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Game Programming: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Game Programming, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $27.60, median 43 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 35/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $21.64 – $33.70 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 13% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 6% of the parent category Programming (735), one of the easier corners under it.
- The same niche in Kindle eBooks scores 24, 11 points lower than here.
- At $27.60 its median price beats 87% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
Top 10 Game Programming best sellers
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The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom – The Complete Official Guide: Collector's Edition
by Piggyback
- List rank#1
- Price$32.97
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,185
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The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, 3rd Edition
by Jesse Schell
- List rank#2
- Price$28.09
- Rating4.7
- Reviews680
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Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,714
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Game Programming Patterns
by Robert Nystrom
- List rank#4
- Price$24.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,561
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The Unofficial Roblox Coding Book for Kids: Easy Guide to Build Your First Game in Roblox Studio | Learn Luau (Roblox Lua) Basics and Fix Common ... (The Roblox Super Skills Series (Unofficial))
by The Unofficial Roblox Library
- List rank#5
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews110
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Beginning C++ Game Programming: Learn C++ from scratch by building fun games
by John Horton
- List rank#6
- Price$29.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews94
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Python Illustrated: Not another boring Python book, learn programming the fun way
by Maaike van Putten
- List rank#7
- Price$28.49
- Rating4.8
- Reviews43
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The Official Scratch Coding Cards (Scratch 3.0): Creative Coding Activities for Kids
by Natalie Rusk
- List rank#8
- Price$18.63
- Rating4.8
- Reviews377
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Theory of Fun for Game Design
by Raph Koster
- List rank#9
- Price$25.11
- Rating4.3
- Reviews722
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Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design
by Scott Rogers
- List rank#10
- Price$32.24
- Rating4.3
- Reviews59
Same niche in Kindle eBooks: Apple Programming
FAQ
Is Game Programming a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 35/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 43 reviews and sells for $27.60.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Game Programming?
The median best seller has 43 reviews, and 68% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Game Programming best sellers cost?
The median price is $27.60; half of the best sellers are priced between $21.64 and $33.70.
Can new books break into Game Programming?
13% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.