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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- Local Multiplayer + Supernatural Poor odds median ×10 the market
- Life Sim + Programming Poor odds median ×12 the market
- City Builder + Turn-Based Combat Poor odds median ×10 the market
- Online Co-Op + Dystopian Poor odds median ×5.9 the market
- Open World + Rhythm Poor odds median ×6.8 the market
- Cooking + Romance Poor odds median ×24 the market
- Co-op + Wargame Poor odds median ×21 the market
- Building + Adventure Poor odds median ×10 the market
- Swordplay Poor odds median ×1.7 the market
- Tactical RPG + Choices Matter Poor odds median ×8.8 the market
- Co-op + Combat Poor odds median ×1.9 the market
- Survival + Military Poor odds median ×3.1 the market
- Adventure + Alternate History Poor odds median ×2.3 the market
- 3D Fighter + Character Customization Poor odds ×4.2 announced per shipper
- Fishing + Fantasy Poor odds median ×5.5 the market
- Wargame + Fantasy Poor odds median ×1.3 the market
- Combat + Time Manipulation Poor odds median ×1.2 the market
- Action RPG + Procedural Generation Poor odds median ×3.5 the market
- Exploration + Life Sim Poor odds median ×9.1 the market
- Adventure + Robots Poor odds median ×2.3 the market
- Character Customization + Dark Fantasy Poor odds median ×4.8 the market
- Open World + Survival Poor odds median ×4.0 the market
- Co-op + Real Time Tactics Poor odds median ×1.2 the market
- Crafting + Space Poor odds median ×3.8 the market
- PvP + 3D Fighter Poor odds ×4.2 announced per shipper
- Sandbox + Futuristic Poor odds median ×2.9 the market
- Open World + Perma Death Poor odds median ×1.3 the market
- Class-Based + Turn-Based Strategy Poor odds median ×1.1 the market
- Exploration + Alternate History Poor odds median ×3.1 the market
- PvE + Real Time Tactics Poor odds median ×1.0 the market
- Action RTS + Combat Poor odds median ×0.9 the market
- Colony Sim + Combat Poor odds median ×3.8 the market
- Co-op + Destruction Poor odds median ×7.0 the market
- Shooter + Multiple Endings Poor odds median ×2.0 the market
- Action-Adventure + Exploration Poor odds median ×2.3 the market
- Bullet Hell + Alternate History Poor odds median ×0.9 the market
- Loot + Mystery Poor odds median ×3.4 the market
- Action RPG + City Builder Poor odds median ×2.2 the market
- Class-Based + Mythology Poor odds median ×3.9 the market
- Physics + Heist Poor odds median ×11 the market
- Asynchronous Multiplayer + Combat Poor odds median ×13 the market
- RTS + God Game Poor odds median ×7.0 the market
- Action-Adventure + Destruction Poor odds median ×1.1 the market
- Vehicular Combat + Combat Poor odds median ×1.5 the market
- FPS + Choose Your Own Adventure Poor odds median ×0.8 the market
- PvE + Creature Collector Poor odds median ×4.2 the market
- Building + Animals Poor odds median ×15 the market
- Time Manipulation + Mystery Poor odds median ×2.3 the market
- Action-Adventure + Historical Poor odds median ×3.0 the market
- Base Building + Card Game Poor odds median ×9.5 the market
Field notes, weekly
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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