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Typing + Psychological Horror
Of 33 developers who shipped a Psychological-Horror 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.. 42 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×3.8 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is up 925% on the market; 42 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) |
| Top 25% | $36k (exactly $36,234) |
| Top 5% | $799k (exactly $799,117) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 33 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 42 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $5.00 |
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 925% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
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 Horror
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Typing; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Adventure, Simulation
- Price point
- $5.00 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, Text-Based, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $5.00.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 12,705 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 6 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 42 games are announced against 22 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Typing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + CombatFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + HackingFair
- + TacticalFair
- + ModernFair
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Comparable games
Her Story 2015 · $2.5M 
Cryptmaster 2024 · $1.3M 
Home Safety Hotline 2024 · $1.2M 
Buddy Simulator 1984 2021 · $1.1M 
CaseCracker 2022 · $993k | 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 |
| | Cryptmaster | older | $24.99 | 1,671 94% | 50k | $1.3M (exactly $1,252,749) | Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games |
| | Home Safety Hotline | older | $14.99 | 2,763 90% | 83k | $1.2M (exactly $1,242,521) | Night Signal Entertainment |
| | Buddy Simulator 1984 | older | $9.99 | 3,791 93% | 114k | $1.1M (exactly $1,136,163) | Not a Sailor Studios |
| | CaseCracker | older | $9.99 | 3,314 89% | 99k | $993k (exactly $993,206) | BlackRobe |
 | AI2U: With You 'Til The End | $14.99 | 2,073 87% | 62k | $932k (exactly $932,228) | AlterStaff Inc. | |
 | DEAD LETTER DEPT. | $14.99 | 1,777 95% | 53k | $799k (exactly $799,117) | Mike Monroe, Belief Engine | |
 | s.p.l.i.t | $2.99 | 3,862 92% | 116k | $346k (exactly $346,421) | Mike Klubnika | |
 | Blood Typers | $12.49 | 912 94% | 27k | $342k (exactly $341,726) | Outer Brain Studios | |
 | Final Sentence | $9.99 | 1,095 84% | 33k | $328k (exactly $328,172) | Button Mash | |
 | Dyping Escape | $9.99 | 544 91% | 16k | $163k (exactly $163,037) | Heaviside Creations | |
 | Anomalous Coffee Machine 2 | $6.99 | 753 81% | 23k | $158k (exactly $157,904) | HoruBrain Interactive | |
 | CaseCracker3 | $12.99 | 359 84% | 11k | $140k (exactly $139,902) | BlackRobe | |
 | With Your Coworker | $0.99 | 1,220 82% | 37k | $36k (exactly $36,234) | 搖滾冰塊 | |
 | 探岛海龟汤 | $9.99 | 110 71% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $32,967) | 探岛工作室 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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