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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a PvP Typing game?

PvP + Typing

Of 28 developers who shipped a PvP 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.. 31 more are announced.

Verdict: long shot, for a 8 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $720, ×0.5 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, but 1 in 20 cleared $320k, ×219 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 31 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 80% on the market, 31 announced, ×1.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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PvP + Typing
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 28
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $599 → $2.4k → $3.6k → $2.5k → $719 (still earning) → $299 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for PvP + Typing: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 28
Bottom 30% $299 (exactly $299)
Median $719 (exactly $719)
Top 25% $4.1k (exactly $4,126)
Top 5% $328k (exactly $328,172)
Developers, 2 yr 28
Released games 71
Announced 31
Effort 8 / 10
AI-buildability Low
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 80% on the market, supply 500% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

PvP
effort 8 / 10 · low · authoritative servers, latency compensation, cheating
Typing
effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
8 / 10 · online systems, open world
Systems
PvP, Typing; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Battle Royale, Trivia
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Comedy, Cartoony
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 2,257 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $300, median $720, 1 in 4 over $4.1k, 1 in 20 over $320k.

3 in 10 developers made under $300. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

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  2. + TransportationFair10 devs · median $5.7k · 11 announced
  3. + BasketballFair25 devs · median $2.6k · 28 announced
  4. + Football (American)Fair17 devs · median $1.8k · 12 announced
  5. + BikesFair10 devs · median $1.5k · 7 announced
  6. + GolfFair29 devs · median $1.4k · 34 announced
  7. + World War IFair12 devs · median $1.3k · 14 announced
  8. + IncrementalFair36 devs · median $1.2k · 48 announced
  9. + BilliardsFair18 devs · median $1.1k · 12 announced
  10. + TennisLong shot17 devs · median $899 · 15 announced
  11. + SpellingLong shot14 devs · median $719 · 17 announced
  12. + Match 3Long shot21 devs · median $505 · 29 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Grey Hack 2017 · EA · $1.1M Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) 2024 · $379k Final Sentence 2026 · $328k Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech 2023 · $152k RiffTrax: The Game 2022 · $66k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Grey Hack · EA older $19.99 1,801 90% 54k $1.1M (exactly $1,080,060) Loading Home
Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) $19.99 632 92% 19k $379k (exactly $379,010) Popcannibal
Final Sentence $9.99 1,095 84% 33k $328k (exactly $328,172) Button Mash
Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech older $19.99 254 98% 7.6k $152k (exactly $152,324) Study Bunny Games LLC
RiffTrax: The Game older $9.99 219 91% 6.6k $66k (exactly $65,634) Wide Right Interactive, Mark Zorn, Kurt… (Wide Right Interactive, Mark Zorn, Kurt Wojda)
Party Quiz $11.99 147 80% 4.4k $53k (exactly $52,876) White Ink
The You Quiz $9.99 100 93% 3.0k $30k (exactly $29,970) Hazard Wizard
ACT IT OUT XL! A Charades Party Game older $11.99 50 74% 1.5k $18k (exactly $17,985) Snap Finger Click
Code Velocity $2.99 99 100% 3.0k $8.9k (exactly $8,880) STIM GAMES
Chimpology older $1.99 92 86% 2.8k $5.5k (exactly $5,492) themorfeus, Junkhive
Idiom Royale $1.99 91 63% 2.7k $5.4k (exactly $5,433) NyxWorks
STREET TYPER X · EA $2.99 46 69% 1.4k $4.1k (exactly $4,126) STAPgames
Sudoku $4.99 20 75% 600 $3.0k (exactly $2,994) Popoko VM Games
TYPE $4.99 17 88% 510 $2.5k (exactly $2,545) Parcyval
Turnout $5.99 10 100% 300 $1.8k (exactly $1,797) eevoe

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