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Should I ship a Word Game Sports game?
Sports + Word Game
Only 8 developers shipped a Word Game Sports 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, FootballLife, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 2 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $540 against a market of $630. 2 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $178 (exactly $178) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $1.1k (exactly $1,073) |
| Top 5% | $1.6k (exactly $1,619) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 2 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 flat on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Word Game
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $30.62 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 3,181 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 2 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
Wordle 2021 · $1.1M 
Wordle 3 2020 · $560k 
Wordle 4 2020 · $386k 
Wordle 2 2020 · $362k 
Wordle 5 2022 · $222k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wordle | older | $30.62 | 1,147 80% | 34k | $1.1M (exactly $1,053,634) | PreoNus Games |
| | Wordle 3 | older | $30.62 | 610 78% | 18k | $560k (exactly $560,346) | PreoNus Games |
| | Wordle 4 | older | $30.62 | 420 76% | 13k | $386k (exactly $385,812) | PreoNus Games |
| | Wordle 2 | older | $30.62 | 394 61% | 12k | $362k (exactly $361,928) | PreoNus Games |
| | Wordle 5 | older | $30.62 | 242 73% | 7.3k | $222k (exactly $222,301) | PreoNus Games, Galina Kovaleva |
 | Trivia Vault Baseball Trivia | older | $13.99 | 75 69% | 2.3k | $31k (exactly $31,478) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Trivia Vault: Hockey Trivia | older | $13.99 | 75 72% | 2.3k | $31k (exactly $31,478) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Trivia Vault: Soccer Trivia | older | $13.99 | 75 66% | 2.3k | $31k (exactly $31,478) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Trivia Vault: Boxing Trivia | older | $13.99 | 74 72% | 2.2k | $31k (exactly $31,058) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Trivia Vault Olympics Trivia | older | $13.99 | 69 68% | 2.1k | $29k (exactly $28,959) | Ripknot Systems |
 | FootballLife | $17.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.6k (exactly $1,619) | 小伍 | |
 | Baseball Scouter | $1.49 | 24 95% | 720 | $1.1k (exactly $1,073) | ShuiSyu | |
 | MEMASIKI IS MY 2007TH | $0.99 | 31 90% | 930 | $921 (exactly $921) | Reanim Games | |
 | Type Drivers | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Toonik Games | |
 | Olympic Snow Girl | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Tarnaki Games | |
 | Two Clubs One Player | $0.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $178 (exactly $178) | Caen Studio | |
 | Summer flower of summer snow | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | SoraWalker | |
 | Keyboard Warrior Simulator | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | SomeTimesAtNight |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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