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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Typing Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Typing

Of 52 developers who shipped a Typing 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.. 34 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 40 developers shipped in the last year and 34 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 45% on the market, 34 announced, ×0.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Score Attack + Typing
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 52
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $299 → $359 → $119 → $1.2k → $7.5k (still earning) → $60 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Typing: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 52
Bottom 30% $30 (exactly $30)
Median $239 (exactly $239)
Top 25% $1.5k (exactly $1,498)
Top 5% $99k (exactly $98,992)
Developers, 2 yr 52
Released games 115
Announced 34
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
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 45% on the market, supply 235% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, 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
Typing
effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Score Attack, Typing; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Word Game, Arcade
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Anime
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 4,889 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 $240, 1 in 4 over $1.4k, 1 in 20 over $98k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 40 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

The Typing of The Dead: Overkill 2013 · $1.7M Glyphica: Typing Survival 2024 · EA · $746k Word Play 2025 · $242k NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD: Typing of The Net 2025 · $99k You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana 2021 · $84k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
The Typing of The Dead: Overkill older $19.99 2,782 87% 83k $1.7M (exactly $1,668,365) Modern Dream
Glyphica: Typing Survival · EA $9.99 2,488 90% 75k $746k (exactly $745,654) aliasBLACK
Word Play $7.99 1,010 89% 30k $242k (exactly $242,097) Game Maker's Toolkit
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD: Typing of The Net $3.99 827 71% 25k $99k (exactly $98,992) WSS playground, mumimumi, veryOK, Atree… (WSS playground, mumimumi, veryOK, Atree, kabocha renga)
You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana older $9.99 281 98% 8.4k $84k (exactly $84,216) James Moulang
PROJEKT GODHAND $15.80 158 96% 4.7k $75k (exactly $74,892) Anarch Entertainment
Typing Land older $5.99 218 87% 6.5k $39k (exactly $39,175) higopage
Гвалт $7.99 151 93% 4.5k $36k (exactly $36,195) maxter
Pain Pain Go Away! $9.99 100 73% 3.0k $30k (exactly $29,970) Lorebard
Outshine older $12.99 74 89% 2.2k $29k (exactly $28,838) Fishing Cactus
HoloType: Treasure Zombie Island $8.99 50 88% 1.5k $13k (exactly $13,485) BeXide Inc.
Writer's Block $9.99 34 94% 1.0k $10k (exactly $10,190) SinksAdventure
Many Mini Typing Games $5.99 46 97% 1.4k $8.3k (exactly $8,266) GirambQuamb
Typing Ninja $9.99 25 96% 750 $7.5k (exactly $7,492) Brain Boost Ninja

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