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Should I ship a Spelling Puzzle Platformer?
Puzzle Platformer + Spelling
Only 7 developers shipped a Spelling Puzzle Platformer 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, Paper Bride 6 Nightmare, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $120 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $119 (exactly $119) |
| Top 25% | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 5% | $111k (exactly $110,589) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 150% 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.
- Puzzle Platformer
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Spelling
- effort 1 / 10 · high · effort 1 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Puzzle Platformer, Spelling
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $30.62 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 3,325 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 6 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Puzzle Platformer with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RomanceFair
- + Inventory ManagementFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + Grid-Based MovementFair
- + SokobanFair
- + LovecraftianPoor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MetroidvaniaPoor odds
- + SwordplayPoor odds
- + Split ScreenPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Wordle 2021 · $1.1M 
Wordle 3 2020 · $560k 
Wordle 2 2020 · $362k 
Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes 2023 · $182k 
Paper Bride 6 Nightmare 2024 · $111k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wordle | older | $30.62 | 1,147 80% | 34k | $1.1M (exactly $1,053,634) | PreoNus Games |
| | Wordle 3 | older | $30.62 | 610 78% | 18k | $560k (exactly $560,346) | PreoNus Games |
| | Wordle 2 | older | $30.62 | 394 61% | 12k | $362k (exactly $361,928) | PreoNus Games |
| | Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes | older | $9.99 | 606 84% | 18k | $182k (exactly $181,618) | HeartBeat Plus |
| | Paper Bride 6 Nightmare | $9.99 | 369 81% | 11k | $111k (exactly $110,589) | HeartBeat Plus | |
 | Happy Words | older | $4.99 | 121 46% | 3.6k | $18k (exactly $18,114) | LAN - GAMES LTD |
 | Trancelation | older | $9.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | MythicOwl |
 | Typomancer in the Feather's Way | older | $4.99 | 21 80% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | Sensen Games |
 | 水箱 | older | $1.99 | 25 52% | 750 | $1.5k (exactly $1,492) | 非稳态物质-Unstable Matter |
 | Educational Suite | older | $1.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $776 (exactly $776) | Dayra Studio |
 | Silent Ward: Forever Lost | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | 月下辉煌 | |
 | LEARNMOOR: Kids Academy | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | NorShark | |
 | 谐了个音 - 这是谐音梗 | $1.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | PlankBoard | |
 | Snail Race | · EA | $2.00 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Tautvydas Vedeckas |
 | Hang Tight | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | FatGames | |
 | THE MINIGAME CABINET | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ragecore Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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