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Spelling + Typing
Of 72 developers who shipped a Spelling Typing 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.. 65 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 1 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 1 / 10 build. 49 developers shipped in the last year and 65 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) |
| Top 5% | $52k (exactly $52,043) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 72 |
| Released games | 193 |
| Announced | 65 |
| Effort | 1 / 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 55% on the market, supply 90% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 1 / 10 · text and UI only
- Systems
- Spelling, Typing; 3 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Word Game, Adventure, RPG
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 1,728 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 33 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 65 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Spelling with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + MagicFair
- + PvPLong shot
- + Interactive FictionPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Choices MatterPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + StrategyPoor odds
- + FantasyPoor odds
- + PvEPoor odds
Comparable games
Word Play 2025 · $242k 
You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana 2021 · $84k 
Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered 2015 · $81k 
Touch Type Tale - Strategic Typing 2024 · $64k 
Party Quiz 2026 · $53k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered | older | $7.99 | 340 93% | 10k | $81k (exactly $81,498) | Bacon Bandit Games |
| | Touch Type Tale - Strategic Typing | $19.99 | 107 89% | 3.2k | $64k (exactly $64,168) | Pumpernickel Studio | |
| | Party Quiz | $11.99 | 147 80% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,876) | White Ink | |
 | MORSE | $13.99 | 124 93% | 3.7k | $52k (exactly $52,043) | ALJO Games | |
 | WonderLang Polyglot | $39.99 | 36 80% | 1.1k | $43k (exactly $43,189) | bair games | |
 | Гвалт | $7.99 | 151 93% | 4.5k | $36k (exactly $36,195) | maxter | |
 | Words for Evil | older | $2.99 | 357 79% | 11k | $32k (exactly $32,023) | Chromosphere Games |
 | Pain Pain Go Away! | $9.99 | 100 73% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,970) | Lorebard | |
 | WonderLang Spanish | $24.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $15k (exactly $14,994) | bair games | |
 | WonderLang French | $24.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $14k (exactly $14,244) | bair games | |
 | WonderLang German | $24.99 | 14 78% | 420 | $10k (exactly $10,496) | bair games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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