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Should I ship a Typing Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Typing
Of 45 developers who shipped a Typing 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.. 39 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×4.5 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is flat on the market; 39 games are announced against 34 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $535 (exactly $535) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) |
| Top 5% | $23k (exactly $23,388) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 45 |
| Released games | 95 |
| Announced | 39 |
| 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 flat on the market, supply 210% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Typing
- effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Point & Click, Typing; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Puzzle, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich, Text-Based
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,685 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 17 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 34 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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CaseCracker2 2024 · $273k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Her Story | older | $9.99 | 8,367 89% | 251k | $2.5M (exactly $2,507,590) | Sam Barlow |
| | Home Safety Hotline | older | $14.99 | 2,763 90% | 83k | $1.2M (exactly $1,242,521) | Night Signal Entertainment |
| | Influent Language Learning Game | older | $19.99 | 973 73% | 29k | $584k (exactly $583,508) | Rob Howland |
| | The Crimson Diamond | older | $14.99 | 653 96% | 20k | $294k (exactly $293,654) | Julia Minamata |
| | CaseCracker2 | older | $11.99 | 759 90% | 23k | $273k (exactly $273,012) | BlackRobe |
 | Turlock Holmes | older | $9.99 | 897 80% | 27k | $269k (exactly $268,831) | Find the Lamp Games |
 | Hymer 2000 | $4.99 | 1,031 89% | 31k | $154k (exactly $154,341) | doBell | |
 | CaseCracker3 | $12.99 | 359 84% | 11k | $140k (exactly $139,902) | BlackRobe | |
 | Mainlining | older | $12.99 | 285 77% | 8.6k | $111k (exactly $111,064) | Rebelephant |
 | Essays on Empathy | older | $12.99 | 188 78% | 5.6k | $73k (exactly $73,264) | Deconstructeam |
 | Cyber Warrior | $19.99 | 39 84% | 1.2k | $23k (exactly $23,388) | Dunke Games | |
 | Gumshoe Detective Agency: The First Case | $9.99 | 56 73% | 1.7k | $17k (exactly $16,783) | Birdy Interactive | |
 | Yuki-Onna Checker | $2.99 | 101 89% | 3.0k | $9.1k (exactly $9,060) | 闇宮 | |
 | Hermes Library | $15.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $8.2k (exactly $8,155) | SoaringHeart | |
 | Author Sim | $8.99 | 27 85% | 810 | $7.3k (exactly $7,282) | EssyTheSlug | |
 | Beat Paws Odyssey | $6.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $5.5k (exactly $5,452) | mindora games | |
 | Project DeepWeb: Eternal Nightmare | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | NightCat Studios | |
 | OTHERS | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Sicosiber |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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