Should I ship a Spelling game?
Spelling
Of 152 developers who shipped a Spelling 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.. 144 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 1 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $120 for a 1 / 10 build. 100 developers shipped in the last year and 144 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) |
| Top 5% | $41k (exactly $41,006) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 152 |
| Released games | 424 |
| Announced | 144 |
| Effort | 1 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 down 50% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Spelling
- effort 1 / 10 · high · effort 1 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 1 / 10 · text and UI only
- Systems
- Spelling
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 3,825 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. 9 in 10 of the 69 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 144 games are announced against 100 developers who shipped in the last year.
All pairs with Spelling
- Spelling + Magic Fair $1.6k
- Spelling + Fantasy Poor odds $719
- Spelling + Nature Dead $208
Comparable games
Draw & Guess 2021 · $4.7M 
Wordle 2021 · $1.1M 
Pronoun Palace 2026 · $743k 
Wordle 3 2020 · $560k 
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2020 · $364k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Draw & Guess | older | $4.99 | 31,627 83% | 949k | $4.7M (exactly $4,734,562) | Acureus |
| | Wordle | older | $30.62 | 1,147 80% | 34k | $1.1M (exactly $1,053,634) | PreoNus Games |
| | Pronoun Palace | $19.84 | 1,249 99% | 37k | $743k (exactly $743,405) | Cadence Petersen, Hazel Fackler | |
| | Wordle 3 | older | $30.62 | 610 78% | 18k | $560k (exactly $560,346) | PreoNus Games |
| | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire | older | $29.99 | 405 52% | 12k | $364k (exactly $364,378) | Appeal Studios, Balio Studio |
 | Wordle 2 | older | $30.62 | 394 61% | 12k | $362k (exactly $361,928) | PreoNus Games |
 | Word Play | $7.99 | 1,010 89% | 30k | $242k (exactly $242,097) | Game Maker's Toolkit | |
 | Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes | older | $9.99 | 606 84% | 18k | $182k (exactly $181,618) | HeartBeat Plus |
 | Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader | older | $29.99 | 149 63% | 4.5k | $134k (exactly $134,055) | Massive Miniteam |
 | Paper Bride 6 Nightmare | $9.99 | 369 81% | 11k | $111k (exactly $110,589) | HeartBeat Plus | |
 | Touch Type Tale - Strategic Typing | $19.99 | 107 89% | 3.2k | $64k (exactly $64,168) | Pumpernickel Studio | |
 | Party Quiz | $11.99 | 147 80% | 4.4k | $53k (exactly $52,876) | White Ink | |
 | MORSE | $13.99 | 124 93% | 3.7k | $52k (exactly $52,043) | ALJO Games | |
 | Beyond Words | $14.99 | 102 84% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $45,869) | MindFuel Games | |
 | WonderLang Polyglot | $39.99 | 36 80% | 1.1k | $43k (exactly $43,189) | bair games | |
 | Word Game World | $11.99 | 114 62% | 3.4k | $41k (exactly $41,006) | Team9 | |
 | 这是谐音梗 | $2.40 | 567 94% | 17k | $41k (exactly $40,824) | Find the Lamp Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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