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Should I ship a Pinball Adventure game?
Adventure + Pinball
Only 11 developers shipped a Pinball Adventure 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, Pinball Spire, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $8.1k, ×17 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $2.6k. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 17 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.5k (exactly $2,548) |
|---|---|
| Median | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $23,676) |
| Top 5% | $184k (exactly $184,377) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 350% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, 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
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Adventure, Pinball
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 788 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.6k. 17 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SamuraiFair
- + FMVFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + Mini GolfFair
- + SportsFair
- + GolfFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + WuxiaPoor odds
Comparable games
Yoku's Island Express 2018 · $1.9M 
Pinball Spire 2024 · $184k 
Rollers of the Realm 2014 · $112k 
Karma City Police 2021 · $37k 
Witcheye 2020 · $35k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Yoku's Island Express | older | $19.99 | 3,220 96% | 97k | $1.9M (exactly $1,931,034) | Villa Gorilla |
| | Pinball Spire | $14.99 | 410 84% | 12k | $184k (exactly $184,377) | Apparition Games | |
| | Rollers of the Realm | older | $9.99 | 375 90% | 11k | $112k (exactly $112,388) | Phantom Compass |
| | Karma City Police | older | $11.99 | 103 81% | 3.1k | $37k (exactly $37,049) | mecagames |
| | Witcheye | older | $4.99 | 233 87% | 7.0k | $35k (exactly $34,880) | Moon Kid |
 | Ricochet Abyss | · EA | $12.99 | 78 75% | 2.3k | $30k (exactly $30,397) | DreamForge |
 | Jump the Track | $9.99 | 79 96% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,676) | Seed by Seed | |
 | FlippUp | $9.99 | 76 84% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $22,777) | Try Again Entertainment | |
 | Caromble! | $12.99 | 34 73% | 1.0k | $13k (exactly $13,250) | Crimson Owl Studios | |
 | On A Roll 3D | older | $3.99 | 99 93% | 3.0k | $12k (exactly $11,850) | Battenberg Software |
 | A Pinball Game That Makes You Mad | $9.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Azimuth Studios | |
 | MONUMENTUM | $3.99 | 63 95% | 1.9k | $7.5k (exactly $7,541) | Jakob Scott | |
 | FlipScapes | $16.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $2.5k (exactly $2,548) | OmniScapes Interactive | |
 | ODYSSEY: Starship Pinball | · EA | $4.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Clip Through Interactive |
 | Dino Land 「超闘竜烈伝ディノランド」 | $5.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Ratalaika Games S.L., Shinyuden |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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