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Should I ship a Typing Puzzle game?
Puzzle + Typing
Of 113 developers who shipped a Typing Puzzle 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.. 98 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 2 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×6.0 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $240. Revenue is up 55% on the market; 98 games are announced against 80 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $240 (exactly $240) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $3.2k (exactly $3,159) |
| Top 5% | $154k (exactly $154,341) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 113 |
| Released games | 264 |
| Announced | 98 |
| 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 55% on the market, supply 140% 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.
What it takes
- Effort
- 2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
- Systems
- Puzzle, Typing; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Word Game, Immersive Sim
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Text-Based, 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 90% positive over 10,595 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 41 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 98 games are announced against 80 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Medical SimFair
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + VampiresFair
- + CatsFair
- + DemonsFair
- + God GameFair
- + RomanceFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + LemmingsFair
Comparable games
Her Story 2015 · $2.5M 
Duskers 2016 · $1.4M 
CaseCracker 2022 · $993k 
AI2U: With You 'Til The End 2026 · $932k 
Slash It 2016 · $920k | 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 |
| | Duskers | older | $19.99 | 2,304 90% | 69k | $1.4M (exactly $1,381,709) | Misfits Attic |
| | 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. | |
| | Slash It | older | $39.99 | 767 88% | 23k | $920k (exactly $920,170) | EGAMER |
 | 7 Days to End with You | older | $7.99 | 3,327 87% | 100k | $797k (exactly $797,482) | Lizardry |
 | Uplink | older | $11.99 | 1,771 89% | 53k | $637k (exactly $637,029) | Introversion Software |
 | Influent Language Learning Game | older | $19.99 | 973 73% | 29k | $584k (exactly $583,508) | Rob Howland |
 | Quadrilateral Cowboy | older | $19.99 | 897 92% | 27k | $538k (exactly $537,931) | Blendo Games |
 | Progressbar95 | older | $4.99 | 3,473 96% | 104k | $520k (exactly $519,908) | Igor Uduslivii |
 | HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator | $16.99 | 937 88% | 28k | $478k (exactly $477,589) | HotBunny | |
 | Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey | $9.99 | 1,543 98% | 46k | $462k (exactly $462,437) | Wagotabi Limited | |
 | s.p.l.i.t | $2.99 | 3,862 92% | 116k | $346k (exactly $346,421) | Mike Klubnika | |
 | IT Specialist Simulator | · EA | $13.99 | 433 74% | 13k | $182k (exactly $181,730) | Pixel Team RED |
 | Hymer 2000 | $4.99 | 1,031 89% | 31k | $154k (exactly $154,341) | doBell | |
 | CaseCracker3 | $12.99 | 359 84% | 11k | $140k (exactly $139,902) | BlackRobe | |
 | Party Quiz | $11.99 | 147 80% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,876) | White Ink | |
 | 探岛海龟汤 | $9.99 | 110 71% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $32,967) | 探岛工作室 | |
 | Tomb of the Bloodletter | $7.99 | 100 88% | 3.0k | $24k (exactly $23,970) | Ethan's Secretions |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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