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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- Grid-Based Movement + Multiple Endings Poor odds median ×3.2 the market
- Hunting + Crafting Poor odds median ×7.6 the market
- Colony Sim + Political Sim Poor odds median ×15 the market
- Creature Collector + Cooking Poor odds median ×19 the market
- Open World + Choices Matter Poor odds median ×2.2 the market
- Stealth + Combat Poor odds median ×2.9 the market
- Top-Down Shooter + Alternate History Poor odds median ×3.1 the market
- Class-Based + Space Poor odds median ×1.6 the market
- Building + Dragons Poor odds median ×15 the market
- Action-Adventure + Robots Poor odds median ×1.7 the market
- Life Sim + Magic Poor odds median ×21 the market
- Base Building + Combat Poor odds median ×3.0 the market
- Open World + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds median ×2.1 the market
- Political Sim + Conspiracy Poor odds median ×0.9 the market
- Beat 'em up + Futuristic Poor odds median ×1.5 the market
- FPS + Hack and Slash Poor odds median ×1.4 the market
- Economy + Naval Poor odds median ×3.7 the market
- Racing + Survival Poor odds median ×3.8 the market
- FPS + Automation Poor odds median ×2.5 the market
- Boomer Shooter + Magic Poor odds median ×11 the market
- Souls-like + Lovecraftian Poor odds median ×9.4 the market
- Deckbuilding + Romance Poor odds median ×53 the market
- Character Action Game + Hack and Slash Poor odds median ×39 the market
- Vehicular Combat + Building Poor odds median ×483 the market
- Open World + Base Building Poor odds median ×18 the market
- CRPG + Action-Adventure Poor odds ×4.4 announced per shipper
- Shooter + Noir Poor odds median ×3.4 the market
- Open World + CRPG Poor odds median ×6.0 the market
- Action-Adventure + Resource Management Poor odds median ×2.0 the market
- Open World + Agriculture Poor odds median ×10 the market
- Online Co-Op + Class-Based Poor odds median ×2.2 the market
- RPG + Underwater Poor odds ×4.4 announced per shipper
- Action Roguelike + Science Poor odds median ×0.8 the market
- Platformer + Military Poor odds median ×0.8 the market
- Third-Person Shooter + Historical Poor odds ×4.4 announced per shipper
- Combat Racing + Fantasy Poor odds median ×1.0 the market
- Survival Horror + Mythology Poor odds median ×1.4 the market
- Deckbuilding + Interactive Fiction Poor odds median ×3.2 the market
- Trading + War Poor odds median ×3.6 the market
- Party-Based RPG + Time Management Poor odds median ×4.8 the market
- Hack and Slash + Thriller Poor odds median ×6.1 the market
- Co-op Campaign + Physics Poor odds median ×2.9 the market
- Strategy RPG + Perma Death Poor odds median ×7.4 the market
- Class-Based + Building Poor odds median ×3.4 the market
- Stealth + Cold War Poor odds median ×16 the market
- Co-op + Snow Poor odds median ×8.8 the market
- Colony Sim + Mars Poor odds median ×80 the market
- Sandbox + Horses Poor odds median ×111 the market
- Online Co-Op + Crafting Poor odds median ×24 the market
- Exploration + Dystopian Poor odds median ×3.8 the market
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