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. 2,895 dead, 11,325 flooded, 767 more with poor odds, observed .
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- Action + Steampunk Poor odds median ×4.2 the market
- Action-Adventure + Economy Poor odds median ×5.6 the market
- Swordplay + Perma Death Poor odds median ×1.0 the market
- Bullet Time + Platformer Poor odds median ×1.1 the market
- Adventure + Political Sim Poor odds median ×1.9 the market
- Immersive Sim + Gothic Poor odds median ×1.1 the market
- Adventure + Medical Sim Poor odds median ×4.0 the market
- Physics + Sailing Poor odds median ×5.2 the market
- Co-op Campaign + Hack and Slash Poor odds median ×3.2 the market
- Action RPG + Mechs Poor odds median ×39 the market
- Immersive Sim + Sailing Poor odds median ×46 the market
- Action-Adventure + Post-apocalyptic Poor odds median ×2.9 the market
- Stealth + Sci-fi Poor odds median ×1.5 the market
- Base Building + Artificial Intelligence Poor odds median ×18 the market
- Sandbox + Alternate History Poor odds median ×73 the market
- Survival Horror + Gothic Poor odds median ×1.1 the market
- Base Building + Cyberpunk Poor odds median ×4.7 the market
- Action RPG + Lovecraftian Poor odds median ×6.0 the market
- Base Building + Nature Poor odds median ×9.3 the market
- Real Time Tactics + Adventure Poor odds median ×0.8 the market
- Shooter + Investigation Poor odds median ×1.7 the market
- Swordplay + Adventure Poor odds median ×4.3 the market
- Platformer + Detective Poor odds median ×0.9 the market
- Sandbox + Top-Down Shooter Poor odds median ×0.9 the market
- Tactical RPG + Nature Poor odds median ×1.0 the market
- Action-Adventure + Dragons Poor odds median ×1.0 the market
- PvP + Boxing Poor odds ×4.8 announced per shipper
- Looter Shooter + Dark Fantasy Poor odds ×4.8 announced per shipper
- Procedural Generation + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds median ×1.9 the market
- Crafting + Mystery Dungeon Poor odds median ×1.4 the market
- Open World + 6DOF Poor odds median ×0.7 the market
- Action-Adventure + Twin Stick Shooter Poor odds median ×2.1 the market
- Procedural Generation + Gothic Poor odds median ×3.0 the market
- Class-Based + Card Game Poor odds median ×1.6 the market
- Souls-like + Cyberpunk Poor odds median ×1.8 the market
- PvE + Sandbox Poor odds median ×4.6 the market
- JRPG + Platformer Poor odds median ×9.2 the market
- Crafting + Pirates Poor odds median ×16 the market
- Crafting + Adventure Poor odds median ×8.2 the market
- FPS + Building Poor odds median ×1.6 the market
- Exploration + Fishing Poor odds median ×8.8 the market
- Character Customization + 4 Player Local Poor odds median ×1.9 the market
- Real Time Tactics + Tactical RPG Poor odds median ×3.3 the market
- Character Customization + Futuristic Poor odds median ×1.4 the market
- PvP + Shooter Poor odds ×4.7 announced per shipper
- Action-Adventure + Character Customization Poor odds median ×4.1 the market
- Physics + Trading Poor odds median ×43 the market
- Third-Person Shooter + Futuristic Poor odds ×4.7 announced per shipper
- Action RPG + Puzzle Platformer Poor odds ×4.7 announced per shipper
- Platformer + Post-apocalyptic Poor odds median ×2.0 the market
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