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Should I ship a Sci-fi Typing game?
Typing + Sci-fi
Of 28 developers who shipped a Sci-fi 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.. 47 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $340k, ×729 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 47 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) |
| Top 5% | $346k (exactly $346,421) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 78 |
| Announced | 47 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 down 90% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Typing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Action, Adventure
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Linear, Anime
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 6,625 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 47 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Typing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Online Co-OpFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + DetectiveFair
- + RogueliteFair
- + CombatFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + HackingFair
- + TacticalFair
- + ModernFair
Comparable games
Hacknet 2015 · $5.1M 
Duskers 2016 · $1.4M 
S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH 2025 · $975k 
Event[0] 2016 · $869k 
Uplink 2006 · $637k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hacknet | older | $9.99 | 16,910 93% | 507k | $5.1M (exactly $5,067,927) | Team Fractal Alligator |
| | Duskers | older | $19.99 | 2,304 90% | 69k | $1.4M (exactly $1,381,709) | Misfits Attic |
| | S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH | $13.99 | 2,324 90% | 70k | $975k (exactly $975,383) | U0U Games | |
| | Event[0] | older | $19.99 | 1,449 79% | 43k | $869k (exactly $868,965) | Ocelot Society |
| | Uplink | older | $11.99 | 1,771 89% | 53k | $637k (exactly $637,029) | Introversion Software |
 | Quadrilateral Cowboy | older | $19.99 | 897 92% | 27k | $538k (exactly $537,931) | Blendo Games |
 | s.p.l.i.t | $2.99 | 3,862 92% | 116k | $346k (exactly $346,421) | Mike Klubnika | |
 | MINDHACK | · EA older | $12.99 | 712 93% | 21k | $277k (exactly $277,466) | VODKAdemo? |
 | TARTARUS | older | $19.99 | 189 51% | 5.7k | $113k (exactly $113,343) | Abyss Gameworks |
 | Midnight Protocol | older | $14.99 | 237 87% | 7.1k | $107k (exactly $106,579) | LuGus Studios |
 | PROJEKT GODHAND | $15.80 | 158 96% | 4.7k | $75k (exactly $74,892) | Anarch Entertainment | |
 | Hacky | $4.99 | 95 93% | 2.9k | $14k (exactly $14,222) | Cuddle Code | |
 | Camelot 10000CE | $7.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $11k (exactly $11,266) | Miziziziz | |
 | Saku the Covert Agent | $6.99 | 37 83% | 1.1k | $7.8k (exactly $7,759) | Forward, 78Games | |
 | Void Future: Hacking Protocol | $14.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $7.6k (exactly $7,645) | RVL Interactive | |
 | Torrent Empire | $7.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $5.8k (exactly $5,753) | Steel Games | |
 | Hate You | $7.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $5.5k (exactly $5,513) | PALINI | |
 | Coldwake | $3.99 | 38 100% | 1.1k | $4.5k (exactly $4,549) | MadLeap Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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