Flooded and dead · ranked worst first
Death list
Niches where nobody is earning or nobody is shipping, and niches where announcements outrun the developers who shipped. 2,899 dead, 11,282 flooded, 778 more with poor odds, observed .
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- Action RTS + 3D Platformer Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Third-Person Shooter + Superhero Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Racing + Snowboarding Dead fewer than 5 developers
- CRPG + Shooter Dead fewer than 5 developers
- MMORPG + Choose Your Own Adventure Dead fewer than 5 developers
- MMORPG + Base Building Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Battle Royale + Sci-fi Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Economy + Conspiracy Dead fewer than 5 developers
- 6DOF + Historical Dead fewer than 5 developers
- 4 Player Local + Psychological Horror Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Fighting + Futuristic Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Base Building + Psychological Horror Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Party-Based RPG + Lovecraftian Dead fewer than 5 developers
- MMORPG + Survival Dead fewer than 5 developers
- MOBA + Medieval Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Battle Royale + MMORPG Dead fewer than 5 developers
- MMORPG + Turn-Based Combat Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Action + Medical Sim Dead fewer than 5 developers
- MMORPG + Wargame Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Vehicular Combat + Alternate History Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Colony Sim + 3D Platformer Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Open World + Twin Stick Shooter Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Snowboarding + Simulation Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Visual Novel + World War II Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Level Editor + Tactical RPG Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Skiing + Snowboarding Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Tactical + Lovecraftian Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Turn-Based Combat + Investigation Dead fewer than 5 developers
- MMORPG + Economy Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Shoot 'Em Up + Conspiracy Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Destruction + Supernatural Dead fewer than 5 developers
- MMORPG + Space Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Destruction + Alternate History Dead fewer than 5 developers
- RTS + Spectacle fighter Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Turn-Based + Nature Dead fewer than 5 developers
- PvP + Wrestling Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Procedural Generation + Cooking Dead fewer than 5 developers
- MOBA + Arena Shooter Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Battle Royale + Female Protagonist Dead fewer than 5 developers
- MOBA + Action-Adventure Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Third-Person Shooter + Space Sim Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Hack and Slash + Logic Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Driving + Visual Novel Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Action RTS + God Game Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Racing + Skiing Dead fewer than 5 developers
- 2D Platformer + Conspiracy Dead fewer than 5 developers
- MOBA + Tactical RPG Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Stealth + Time Travel Dead fewer than 5 developers
- FPS + Underwater Dead fewer than 5 developers
- Diplomacy + PvE Dead fewer than 5 developers
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