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Should I ship a Bowling Action game?
Action + Bowling
Only 8 developers shipped a Bowling 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, SPORTAL, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $150 against a market of $630. 7 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $2.6k (exactly $2,567) |
| Top 5% | $14k (exactly $13,663) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 down 95% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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, Bowling
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 24,279 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Action with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Job SimulatorFair
- + PinballFair
- + Escape RoomFair
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- + BaseballFair
- + BilliardsFair
- + IdlerFair
- + TennisFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + TabletopFair
- + WuxiaPoor odds
Comparable games
FlatOut 2 2006 · $5.8M 
Rock of Ages 2011 · $1.0M 
All-In-One Sports VR 2023 · $420k 
PBA Pro Bowling 2019 · $81k 
Salamander County Public Television 2022 · $70k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FlatOut 2 | older | $9.99 | 19,466 95% | 584k | $5.8M (exactly $5,833,960) | Bugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Me… (Bugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Media, Jordan Freeman Group) |
| | Rock of Ages | older | $9.99 | 3,364 92% | 101k | $1.0M (exactly $1,008,191) | ACE Team |
| | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
| | PBA Pro Bowling | older | $14.99 | 180 78% | 5.4k | $81k (exactly $80,946) | FarSight Studios |
| | Salamander County Public Television | older | $9.99 | 233 96% | 7.0k | $70k (exactly $69,830) | Tinzone Games |
 | Sparedevil | older | $11.99 | 132 97% | 4.0k | $47k (exactly $47,480) | Sludge Pipe Games LTD |
 | VR SUPER SPORTS | older | $12.99 | 115 56% | 3.5k | $45k (exactly $44,816) | SAT-BOX |
 | SPORTAL | $7.99 | 57 94% | 1.7k | $14k (exactly $13,663) | Sleepwalking Potatoes | |
 | Desktop Bowling | older | $7.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | SAT-BOX |
 | Roxy Raccoon's Bowling Bash | older | $4.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | Sinomod Studios |
 | BOWLOUT | $1.99 | 43 95% | 1.3k | $2.6k (exactly $2,567) | Sep Horsthuis, Quint Winter | |
 | Skyline Bowling | $4.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | VOODOO | |
 | Mr. Goofer’s Mini Game Arcade Party! | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Svinta, Keri | |
 | Infinite Bowling | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Alpex | |
 | SPARED! | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Andrew Wei, Annie Zhang, Brandon Wang,… (Andrew Wei, Annie Zhang, Brandon Wang, Calex Raffield, Ian Chi, Niklas Thomas, Raymere Mendiola, Sophia Eisenbach, Yume Weissmann) | |
 | PunchIt! | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ChillomousGames | |
 | Swipe Swish | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | RedBrush |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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