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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Typing Time Management game?

Time Management + Typing

Of 22 developers who shipped a Typing Time Management 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.. 27 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 16 developers shipped in the last year and 27 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 1.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 570% on the market, 27 announced, ×1.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Time Management + Typing
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 22
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $60 → $327 → $599 → $402 → $179 → $1.5k (still earning) → $7.3k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Time Management + Typing: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 22
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $479 (exactly $479)
Top 25% $5.5k (exactly $5,456)
Top 5% $61k (exactly $61,377)
Developers, 2 yr 22
Released games 55
Announced 27
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
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 570% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Time Management
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high 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
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Time Management, Typing; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Farming Sim, Idler
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $8.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $8.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 95% positive over 2,517 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $480, 1 in 4 over $5.4k, 1 in 20 over $61k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 7 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 27 games are announced against 16 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + Dungeon CrawlerFair35 devs · median $7.0k · 44 announced
  2. + ProgrammingFair15 devs · median $7.0k · 26 announced
  3. + Inventory ManagementFair181 devs · median $2.9k · 228 announced
  4. + AgricultureFair57 devs · median $2.3k · 73 announced
  5. + Time TravelFair17 devs · median $2.2k · 19 announced
  6. + ZombiesFair27 devs · median $2.1k · 29 announced
  7. + LootFair34 devs · median $1.5k · 47 announced
  8. + Turn-Based TacticsFair65 devs · median $1.4k · 69 announced
  9. + AutomationFair162 devs · median $1.2k · 191 announced
  10. + Bullet HellFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 15 announced
  11. + ThrillerFair42 devs · median $1.1k · 65 announced
  12. + Artificial IntelligenceFair53 devs · median $1.0k · 65 announced

All 179 pairs on the Time Management page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2013 · $1.4M The Chef's Shift 2025 · $759k Uplink 2006 · $637k Typing Farmer 2026 · $61k Hacker Evolution 2010 · $37k
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.
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
Typing Farmer $4.99 410 87% 12k $61k (exactly $61,377) MilkwayStudio
Hacker Evolution older $2.99 417 71% 13k $37k (exactly $37,405) exosyphen studios
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Author Sim $8.99 27 85% 810 $7.3k (exactly $7,282) EssyTheSlug
Hate You $7.99 23 95% 690 $5.5k (exactly $5,513) PALINI
Untrusted: hackers at large $12.99 14 92% 420 $5.5k (exactly $5,456) playuntrusted.com
KeyBreach $4.99 21 95% 630 $3.1k (exactly $3,144) sawworm Games
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.