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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- Base Building + Physics Poor odds median ×11 the market
- Time Manipulation + Post-apocalyptic Poor odds median ×11 the market
- Dynamic Narration + LGBTQ+ Poor odds median ×17 the market
- Character Customization + Skateboarding Poor odds median ×15 the market
- Looter Shooter + Twin Stick Shooter Poor odds median ×11 the market
- Flight + Trading Poor odds median ×57 the market
- JRPG + Base Building Poor odds median ×66 the market
- Souls-like + War Poor odds median ×301 the market
- Party-Based RPG + Tactical Poor odds median ×16 the market
- Character Customization + Level Editor Poor odds median ×1.4 the market
- Platformer + Dystopian Poor odds median ×2.5 the market
- Online Co-Op + Cooking Poor odds median ×3.6 the market
- Crafting + Dark Fantasy Poor odds median ×10 the market
- Creature Collector + Adventure Poor odds median ×4.4 the market
- Shooter + Wargame Poor odds median ×1.9 the market
- Action-Adventure + 6DOF Poor odds median ×2.3 the market
- Online Co-Op + Wargame Poor odds median ×1.4 the market
- PvP + RTS Poor odds median ×1.4 the market
- FPS + Sci-fi Poor odds median ×1.4 the market
- Crafting + Hack and Slash Poor odds median ×15 the market
- PvP + PvE Poor odds ×4.4 announced per shipper
- Character Customization + Choices Matter Poor odds median ×5.7 the market
- Parkour + Futuristic Poor odds median ×1.0 the market
- Resource Management + Conspiracy Poor odds median ×1.3 the market
- Adventure + Programming Poor odds median ×1.3 the market
- Action-Adventure + War Poor odds median ×1.4 the market
- Class-Based + Horror Poor odds median ×0.8 the market
- Metroidvania + Dystopian Poor odds median ×7.6 the market
- Destruction + Medieval Poor odds median ×7.7 the market
- 4X + Exploration Poor odds median ×6.0 the market
- Action RTS + PvE Poor odds median ×1.3 the market
- Action RPG + Psychological Horror Poor odds ×4.4 announced per shipper
- Space Sim + Survival Poor odds median ×2.3 the market
- Class-Based + Tactical RPG Poor odds median ×4.7 the market
- Open World + Combat Poor odds median ×0.9 the market
- Combat Racing + PvE Poor odds median ×1.0 the market
- Character Customization + Agriculture Poor odds median ×13 the market
- Exploration + Dark Fantasy Poor odds median ×4.3 the market
- Dynamic Narration + Multiple Endings Poor odds median ×3.0 the market
- Crafting + Robots Poor odds median ×3.3 the market
- Point & Click + Conspiracy Poor odds median ×15 the market
- Action-Adventure + Sandbox Poor odds median ×3.4 the market
- Sandbox + Mystery Poor odds median ×3.4 the market
- 6DOF + Strategy Poor odds ×4.4 announced per shipper
- Combat Racing + Shooter Poor odds median ×1.0 the market
- Parkour + Bullet Time Poor odds median ×2.4 the market
- Twin Stick Shooter + Post-apocalyptic Poor odds median ×4.8 the market
- Strategy RPG + Historical Poor odds median ×8.0 the market
- Metroidvania + Procedural Generation Poor odds median ×13 the market
- Character Customization + Hex Grid Poor odds median ×9.9 the market
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