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Should I ship a Typing Tactical game?
Tactical + Typing
Only 16 developers shipped a Typing Tactical 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, MORSE, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $240. Revenue is up 150% on the market; 9 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,266) |
| Top 5% | $52k (exactly $52,043) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 150% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Tactical, Typing
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 484 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Tactical with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Mystery DungeonStrong odds
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- + 6DOFFair
- + Word GameFair
- + DwarvesFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Dynamic NarrationFair
- + Farming SimFair
- + SolitaireFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + PuzzleFair
Comparable games
Duskers 2016 · $1.4M 
MORSE 2025 · $52k 
Hacker Evolution 2010 · $37k 
Гвалт 2025 · $36k 
Tomb of the Bloodletter 2026 · $24k | 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 |
| | MORSE | $13.99 | 124 93% | 3.7k | $52k (exactly $52,043) | ALJO Games | |
| | Hacker Evolution | older | $2.99 | 417 71% | 13k | $37k (exactly $37,405) | exosyphen studios |
| | Гвалт | $7.99 | 151 93% | 4.5k | $36k (exactly $36,195) | maxter | |
| | Tomb of the Bloodletter | $7.99 | 100 88% | 3.0k | $24k (exactly $23,970) | Ethan's Secretions | |
 | Camelot 10000CE | $7.99 | 47 93% | 1.4k | $11k (exactly $11,266) | Miziziziz | |
 | Sudoku | $4.99 | 20 75% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | Popoko VM Games | |
 | Dicey Words | $4.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | _Taralis | |
 | TypeOut | · EA older | $4.99 | 15 66% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | NovelKeys, LLC. |
 | MineDeeper | $3.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | Jace | |
 | ESC (Electronics Security Company) | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Electronics Security Company | |
 | Widget Warriors | $4.99 | 5 0% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Vespertine Game | |
 | NETBREAK | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Splice |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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