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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

140 pairs with a mechanicwith: mechanics · settings · any
  1. JRPG + Point & Click Fair $8.4k 41 devs
  2. Job Simulator + Point & Click Fair $5.8k 50 devs
  3. Party-Based RPG + Point & Click Fair $2.5k 17 devs
  4. Life Sim + Point & Click Fair $2.4k 162 devs
  5. Local Multiplayer + Point & Click Fair $2.0k 14 devs
  6. Mining + Point & Click Fair $1.9k 36 devs
  7. Cooking + Point & Click Fair $1.8k 68 devs
  8. Escape Room + Point & Click Fair $1.8k 62 devs
  9. Local Co-Op + Point & Click Fair $1.8k 12 devs
  10. Online Co-Op + Point & Click Fair $1.7k 28 devs
  11. Point & Click + Word Game Fair $1.6k 60 devs
  12. Management + Point & Click Fair $1.2k 304 devs
  13. Hidden Object + Point & Click Fair $1.2k 470 devs
  14. Collectathon + Point & Click Fair $1.0k 197 devs
  15. Logic + Point & Click Fair $899 290 devs
  16. Tactical RPG + Point & Click Fair $839 21 devs
  17. Auto Battler + Point & Click Fair $799 33 devs
  18. Time Attack + Point & Click Fair $718 7 devs
  19. Loot + Point & Click Fair $716 44 devs
  20. Card Battler + Point & Click Fair $629 25 devs
  21. Roguelite + Point & Click Fair $600 94 devs
  22. Gambling + Point & Click Fair $599 24 devs
  23. Deckbuilding + Point & Click Fair $598 34 devs
  24. Point & Click + Idler Fair $597 421 devs
  25. Card Game + Point & Click Fair $539 62 devs
  26. Automation + Point & Click Fair $538 140 devs
  27. Point & Click + Typing Fair $535 45 devs
  28. Point & Click + Incremental Fair $505 702 devs
  29. Strategy + Point & Click Fair $478 441 devs
  30. Strategy RPG + Point & Click Fair $450 43 devs
  31. Programming + Point & Click Fair $359 15 devs
  32. Medical Sim + Point & Click Poor odds $8.2k 22 devs
  33. Point & Click + Desktop Companion Poor odds $5.9k 29 devs
  34. FMV + Point & Click Poor odds $5.8k 37 devs
  35. Dating Sim + Point & Click Poor odds $4.2k 159 devs
  36. Point & Click + Visual Novel Poor odds $3.9k 507 devs
  37. Investigation + Point & Click Poor odds $3.4k 311 devs
  38. Otome + Point & Click Poor odds $3.3k 8 devs
  39. Open World + Point & Click Poor odds $3.0k 42 devs
  40. CRPG + Point & Click Poor odds $2.5k 31 devs
  41. Political Sim + Point & Click Poor odds $2.5k 28 devs
  42. Turn-Based Combat + Point & Click Poor odds $2.5k 46 devs
  43. Adventure + Point & Click Poor odds $2.4k 1,085 devs
  44. Point & Click + Interactive Fiction Poor odds $2.4k 408 devs
  45. RPG + Point & Click Poor odds $2.4k 354 devs
  46. Choose Your Own Adventure + Point & Click Poor odds $2.1k 312 devs
  47. Trading + Point & Click Poor odds $2.1k 34 devs
  48. Exploration + Point & Click Poor odds $2.1k 634 devs
  49. Multiple Endings + Point & Click Poor odds $2.1k 401 devs
  50. Immersive Sim + Point & Click Poor odds $1.8k 206 devs
Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Dispatch 2025 · $157M Disco Elysium - The Final Cut 2019 · $142M Inscryption 2021 · $81M The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series 2020 · $55M Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy 2019 · $32M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
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.
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD older $15.99 54,053 94% 1.6M $26M (exactly $25,929,224) WSS playground, xemono
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
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator older $19.99 37,870 92% 1.1M $23M (exactly $22,710,639) niceplay games
Papers, Please older $9.99 73,406 97% 2.2M $22M (exactly $21,999,778) Lucas Pope
Tiny Bunny $10.99 27,200 83% 816k $9.0M (exactly $8,967,840) Saikono, Sokar
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.
Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story $11.99 12,215 98% 366k $4.4M (exactly $4,393,736) Nestopi Inc.
ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies $39.99 2,911 83% 87k $3.5M (exactly $3,492,327) ZA/UM
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
Is This Seat Taken? $9.99 9,127 97% 274k $2.7M (exactly $2,735,362) Poti Poti Studio

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