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Score Attack + Word Game
Of 43 developers who shipped a Word Game 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.. 22 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. 31 developers shipped in the last year and 22 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $298 (exactly $298) |
| Top 25% | $7.5k (exactly $7,492) |
| Top 5% | $242k (exactly $242,097) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 103 |
| Announced | 22 |
| 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 down 45% on the market, supply 160% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Word Game
- effort 1 / 10 · high · dictionary logic and simple UI
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Score Attack, Word Game; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Typing, Puzzle, Roguelike
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Relaxing, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 5,289 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 7 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Glyphica: Typing Survival 2024 · EA · $746k 
Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't 2026 · $314k 
Word Play 2025 · $242k 
You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana 2021 · $84k 
Гвалт 2025 · $36k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Glyphica: Typing Survival | · EA | $9.99 | 2,488 90% | 75k | $746k (exactly $745,654) | aliasBLACK |
| | Cursed Words: The Word Game That Isn't | $14.99 | 698 95% | 21k | $314k (exactly $313,891) | Buried Things | |
| | 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 | |
 | Trivia Vault: Video Game Trivia Deluxe | older | $14.99 | 78 62% | 2.3k | $35k (exactly $35,077) | Ripknot Systems |
 | TypInc. | $9.99 | 102 74% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,569) | Game Game Games | |
 | MEMOLOGY 2: OLD TIMES | $0.99 | 527 95% | 16k | $16k (exactly $15,652) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Lateral Thinking Together | · EA | $5.99 | 85 43% | 2.6k | $15k (exactly $15,274) | PushForward |
 | HoloType: Treasure Zombie Island | $8.99 | 50 88% | 1.5k | $13k (exactly $13,485) | BeXide Inc. | |
 | 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 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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