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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Trading Score Attack game?

Trading + Score Attack

Only 13 developers shipped a Trading Score Attack game 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, Magic Forge Tycoon, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $120. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 13 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 13 announced, ×1.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Trading + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 13

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Trading + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 13
Bottom 30% $119 (exactly $119)
Median $600 (exactly $600)
Top 25% $5.7k (exactly $5,651)
Top 5% $29k (exactly $29,495)
Developers, 2 yr 13
Released games 25
Announced 13
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 450% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Trading
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Trading, Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Management, Simulation, Crafting
Price point
$2.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.

The top 10 games average 80% positive over 485 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $600, 1 in 4 over $5.6k, 1 in 20 over $29k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 13 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + MiningFair32 devs · median $12k · 33 announced
  2. + MMORPGPoor odds6 devs · median $206k · 42 announced
  3. + Character CustomizationPoor odds26 devs · median $60k · 137 announced
  4. + Co-opPoor odds24 devs · median $47k · 82 announced
  5. + Online Co-OpPoor odds23 devs · median $47k · 84 announced
  6. + FlightPoor odds6 devs · median $36k · 21 announced
  7. + SportsPoor odds11 devs · median $34k · 14 announced
  8. + CollectathonPoor odds28 devs · median $30k · 65 announced
  9. + PhysicsPoor odds23 devs · median $27k · 71 announced
  10. + DrivingPoor odds23 devs · median $24k · 48 announced
  11. + LootPoor odds23 devs · median $23k · 60 announced
  12. + Job SimulatorPoor odds44 devs · median $21k · 62 announced

All 109 pairs on the Trading page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Magic Forge Tycoon 2026 · $29k Colony 37 2025 · EA · $20k Diamo XL 2017 · $16k Assemblands 2025 · $8.1k Casting Clicker 2025 · $5.7k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Magic Forge Tycoon $11.99 82 69% 2.5k $29k (exactly $29,495) Clever Trickster Studio, Clever Trickst… (Clever Trickster Studio, Clever Trickster Productions)
Colony 37 · EA $2.99 224 95% 6.7k $20k (exactly $20,093) Valen
Diamo XL older $0.99 547 93% 16k $16k (exactly $16,246) Adamvision Studios
Assemblands $9.99 27 66% 810 $8.1k (exactly $8,092) Tafusoft
Casting Clicker $2.99 63 76% 1.9k $5.7k (exactly $5,651) Inspite
RolemIAster · EA $5.99 23 56% 690 $4.1k (exactly $4,133) ABAFE
Perfect Decision older $5.99 20 50% 600 $3.6k (exactly $3,594) 目之辨 MuZhiBian
Terminal squad: Sentinel older $3.99 29 55% 870 $3.5k (exactly $3,471) WinDARities, Driod Riot
Fisher Idle $1.99 56 60% 1.7k $3.3k (exactly $3,343) Bahamut Games
DopeNet older $4.99 13 100% 390 $1.9k (exactly $1,946) WeirdoMart
Second Chance at a Billion $10.00 2 50% 60 $600 (exactly $600) ElderYew
CLEANING.INC $2.99 5 60% 150 $449 (exactly $449) Alex Falx
GOD CANDLE $9.99 1 100% 30 $300 (exactly $300) cin
Yolo Mode $1.99 2 100% 60 $119 (exactly $119) Billmeade Gaming

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