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Should I ship a Bullet Time Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Bullet Time
Of 53 developers who shipped a Bullet Time Action-Adventure in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 121 more are announced, ×5.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $64k, ×103 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 121 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $3.5k (exactly $3,507) |
| Top 5% | $65k (exactly $64,820) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 53 |
| Released games | 178 |
| Announced | 121 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 20% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Bullet Time
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Bullet Time; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Funny, Story Rich, Stylized
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 5,114 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 35 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 121 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MinigamesFair
- + BikesFair
- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
- + TypingLong shot
- + Time AttackLong shot
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
HARD BULLET 2020 · EA · $3.5M 
Arco 2024 · $1.3M 
Sairento VR 2018 · $1.3M 
Killer Bean 2026 · EA · $1.0M 
Blazing Beaks 2019 · $919k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | HARD BULLET | · EA older | $19.99 | 5,860 83% | 176k | $3.5M (exactly $3,514,242) | GexagonVR |
| | Arco | older | $19.99 | 2,185 96% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,310,344) | Franek, Max Cahill, Bibiki, Fáyer |
| | Sairento VR | older | $29.99 | 1,448 86% | 43k | $1.3M (exactly $1,302,766) | Mixed Realms Pte Ltd, Swag Soft Holding… (Mixed Realms Pte Ltd, Swag Soft Holdings Pte Ltd) |
| | Killer Bean | · EA | $14.99 | 2,272 73% | 68k | $1.0M (exactly $1,021,718) | Killer Bean Studios LLC |
| | Blazing Beaks | older | $14.99 | 2,043 84% | 61k | $919k (exactly $918,737) | Applava |
 | El Paso, Elsewhere | older | $19.99 | 1,393 90% | 42k | $835k (exactly $835,382) | Strange Scaffold |
 | Gungrave G.O.R.E | older | $29.99 | 744 71% | 22k | $669k (exactly $669,377) | Iggymob Co.,Ltd |
 | Grandpa High on Retro | $7.99 | 2,068 88% | 62k | $496k (exactly $495,700) | Ashnell Games | |
 | Mr. Shifty | older | $14.99 | 855 88% | 26k | $384k (exactly $384,494) | Team Shifty |
 | Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister | older | $19.99 | 596 70% | 18k | $357k (exactly $357,421) | Soul Assembly Ltd |
 | Gun Frog | $4.99 | 433 94% | 13k | $65k (exactly $64,820) | Zoteling | |
 | SignaNota | $9.99 | 90 94% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | IvoryHand | |
 | Deadliest Pigeon | $6.99 | 99 93% | 3.0k | $21k (exactly $20,760) | Rusty Rex | |
 | Sacre Bleu | $14.99 | 46 82% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | Hildring Studio Inc | |
 | COLD VR | $19.99 | 28 60% | 840 | $17k (exactly $16,792) | ALLWARE LLC | |
 | Happy Monster | · EA | $8.99 | 41 82% | 1.2k | $11k (exactly $11,058) | Destined Game Studio |
 | Spear | $9.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | Andrea Cavuoto | |
 | SLASHING NIGHT | $7.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $4.8k (exactly $4,794) | YUGIKOBO |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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