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Point & Click + Word Game
Of 60 developers who shipped a Word Game 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.. 56 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×14 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 160% on the market; 56 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $13,174) |
| Top 5% | $416k (exactly $415,646) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 60 |
| Released games | 184 |
| Announced | 56 |
| Effort | 2 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 160% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Word Game
- effort 1 / 10 · high · dictionary logic and simple UI
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Point & Click, Word Game; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry RPG, Adventure, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 10,302 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 7 in 10 of the 35 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 31 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
Chants of Sennaar 2023 · $18M 
Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator 2025 · $2.0M 
Wordle 2021 · $1.1M 
Cat's Kiss 2022 · $687k 
Influent Language Learning Game 2014 · $584k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Chants of Sennaar | older | $19.99 | 30,416 98% | 912k | $18M (exactly $18,240,475) | Rundisc |
| | Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator | $12.99 | 5,191 92% | 156k | $2.0M (exactly $2,022,933) | Aluba Van+ | |
| | Wordle | older | $30.62 | 1,147 80% | 34k | $1.1M (exactly $1,053,634) | PreoNus Games |
| | Cat's Kiss | older | $14.99 | 1,528 89% | 46k | $687k (exactly $687,142) | Narrator, STORIA |
| | Influent Language Learning Game | older | $19.99 | 973 73% | 29k | $584k (exactly $583,508) | Rob Howland |
 | Wordle 3 | older | $30.62 | 610 78% | 18k | $560k (exactly $560,346) | PreoNus Games |
 | Immortal Family | older | $13.99 | 1,213 54% | 36k | $509k (exactly $509,096) | 一起来修仙工作室 |
 | Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集 | older | $10.99 | 1,395 95% | 42k | $460k (exactly $459,932) | SelfCrop Studio |
 | Noun Town Language Learning | $19.99 | 708 84% | 21k | $425k (exactly $424,588) | SUPER HYPER MEGA | |
 | xiuzhen idle | $5.99 | 2,313 79% | 69k | $416k (exactly $415,646) | 游戏养家工作室 | |
 | CaseCracker3 | $12.99 | 359 84% | 11k | $140k (exactly $139,902) | BlackRobe | |
 | Lightracer: For Judge | $9.99 | 462 92% | 14k | $138k (exactly $138,461) | Smartmelon Games | |
 | Insects Awaken | $8.99 | 398 88% | 12k | $107k (exactly $107,341) | HelloMeow | |
 | TOUQI | $4.99 | 462 89% | 14k | $69k (exactly $69,161) | 橙光游戏 | |
 | The Diary | $15.99 | 142 64% | 4.3k | $68k (exactly $68,117) | HuCang Studio, Pone Games | |
 | Throne of Monsters 怪物的王座 | $12.99 | 130 92% | 3.9k | $51k (exactly $50,661) | 雏形游戏 | |
 | Ghostwriter Workshop | $10.99 | 137 94% | 4.1k | $45k (exactly $45,169) | 秘密結社マテンロウ計画, Studio Dragonet |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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