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Should I ship a Point & Click Turn-Based game?
Turn-Based + Point & Click
Only 5 developers shipped a Point & Click Turn-Based 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, Esoteric Ebb, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $67k against a market of $630. 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $67k (exactly $67,166) |
| Top 25% | $231k (exactly $230,992) |
| Top 5% | $6.5M (exactly $6,536,634) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $17.99 |
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 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Turn-Based
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Turn-Based, Point & Click
- Price point
- $17.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 24,829 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Turn-Based with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Asynchronous MultiplayerStrong odds
- + DragonsStrong odds
- + Hack and SlashStrong odds
- + SandboxFair
- + HorrorFair
- + CraftingFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Perma DeathFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + ChessFair
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + 4XPoor odds
Comparable games
Esoteric Ebb 2026 · $6.5M 
West of Loathing 2017 · $3.2M 
Card Survival: Tropical Island 2022 · $2.2M 
We. The Revolution 2019 · $1.2M 
Crown Gambit 2025 · $231k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Esoteric Ebb | $24.99 | 8,719 95% | 262k | $6.5M (exactly $6,536,634) | Christoffer Bodegård | |
| | West of Loathing | older | $10.99 | 9,716 97% | 291k | $3.2M (exactly $3,203,365) | Asymmetric |
| | Card Survival: Tropical Island | older | $24.99 | 2,962 94% | 89k | $2.2M (exactly $2,220,611) | WinterSpring Games |
| | We. The Revolution | older | $19.99 | 1,997 73% | 60k | $1.2M (exactly $1,197,601) | Polyslash |
| | Crown Gambit | $17.99 | 428 94% | 13k | $231k (exactly $230,992) | WILD WITS GAMES | |
 | 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat | older | $19.99 | 301 61% | 9.0k | $181k (exactly $180,510) | Mousechief |
 | Riviera: The Promised Land | older | $34.99 | 99 90% | 3.0k | $104k (exactly $103,920) | Sting |
 | PRINCIPIA: Master of Science | · EA older | $9.99 | 302 69% | 9.1k | $91k (exactly $90,509) | tomeapp |
 | Mahjong World Contest (麻将) | older | $14.99 | 193 88% | 5.8k | $87k (exactly $86,792) | Creobit |
 | Skogdal | $19.99 | 112 98% | 3.4k | $67k (exactly $67,166) | Erlend Kirkeboe, Kay Arne Kirkeboe | |
 | Dice Battle: 3D Board Game | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Pairvo | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Fat Cat Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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