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Should I ship a Psychological Typing game?

Typing + Psychological

Only 10 developers shipped a Psychological Typing 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, Pain Pain Go Away!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300, ×0.6 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $59. 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper, while momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 21 announced, ×2.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Typing + Psychological
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 10
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $119 → $1.9k → $1.9k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Typing + Psychological: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 10
Bottom 30% $59 (exactly $59)
Median $300 (exactly $300)
Top 25% $1.9k (exactly $1,887)
Top 5% $30k (exactly $29,970)
Developers, 2 yr 10
Released games 25
Announced 21
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $4.79

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 300% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Typing
effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
Psychological
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Typing
Price point
$4.79 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 8 games average 81% positive over 149 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $59, median $300, 1 in 4 over $1.8k, 1 in 20 over $29k.

3 in 10 developers made under $59. 21 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Typing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + LGBTQ+Strong odds7 devs · median $7.2k · 7 announced
  2. + Dating SimFair10 devs · median $8.2k · 10 announced
  3. + Online Co-OpFair16 devs · median $5.0k · 12 announced
  4. + Female ProtagonistFair31 devs · median $4.0k · 24 announced
  5. + DetectiveFair24 devs · median $2.8k · 31 announced
  6. + RogueliteFair29 devs · median $2.4k · 34 announced
  7. + CombatFair20 devs · median $2.2k · 26 announced
  8. + Psychological HorrorFair33 devs · median $1.8k · 42 announced
  9. + CollectathonFair11 devs · median $1.8k · 16 announced
  10. + HackingFair33 devs · median $1.2k · 44 announced
  11. + TacticalFair16 devs · median $1.2k · 9 announced
  12. + ModernFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 14 announced

All 68 pairs on the Typing page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Event[0] 2016 · $869k 7 Days to End with You 2022 · $797k MINDHACK 2023 · EA · $277k CaseCracker2 2024 · $273k Pain Pain Go Away! 2026 · $30k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Event[0] older $19.99 1,449 79% 43k $869k (exactly $868,965) Ocelot Society
7 Days to End with You older $7.99 3,327 87% 100k $797k (exactly $797,482) Lizardry
MINDHACK · EA older $12.99 712 93% 21k $277k (exactly $277,466) VODKAdemo?
CaseCracker2 older $11.99 759 90% 23k $273k (exactly $273,012) BlackRobe
Pain Pain Go Away! $9.99 100 73% 3.0k $30k (exactly $29,970) Lorebard
Interrogation Files: Port Landsend older $6.99 88 86% 2.6k $18k (exactly $18,454) Visual Interactive
Encoded War older $11.99 48 77% 1.4k $17k (exactly $17,266) Somnolent Team
The Dreams in the Peacock House $2.99 23 100% 690 $2.1k (exactly $2,063) Harlequin Diver
What's Missing? older $7.99 8 100% 240 $1.9k (exactly $1,918) MIG Studios
Hammerhead $6.99 9 100% 270 $1.9k (exactly $1,887) Marek Hamracek
NO WAY OUT:Prison $4.79 8 100% 240 $1.2k (exactly $1,150) Co's Studios
Silent Ward: Forever Lost $9.99 1 0% 30 $300 (exactly $300) 月下辉煌
void game $1.99 5 100% 150 $298 (exactly $298) Not Found
墨谷乡 $0.99 2 50% 60 $59 (exactly $59) INFP
Case #1472 $0.99 1 100% 30 $30 (exactly $30) Broken at Release Game Studio
Last Shop $4.31 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) RellTheRelic
Quote Typer $4.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Novare Orbis

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