Should I ship a Typing game?
Typing
Of 355 developers who shipped a Typing 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.. 396 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 1 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $530, ×4.5 the market's $120 for a 1 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $150. Revenue is up 45% on the market; 396 games are announced against 244 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $533 (exactly $533) |
| Top 25% | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) |
| Top 5% | $158k (exactly $157,904) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 355 |
| Released games | 863 |
| Announced | 396 |
| Effort | 1 / 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 45% on the market, supply 110% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Typing
- effort 1 / 10 · high · keyboard input against a word list
What it takes
- Effort
- 1 / 10 · text and UI only
- Systems
- Typing
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 25,405 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 8 in 10 of the 159 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 396 games are announced against 244 developers who shipped in the last year.
All pairs with Typing
- Typing + LGBTQ+ Strong odds $7.2k
- Typing + Female Protagonist Fair $4.0k
- Typing + Detective Fair $2.8k
- Typing + Psychological Horror Fair $1.8k
- Typing + Hacking Fair $1.2k
- Typing + Modern Fair $1.2k
- Typing + Futuristic Fair $719
- Typing + Cats Fair $628
- Typing + Crime Poor odds $5.8k
- Typing + Artificial Intelligence Poor odds $4.1k
- Typing + Magic Poor odds $2.2k
- Typing + Cyberpunk Poor odds $1.3k
- Typing + Mystery Poor odds $1.2k
- Typing + Horror Poor odds $838
- Typing + Fantasy Poor odds $538
- Typing + Sci-fi Poor odds $450
- Typing + Psychological Poor odds $300
- Typing + Romance Dead $3.1k
- Typing + Space Dead $119
Comparable games
Hacknet 2015 · $5.1M 
Homicipher 2024 · $3.3M 
Her Story 2015 · $2.5M 
Epistory - Typing Chronicles 2016 · $1.8M 
Emily is Away <3 2021 · $1.8M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hacknet | older | $9.99 | 16,910 93% | 507k | $5.1M (exactly $5,067,927) | Team Fractal Alligator |
| | Homicipher | $13.99 | 7,821 96% | 235k | $3.3M (exactly $3,282,474) | 八名木Games | |
| | Her Story | older | $9.99 | 8,367 89% | 251k | $2.5M (exactly $2,507,590) | Sam Barlow |
| | Epistory - Typing Chronicles | older | $14.99 | 4,030 94% | 121k | $1.8M (exactly $1,812,291) | Fishing Cactus |
| | Emily is Away <3 | older | $9.99 | 6,036 91% | 181k | $1.8M (exactly $1,808,989) | Kyle Seeley |
 | The Typing of The Dead: Overkill | older | $19.99 | 2,782 87% | 83k | $1.7M (exactly $1,668,365) | Modern Dream |
 | Cook, Serve, Delicious! | older | $12.99 | 3,713 95% | 111k | $1.4M (exactly $1,446,956) | Vertigo Gaming Inc. |
 | Duskers | older | $19.99 | 2,304 90% | 69k | $1.4M (exactly $1,381,709) | Misfits Attic |
 | Cryptmaster | older | $24.99 | 1,671 94% | 50k | $1.3M (exactly $1,252,749) | Paul Hart, Lee Williams, Akupara Games |
 | Home Safety Hotline | older | $14.99 | 2,763 90% | 83k | $1.2M (exactly $1,242,521) | Night Signal Entertainment |
 | S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH | $13.99 | 2,324 90% | 70k | $975k (exactly $975,383) | U0U Games | |
 | AI2U: With You 'Til The End | $14.99 | 2,073 87% | 62k | $932k (exactly $932,228) | AlterStaff Inc. | |
 | DEAD LETTER DEPT. | $14.99 | 1,777 95% | 53k | $799k (exactly $799,117) | Mike Monroe, Belief Engine | |
 | The Chef's Shift | $12.99 | 1,948 97% | 58k | $759k (exactly $759,136) | Panitia GameDev | |
 | Glyphica: Typing Survival | · EA | $9.99 | 2,488 90% | 75k | $746k (exactly $745,654) | aliasBLACK |
 | HackHub - Ultimate Hacker Simulator | $16.99 | 937 88% | 28k | $478k (exactly $477,589) | HotBunny | |
 | Wagotabi: A Japanese Journey | $9.99 | 1,543 98% | 46k | $462k (exactly $462,437) | Wagotabi Limited | |
 | Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) | $19.99 | 632 92% | 19k | $379k (exactly $379,010) | Popcannibal | |
 | s.p.l.i.t | $2.99 | 3,862 92% | 116k | $346k (exactly $346,421) | Mike Klubnika |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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