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Should I ship a Space Word Game?
Word Game + Space
Only 13 developers shipped a Space Word 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, Lightracer: For Judge, 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, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $120 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 20 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $119 (exactly $119) |
| Top 25% | $5.0k (exactly $5,032) |
| Top 5% | $138k (exactly $138,461) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 41 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Word Game
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 92% positive over 579 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Aliya: Timelink 2024 · $770k 
Space industrial empire 2024 · $184k 
Lightracer: For Judge 2025 · $138k 
彗星战团 2023 · $17k 
Earth Ten Days : 981Hz 2025 · $7.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Aliya: Timelink | older | $2.99 | 8,587 97% | 258k | $770k (exactly $770,254) | TDGame Studio |
| | Space industrial empire | older | $5.99 | 1,022 85% | 31k | $184k (exactly $183,653) | 游戏养家工作室 |
| | Lightracer: For Judge | $9.99 | 462 92% | 14k | $138k (exactly $138,461) | Smartmelon Games | |
| | 彗星战团 | older | $2.99 | 185 86% | 5.6k | $17k (exactly $16,594) | 星火工造 |
| | Earth Ten Days : 981Hz | $6.99 | 35 82% | 1.1k | $7.3k (exactly $7,340) | TinyBigger | |
 | Geckorientalism | older | $8.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $6.2k (exactly $6,203) | 蓝血与尖耳朵 |
 | Horizons: The End Of Words | $5.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $5.9k (exactly $5,930) | PUNKCAKE Delicieux | |
 | WordScoop With Gelato the Otter | $5.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $5.0k (exactly $5,032) | WhiskerFjords | |
 | Professor Watts Word Search: Space Voyage | older | $4.99 | 29 41% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Blightseed | $6.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Zen of Mars | |
 | Concrete Spaces | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Samuli Pietikäinen | |
 | Five Letters Only | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Shadorma Game Studios | |
 | a dead astronaut in space | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | a dead astronaut | |
 | Who Am I エラーコード：九十九 | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 奥羽電影 | |
 | Word Gladiator: Infinite Evolution | · EA | $15.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Neon Forge Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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