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Should I ship a Billiards Action game?
Action + Billiards
Only 19 developers shipped a Billiards Action game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, My Car My Life, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 25 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $120. Revenue is up 280% on the market; 25 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,209) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 25 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 280% on the market, supply 180% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Action, Billiards; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Arcade, Inventory Management, Online Co-Op
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 310 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 25 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Action with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Real-Time with PauseFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + PinballFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Football (American)Fair
- + BaseballFair
- + IdlerFair
- + TennisFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + TabletopFair
- + WuxiaPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
Comparable games
Who's Your Daddy?! 2016 · $7.7M 
All-In-One Sports VR 2023 · $420k 
Rabbit Burn 2019 · $306k 
Pool Panic 2018 · $63k 
Nock 2023 · $29k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Who's Your Daddy?! | older | $9.99 | 25,797 80% | 774k | $7.7M (exactly $7,731,361) | Evil Tortilla Games |
| | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
| | Rabbit Burn | older | $14.99 | 680 89% | 20k | $306k (exactly $305,796) | Bio Sapiens |
| | Pool Panic | older | $14.99 | 141 82% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $63,408) | Rekim |
| | Nock | older | $19.99 | 49 87% | 1.5k | $29k (exactly $29,385) | Normal |
 | All-In-One Summer Sports VR | · EA older | $19.99 | 45 84% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Appnori Inc. |
 | My Car My Life | · EA | $1.99 | 171 98% | 5.1k | $10k (exactly $10,209) | Noguiin |
 | subpar pool | older | $9.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | grapefrukt games |
 | The Backrooms: Rescue Expedition | $9.99 | 21 33% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | {CRYTIME} | |
 | Glass Cannon | $4.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | LisiSoft | |
 | Billgard | $3.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $2.9k (exactly $2,873) | Triflgard | |
 | Pool 2 | $4.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Felix Li | |
 | APPLECALYPSE | $2.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) | Pupicrap | |
 | SERPENT AT THE VERNISSAGE | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | a trip by daniel bock | |
 | Disc Dungeon | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Fire Titan Games | |
 | CarCam | $3.99 | 8 25% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Movcans Vadims | |
 | Stellar Golf | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Fort Chuck Entertainment |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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