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Should I ship a Procedural Generation Typing game?

Procedural Generation + Typing

Of 26 developers who shipped a Procedural Generation Typing 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.. 11 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×2.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $360. Revenue is down 10% on the market; 11 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 10% on the market, 11 announced, ×0.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Procedural Generation + Typing
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 26
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.4k → $5.4k → $342k → $897 → $7.5k (still earning) → $360 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Procedural Generation + Typing: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 26
Bottom 30% $359 (exactly $359)
Median $1.1k (exactly $1,078)
Top 25% $7.5k (exactly $7,549)
Top 5% $746k (exactly $745,654)
Developers, 2 yr 26
Released games 50
Announced 11
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $6.99

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 60% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Procedural Generation
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Typing
effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Procedural Generation, Typing; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, Action, Adventure
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Text-Based, 2D, Atmospheric
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 91% positive over 5,443 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $360, median $1.1k, 1 in 4 over $7.5k, 1 in 20 over $740k.

3 in 10 developers made under $360. 7 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Procedural Generation with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + SnowFair11 devs · median $3.0k · 16 announced
  2. + Traditional RoguelikeFair71 devs · median $2.0k · 93 announced
  3. + DetectiveFair29 devs · median $1.5k · 30 announced
  4. + Word GameFair22 devs · median $1.3k · 23 announced
  5. + IdlerFair98 devs · median $807 · 107 announced
  6. + LogicFair137 devs · median $478 · 149 announced
  7. + Walking SimulatorFair57 devs · median $449 · 62 announced
  8. + Precision PlatformerFair49 devs · median $449 · 42 announced
  9. + Hidden ObjectFair58 devs · median $418 · 56 announced
  10. + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds31 devs · median $77k · 95 announced
  11. + TrainsPoor odds22 devs · median $30k · 35 announced
  12. + SailingPoor odds10 devs · median $27k · 40 announced

All 222 pairs on the Procedural Generation page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Duskers 2016 · $1.4M DEAD LETTER DEPT. 2025 · $799k Glyphica: Typing Survival 2024 · EA · $746k Blood Typers 2025 · $342k DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures 2024 · $51k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Duskers older $19.99 2,304 90% 69k $1.4M (exactly $1,381,709) Misfits Attic
DEAD LETTER DEPT. $14.99 1,777 95% 53k $799k (exactly $799,117) Mike Monroe, Belief Engine
Glyphica: Typing Survival · EA $9.99 2,488 90% 75k $746k (exactly $745,654) aliasBLACK
Blood Typers $12.49 912 94% 27k $342k (exactly $341,726) Outer Brain Studios
DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures older $9.99 169 86% 5.1k $51k (exactly $50,649) Oleg Skutte
A pirate quartermaster older $17.99 50 78% 1.5k $27k (exactly $26,985) Ivan Armandy
The Carcass $9.99 76 26% 2.3k $23k (exactly $22,777) PiqFocus Interactive
Portalborn · EA $9.99 72 93% 2.2k $22k (exactly $21,578) TheHand
How To Hack In? · EA older $12.99 41 87% 1.2k $16k (exactly $15,978) Red Buffalo Interactive
Type or Die $13.99 29 31% 870 $12k (exactly $12,171) Type or Die
Kinetype · EA $6.99 36 83% 1.1k $7.5k (exactly $7,549) Morlytic
Typing Ninja $9.99 25 96% 750 $7.5k (exactly $7,492) Brain Boost Ninja
KIKICAPS: Keyboard Roguelike · EA $9.99 18 94% 540 $5.4k (exactly $5,395) IGeGeGaeIm
Turnout $5.99 10 100% 300 $1.8k (exactly $1,797) eevoe

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.