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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Spelling Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Spelling

Of 26 developers who shipped a Spelling Score Attack 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.. 12 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 19 developers shipped in the last year and 12 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 10% on the market, 12 announced, ×0.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Score Attack + Spelling
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 26
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $599 → $405 → $298 → $1.2k → $359 (still earning) → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Spelling: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 26
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $300 (exactly $300)
Top 25% $8.3k (exactly $8,266)
Top 5% $36k (exactly $36,195)
Developers, 2 yr 26
Released games 69
Announced 12
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $5.99

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 10% on the market, supply 170% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Spelling
effort 1 / 10 · high · effort 1 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Score Attack, Spelling; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Typing, Word Game, Arcade
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
7 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Relaxing
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,622 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $300, 1 in 4 over $8.2k, 1 in 20 over $36k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + MechsFair23 devs · median $6.2k · 24 announced
  2. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  3. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  4. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  5. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  6. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  7. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  8. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  9. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  10. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  11. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  12. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Word Play 2025 · $242k You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana 2021 · $84k Гвалт 2025 · $36k TypInc. 2025 · $31k Pain Pain Go Away! 2026 · $30k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Word Play $7.99 1,010 89% 30k $242k (exactly $242,097) Game Maker's Toolkit
You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana older $9.99 281 98% 8.4k $84k (exactly $84,216) James Moulang
Гвалт $7.99 151 93% 4.5k $36k (exactly $36,195) maxter
TypInc. $9.99 102 74% 3.1k $31k (exactly $30,569) Game Game Games
Pain Pain Go Away! $9.99 100 73% 3.0k $30k (exactly $29,970) Lorebard
Word Puzzle Master $2.49 144 82% 4.3k $11k (exactly $10,757) Tilewise
Writer's Block $9.99 34 94% 1.0k $10k (exactly $10,190) SinksAdventure
Typefighters (Steam Edition) older $1.99 150 70% 4.5k $9.0k (exactly $8,955) Christian Reuter
Many Mini Typing Games $5.99 46 97% 1.4k $8.3k (exactly $8,266) GirambQuamb
Neon Ships: The Type'em Up Shooter older $4.99 43 86% 1.3k $6.4k (exactly $6,437) Sensen Games
WordScoop With Gelato the Otter $5.99 28 100% 840 $5.0k (exactly $5,032) WhiskerFjords
Grammar Grind $9.99 4 75% 120 $1.2k (exactly $1,199) Skylor Beck
Typing English $7.99 3 100% 90 $719 (exactly $719) Novare Orbis

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