | General Interactive Co. |
| | Moviehouse – The Film Studio Tycoon | older | $10.99 | 225 32% | 6.8k | $74k (exactly $74,182) | Odyssey Studios |
| | Trivia Vault: Classic Rock Trivia 2 | older | $13.99 | 88 65% | 2.6k | $37k (exactly $36,934) | Ripknot Systems |
| | Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia | older | $13.99 | 85 63% | 2.6k | $36k (exactly $35,674) | Ripknot Systems |
| | Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 3 | older | $13.99 | 84 66% | 2.5k | $35k (exactly $35,255) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Trivia Vault: Food Trivia | older | $13.99 | 84 65% | 2.5k | $35k (exactly $35,255) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Trivia Vault: Video Game Trivia Deluxe | older | $14.99 | 78 62% | 2.3k | $35k (exactly $35,077) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Trivia Vault: Mini Mixed Trivia 4 | older | $13.99 | 80 68% | 2.4k | $34k (exactly $33,576) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Trivia Vault: Auto Racing Trivia | older | $13.99 | 79 78% | 2.4k | $33k (exactly $33,156) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Trivia Vault: Celebrity Trivia | older | $13.99 | 78 73% | 2.3k | $33k (exactly $32,737) | Ripknot Systems |
 | DGGWare | $8.99 | 66 93% | 2.0k | $18k (exactly $17,800) | Silkworm | |
 | MAELSTROM LEGACY: The Tesla Mystery | $10.99 | 36 69% | 1.1k | $12k (exactly $11,869) | Wistfulware | |
 | Hologuard | $7.99 | 48 95% | 1.4k | $12k (exactly $11,506) | illuCalab | |
 | Gallery: Coloring book & decor | $9.99 | 36 97% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $10,789) | Beresnev Games | |
 | EYES ON THE EXAM | $4.99 | 67 91% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,030) | Carlos 'Monty' Montamarta | |
 | Concierge | $12.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $8.6k (exactly $8,573) | KODINO | |
 | MEMASIKI | $0.99 | 94 89% | 2.8k | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) | Reanim Games | |
 | Guess the Flag! | $3.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Source Byte | |
 | 易经·占卜 | $6.00 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,440) | 三页先生 | |
 | Fate Dealer | $2.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | Anguish Dealer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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