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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- Immersive Sim + Alternate History Poor odds median ×2.2 the market
- Grand Strategy + Medieval Poor odds median ×3.9 the market
- Base Building + Trading Poor odds median ×19 the market
- Combat + Logic Poor odds median ×0.8 the market
- Character Customization + Bullet Time Poor odds median ×1.3 the market
- Combat + Multiple Endings Poor odds median ×2.6 the market
- RPG + Metroidvania Poor odds median ×9.0 the market
- RPG + Post-apocalyptic Poor odds median ×5.2 the market
- Tactical + Multiple Endings Poor odds median ×1.1 the market
- Choices Matter + Zombies Poor odds median ×1.9 the market
- Open World + Third-Person Shooter Poor odds median ×0.9 the market
- Sandbox + Medieval Poor odds median ×12 the market
- Exploration + Top-Down Shooter Poor odds median ×1.3 the market
- Flight + RPG Poor odds median ×1.0 the market
- Third-Person Shooter + Building Poor odds ×4.3 announced per shipper
- Vehicular Combat + Physics Poor odds median ×1.9 the market
- Action RPG + Medieval Poor odds median ×1.1 the market
- Trading Card Game + Turn-Based Combat Poor odds median ×1.0 the market
- Co-op + Fantasy Poor odds median ×2.9 the market
- RPG + Exploration Poor odds median ×5.2 the market
- Management + Magic Poor odds median ×4.6 the market
- 2D Fighter + Metroidvania Poor odds median ×0.9 the market
- PvE + Assassins Poor odds ×4.3 announced per shipper
- Hack and Slash + Noir Poor odds median ×1.0 the market
- Combat Racing + Space Poor odds median ×1.0 the market
- Shooter + Underground Poor odds median ×1.1 the market
- Logic + War Poor odds median ×1.4 the market
- Multiple Endings + Underwater Poor odds median ×1.5 the market
- Diplomacy + Capitalism Poor odds median ×1.9 the market
- Survival + Tactical RPG Poor odds median ×1.9 the market
- Grid-Based Movement + Card Game Poor odds median ×3.0 the market
- Base Building + Aliens Poor odds median ×2.7 the market
- Automobile Sim + Flight Poor odds median ×1.1 the market
- Third-Person Shooter + Survival Horror Poor odds median ×1.4 the market
- Class-Based + Magic Poor odds median ×1.4 the market
- Destruction + Strategy Poor odds median ×3.8 the market
- Naval Combat + Adventure Poor odds median ×3.8 the market
- Co-op Campaign + Magic Poor odds median ×1.9 the market
- Tactical RPG + Mechs Poor odds median ×4.8 the market
- Naval Combat + Pirates Poor odds median ×5.0 the market
- Fighting + RPG Poor odds median ×2.2 the market
- Cooking + Roguelike Poor odds median ×7.1 the market
- Cooking + Roguelite Poor odds median ×8.1 the market
- Co-op + Perma Death Poor odds median ×2.6 the market
- PvP + Dogs Poor odds median ×2.9 the market
- Physics + Lovecraftian Poor odds median ×7.4 the market
- Survival Horror + Dinosaurs Poor odds median ×23 the market
- Colony Sim + Dark Fantasy Poor odds median ×52 the market
- Open World Survival Craft + Simulation Poor odds median ×54 the market
- Survival Horror + Post-apocalyptic Poor odds median ×3.3 the market
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