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Should I ship a Lemmings Action game?
Action + Lemmings
Only 6 developers shipped a Lemmings 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, Necrotyper, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 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 $2.7k against a market of $630. 3 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) |
| Top 25% | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) |
| Top 5% | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 3 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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, Lemmings
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 27,842 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 3 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
- + Football (American)Fair
- + BaseballFair
- + BilliardsFair
- + IdlerFair
- + TennisFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + TabletopFair
- + WuxiaPoor odds
Comparable games
Forts 2017 · $9.5M 
Zombie Night Terror 2016 · $1.3M 
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse 2021 · $1.1M 
HUMANITY 2023 · $439k 
Cargo! The Quest for Gravity 2011 · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Forts | older | $14.99 | 21,216 92% | 636k | $9.5M (exactly $9,540,835) | EarthWork Games |
| | Zombie Night Terror | older | $12.99 | 3,352 93% | 101k | $1.3M (exactly $1,306,274) | NoClip |
| | Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse | older | $19.99 | 1,781 89% | 53k | $1.1M (exactly $1,068,066) | Aspyr |
| | HUMANITY | older | $29.99 | 488 92% | 15k | $439k (exactly $439,054) | tha ltd., Enhance |
| | Cargo! The Quest for Gravity | older | $9.99 | 312 83% | 9.4k | $94k (exactly $93,506) | Ice-Pick Lodge |
 | Moons Of Darsalon | older | $19.67 | 131 78% | 3.9k | $77k (exactly $77,303) | Dr. Kucho! Games |
 | Flockers™ | older | $9.99 | 158 76% | 4.7k | $47k (exactly $47,353) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
 | Radiant Defense | older | $9.99 | 140 82% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $41,958) | Hexage |
 | Crossing Guard Joe | older | $5.99 | 196 93% | 5.9k | $35k (exactly $35,221) | September Games |
 | So Many Me | older | $14.99 | 68 91% | 2.0k | $31k (exactly $30,580) | Extend Studio |
 | Necrotyper | $14.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Vildiur | |
 | Nickelodeon Splat Pack | $14.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | Mighty Rabbit Studios | |
 | Scurry | $4.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | Identical Forest | |
 | Royal Impostor | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Maylop Games | |
 | Population Goals! | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Thirty55 Design | |
 | Mech My Day | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bug_Smelter |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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