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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Point & Click game?

Point & Click

Of 2,464 developers who shipped a Point & Click 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.. 3,227 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 2 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $990, ×8.3 the market's $120 for a 2 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $190k, ×1647 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 3,227 games are announced against 1,541 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 8.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 20% on the market, 3,227 announced, ×2.1 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Point & Click
Fig. 1 · this niche among 355
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 2,464
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.4k → $2.4k → $1.9k → $1.7k → $1.1k → $1.4k → $1.0k (still earning) → $359 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Point & Click: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 2,464
Bottom 30% $239 (exactly $239)
Median $987 (exactly $987)
Top 25% $7.9k (exactly $7,934)
Top 5% $196k (exactly $196,000)
Developers, 2 yr 2,464
Released games 9,567
Announced 3,227
Effort 2 / 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 20% on the market, supply 45% 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 high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Point & Click
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
2 / 10 · static 2D art, simple logic
Systems
Point & Click
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 95% positive over 261,635 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $240, median $990, 1 in 4 over $7.9k, 1 in 20 over $190k.

3 in 10 developers made under $240. 8 in 10 of the 1,716 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 3,227 games are announced against 1,541 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.

Plate 6 · every pair with this tag

All pairs with Point & Click

201 pairs · ranked by verdict, then medianwith: mechanics · settings · any
  1. Crafting + Point & Click Dead $359 122 devs
  2. Puzzle Platformer + Point & Click Dead $359 96 devs
  3. Quick-Time Events + Point & Click Dead $359 51 devs
  4. Grid-Based Movement + Point & Click Dead $359 31 devs
  5. Agriculture + Point & Click Dead $359 27 devs
  6. RTS + Point & Click Dead $359 25 devs
  7. God Game + Point & Click Dead $359 21 devs
  8. Destruction + Point & Click Dead $359 17 devs
  9. Wargame + Point & Click Dead $359 16 devs
  10. Real Time Tactics + Point & Click Dead $300 39 devs
  11. Action + Point & Click Dead $299 261 devs
  12. Arcade + Point & Click Dead $299 231 devs
  13. Combat + Point & Click Dead $299 86 devs
  14. Survival + Point & Click Dead $299 78 devs
  15. Point & Click + Trivia Dead $299 25 devs
  16. Dungeon Crawler + Point & Click Dead $298 48 devs
  17. Procedural Generation + Point & Click Dead $297 54 devs
  18. 2D Platformer + Point & Click Dead $270 145 devs
  19. Point & Click + Tabletop Dead $269 82 devs
  20. Tactical + Point & Click Dead $269 65 devs
  21. Roguelike + Point & Click Dead $267 92 devs
  22. Sports + Point & Click Dead $240 37 devs
  23. 2D Fighter + Point & Click Dead $240 15 devs
  24. PvE + Point & Click Dead $239 120 devs
  25. Platformer + Point & Click Dead $239 61 devs
  26. Action Roguelike + Point & Click Dead $239 38 devs
  27. PvP + Point & Click Dead $239 35 devs
  28. Grand Strategy + Point & Click Dead $239 15 devs
  29. Arena Shooter + Point & Click Dead $239 12 devs
  30. Point & Click + Sokoban Dead $239 11 devs
  31. Score Attack + Point & Click Dead $238 112 devs
  32. Perma Death + Point & Click Dead $238 28 devs
  33. Flight + Point & Click Dead $238 12 devs
  34. Runner + Point & Click Dead $238 11 devs
  35. Mystery Dungeon + Point & Click Dead $210 26 devs
  36. Board Game + Point & Click Dead $179 59 devs
  37. Match 3 + Point & Click Dead $179 48 devs
  38. Point & Click + Spelling Dead $179 15 devs
  39. Beat 'em up + Point & Click Dead $179 9 devs
  40. Hero Shooter + Point & Click Dead $179 5 devs
  41. 3D Platformer + Point & Click Dead $178 43 devs
  42. Shooter + Point & Click Dead $150 65 devs
  43. Bullet Hell + Point & Click Dead $150 55 devs
  44. Rhythm + Point & Click Dead $150 40 devs
  45. Top-Down Shooter + Point & Click Dead $150 25 devs
  46. FPS + Point & Click Dead $120 32 devs
  47. Racing + Point & Click Dead $120 17 devs
  48. Shoot 'Em Up + Point & Click Dead $89 29 devs
  49. Looter Shooter + Point & Click Dead $59 11 devs
  50. Precision Platformer + Point & Click Dead $30 16 devs
Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

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Dispatch $29.99 174,624 97% 5.2M $157M (exactly $157,109,213) AdHoc Studio
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut older $39.99 118,124 92% 3.5M $142M (exactly $141,713,363) ZA/UM
Inscryption older $19.99 135,017 96% 4.1M $81M (exactly $80,969,695) Daniel Mullins Games
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series older $49.99 36,594 96% 1.1M $55M (exactly $54,880,022) Skybound Games
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy older $29.99 35,628 97% 1.1M $32M (exactly $32,054,512) CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
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The Henry Stickmin Collection older $14.99 55,826 98% 1.7M $25M (exactly $25,104,952) PuffballsUnited
The Walking Dead older $14.99 53,650 97% 1.6M $24M (exactly $24,126,405) Telltale Games
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Esoteric Ebb $24.99 8,719 95% 262k $6.5M (exactly $6,536,634) Christoffer Bodegård
The Roottrees are Dead $19.99 9,700 96% 291k $5.8M (exactly $5,817,090) Evil Trout Inc.
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Endacopia $16.50 6,474 99% 194k $3.2M (exactly $3,204,630) Andyland
Urban Myth Dissolution Center $17.99 5,930 88% 178k $3.2M (exactly $3,200,421) Hakababunko
The Drifter $19.99 4,735 97% 142k $2.8M (exactly $2,839,580) Powerhoof, Dave Lloyd
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.