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Should I ship a Space Typing game?

Typing + Space

Only 15 developers shipped a Space Typing 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, My Little Cosmos, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 13 developers shipped in the last year and 20 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.2 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 20 announced, ×1.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Typing + Space
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 15
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $0 → $150 → $719 → $238 (still earning) → $299 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Typing + Space: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 15
Bottom 30% $30 (exactly $30)
Median $119 (exactly $119)
Top 25% $719 (exactly $719)
Top 5% $1.1k (exactly $1,075)
Developers, 2 yr 15
Released games 41
Announced 20
Effort 5 / 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 550% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, 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.

Typing
effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
Space
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Typing; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action
Price point
$2.99 typical · top 25% priced $11.99 or above
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 90% positive over 44 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 $120, 1 in 4 over $710, 1 in 20 over $1.0k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 20 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Typing with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + LGBTQ+Strong odds7 devs · median $7.2k · 7 announced
  2. + Dating SimFair10 devs · median $8.2k · 10 announced
  3. + Online Co-OpFair16 devs · median $5.0k · 12 announced
  4. + Female ProtagonistFair31 devs · median $4.0k · 24 announced
  5. + DetectiveFair24 devs · median $2.8k · 31 announced
  6. + RogueliteFair29 devs · median $2.4k · 34 announced
  7. + CombatFair20 devs · median $2.2k · 26 announced
  8. + Psychological HorrorFair33 devs · median $1.8k · 42 announced
  9. + CollectathonFair11 devs · median $1.8k · 16 announced
  10. + HackingFair33 devs · median $1.2k · 44 announced
  11. + TacticalFair16 devs · median $1.2k · 9 announced
  12. + ModernFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 14 announced

All 68 pairs on the Typing page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Duskers 2016 · $1.4M Event[0] 2016 · $869k TARTARUS 2017 · $113k Astra Protocol 2 2022 · $7.3k My Typing Skill 2019 · $3.6k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Duskers older $19.99 2,304 90% 69k $1.4M (exactly $1,381,709) Misfits Attic
Event[0] older $19.99 1,449 79% 43k $869k (exactly $868,965) Ocelot Society
TARTARUS older $19.99 189 51% 5.7k $113k (exactly $113,343) Abyss Gameworks
Astra Protocol 2 older $6.99 35 82% 1.1k $7.3k (exactly $7,340) Slice Bar Games
My Typing Skill older $1.99 60 75% 1.8k $3.6k (exactly $3,582) RewindApp
Tachyon Dreams Anthology older $4.99 18 88% 540 $2.7k (exactly $2,695) Cosmic Void
Finish Report older $2.99 24 87% 720 $2.2k (exactly $2,153) D4
On the Keyboard older $4.99 12 66% 360 $1.8k (exactly $1,796) SBO Games
My Little Cosmos $1.99 18 88% 540 $1.1k (exactly $1,075) PcZ Games
TYPER3000 $11.99 2 100% 60 $719 (exactly $719) ALBATROS
Never Gives Up Her Dead $11.99 2 100% 60 $719 (exactly $719) Brian Rushton
Keyboard Rush $7.99 3 100% 90 $719 (exactly $719) Lost Reality Games
The Sound of Piano $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) MONARCH LIMITED
Distance $0.99 8 87% 240 $238 (exactly $238) Blue Fire Mugs
STATUS:GONE $2.99 2 100% 60 $179 (exactly $179) Melollo
De-coding Armageddon $0.99 4 75% 120 $119 (exactly $119) GambitGame
AToM - 1974 $2.99 1 100% 30 $90 (exactly $90) TMWFA
Tae Kwon Dog $0.99 2 100% 60 $59 (exactly $59) Boris Maclean

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