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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Typing Strategy game?

Strategy + Typing

Of 70 developers who shipped a Typing Strategy 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.. 89 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $810, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $270. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 89 games are announced against 48 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 80% on the market, 89 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Strategy + Typing
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 70
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $838 → $3.6k → $1.7k → $1.2k → $1.2k → $269 (still earning) → $539 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Strategy + Typing: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 70
Bottom 30% $269 (exactly $269)
Median $807 (exactly $807)
Top 25% $5.5k (exactly $5,456)
Top 5% $52k (exactly $52,043)
Developers, 2 yr 70
Released games 136
Announced 89
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 80% on the market, supply 120% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, 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.

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

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Strategy, Typing; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Word Game, Simulation
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Text-Based
Plate 4 · demand

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 3,579 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $270, median $810, 1 in 4 over $5.4k, 1 in 20 over $52k.

3 in 10 developers made under $270. 8 in 10 of the 28 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 89 games are announced against 48 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

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  4. + LGBTQ+Fair89 devs · median $6.7k · 91 announced
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  6. + FarmingFair44 devs · median $4.3k · 42 announced
  7. + Martial ArtsFair81 devs · median $3.0k · 94 announced
  8. + SubmarineFair21 devs · median $2.4k · 23 announced
  9. + NavalFair66 devs · median $2.2k · 88 announced
  10. + IdlerFair696 devs · median $1.9k · 988 announced
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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2013 · $1.4M Duskers 2016 · $1.4M Grey Hack 2017 · EA · $1.1M Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! 2020 · $1.1M CaseCracker 2022 · $993k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
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
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
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! older $14.99 2,133 90% 64k $959k (exactly $959,210) Vertigo Gaming Inc.
The Chef's Shift $12.99 1,948 97% 58k $759k (exactly $759,136) Panitia GameDev
Uplink older $11.99 1,771 89% 53k $637k (exactly $637,029) Introversion Software
HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator $16.99 937 88% 28k $478k (exactly $477,589) HotBunny
CaseCracker2 older $11.99 759 90% 23k $273k (exactly $273,012) BlackRobe
Touch Type Tale - Strategic Typing $19.99 107 89% 3.2k $64k (exactly $64,168) Pumpernickel Studio
MORSE $13.99 124 93% 3.7k $52k (exactly $52,043) ALJO Games
探岛海龟汤 $9.99 110 71% 3.3k $33k (exactly $32,967) 探岛工作室
Tomb of the Bloodletter $7.99 100 88% 3.0k $24k (exactly $23,970) Ethan's Secretions
Cyber Warrior $19.99 39 84% 1.2k $23k (exactly $23,388) Dunke Games
The Carcass $9.99 76 26% 2.3k $23k (exactly $22,777) PiqFocus Interactive
Type or Die $13.99 29 31% 870 $12k (exactly $12,171) Type or Die
Liar Game $2.99 109 82% 3.3k $9.8k (exactly $9,777) Kark Project

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