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Should I ship a Western Point & Click game?
Point & Click + Western
Only 11 developers shipped a Western 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, Rosewater, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $200k, ×332 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 9 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $955 (exactly $955) |
| Top 25% | $7.4k (exactly $7,355) |
| Top 5% | $209k (exactly $208,696) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.29 |
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 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 5%, 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
- Western
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Point & Click
- Price point
- $3.29 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 566 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Point & Click with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Online Co-OpFair
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Comparable games
West of Loathing 2017 · $3.2M 
Rosewater 2025 · $209k 
Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch 2017 · $65k 
Star Story: The Horizon Escape 2017 · $47k 
Once a Porn a Time: Porn and Cards 2025 · $38k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | West of Loathing | older | $10.99 | 9,716 97% | 291k | $3.2M (exactly $3,203,365) | Asymmetric |
| | Rosewater | $19.99 | 348 91% | 10k | $209k (exactly $208,696) | Grundislav Games | |
| | Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch | older | $9.99 | 217 88% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $65,035) | HeR Interactive |
| | Star Story: The Horizon Escape | older | $14.99 | 104 89% | 3.1k | $47k (exactly $46,769) | EvilCoGames |
| | Once a Porn a Time: Porn and Cards | $14.99 | 85 72% | 2.6k | $38k (exactly $38,224) | OPT Studio | |
 | Fenimore Fillmore: The Westerner | older | $9.99 | 98 90% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $29,371) | Casual Brothers Ltd. |
 | Fenimore Fillmore: 3 Skulls of the Toltecs | older | $9.99 | 88 85% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,374) | Casual Brothers Ltd. |
 | Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine | older | $9.99 | 40 65% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,988) | Himalaya Studios |
 | Gold Rush! Anniversary | older | $4.99 | 66 66% | 2.0k | $9.9k (exactly $9,880) | Sunlight Games |
 | Cyber West: Hidden Object Games - Western | older | $8.99 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $9.4k (exactly $9,440) | Crisp App Studio |
 | Hidden Cat Outlaws | $2.99 | 82 87% | 2.5k | $7.4k (exactly $7,355) | Sleepwalking Potatoes | |
 | Broke Signal Badlands: A World of Desert Adventure | $14.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Forward Instinct | |
 | Again!? The Sheriff’s Kinky Justice | $3.29 | 19 52% | 570 | $1.9k (exactly $1,875) | Myriad | |
 | Cats Visiting Wild West | $1.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $955 (exactly $955) | AGE Zero, Purfect | |
 | Around the World 3: Amazing Countries Collector's Edition | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Avi Games | |
 | 99 Lives - Russian Roulette | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Gamma Games LLC | |
 | Art Spotting Co-op | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Musabiza | |
 | Hang Tight | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | FatGames |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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