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Should I ship a Typing Simulation game?
Simulation + Typing
Of 128 developers who shipped a Typing Simulation 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.. 152 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $240. Revenue is up 45% on the market; 152 games are announced against 80 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $838 (exactly $838) |
| Top 25% | $5.4k (exactly $5,433) |
| Top 5% | $182k (exactly $181,730) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 128 |
| Released games | 257 |
| Announced | 152 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Simulation
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Typing
- effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Simulation, Typing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Text-Based
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 13,711 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 62 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 152 games are announced against 80 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Simulation with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FMVStrong odds
- + Escape RoomStrong odds
- + World War IFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + PinballFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + BirdsFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + MusicFair
- + Auto BattlerFair
- + ProgrammingFair
Comparable games
Hacknet 2015 · $5.1M 
Her Story 2015 · $2.5M 
Emily is Away <3 2021 · $1.8M 
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2013 · $1.4M 
Duskers 2016 · $1.4M | 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 |
| | Her Story | older | $9.99 | 8,367 89% | 251k | $2.5M (exactly $2,507,590) | Sam Barlow |
| | Emily is Away <3 | older | $9.99 | 6,036 91% | 181k | $1.8M (exactly $1,808,989) | Kyle Seeley |
| | Cook, Serve, Delicious! | older | $12.99 | 3,713 95% | 111k | $1.4M (exactly $1,446,956) | Vertigo Gaming Inc. |
| | Duskers | older | $19.99 | 2,304 90% | 69k | $1.4M (exactly $1,381,709) | Misfits Attic |
 | Home Safety Hotline | older | $14.99 | 2,763 90% | 83k | $1.2M (exactly $1,242,521) | Night Signal Entertainment |
 | Buddy Simulator 1984 | older | $9.99 | 3,791 93% | 114k | $1.1M (exactly $1,136,163) | Not a Sailor Studios |
 | Grey Hack | · EA older | $19.99 | 1,801 90% | 54k | $1.1M (exactly $1,080,060) | Loading Home |
 | Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! | older | $19.99 | 1,768 93% | 53k | $1.1M (exactly $1,060,270) | Vertigo Gaming Inc. |
 | CaseCracker | older | $9.99 | 3,314 89% | 99k | $993k (exactly $993,206) | BlackRobe |
 | S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH | $13.99 | 2,324 90% | 70k | $975k (exactly $975,383) | U0U Games | |
 | DEAD LETTER DEPT. | $14.99 | 1,777 95% | 53k | $799k (exactly $799,117) | Mike Monroe, Belief Engine | |
 | The Chef's Shift | $12.99 | 1,948 97% | 58k | $759k (exactly $759,136) | Panitia GameDev | |
 | HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator | $16.99 | 937 88% | 28k | $478k (exactly $477,589) | HotBunny | |
 | s.p.l.i.t | $2.99 | 3,862 92% | 116k | $346k (exactly $346,421) | Mike Klubnika | |
 | Final Sentence | $9.99 | 1,095 84% | 33k | $328k (exactly $328,172) | Button Mash | |
 | IT Specialist Simulator | · EA | $13.99 | 433 74% | 13k | $182k (exactly $181,730) | Pixel Team RED |
 | Piano Glow | · EA | $24.99 | 223 98% | 6.7k | $167k (exactly $167,183) | TheAlanski |
 | Anomalous Coffee Machine 2 | $6.99 | 753 81% | 23k | $158k (exactly $157,904) | HoruBrain Interactive | |
 | CaseCracker3 | $12.99 | 359 84% | 11k | $140k (exactly $139,902) | BlackRobe |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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