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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Time Attack Adventure game?

Adventure + Time Attack

Of 33 developers who shipped a Time Attack Adventure game 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.. 33 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is flat on the market; 33 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue flat on the market, 33 announced, ×1.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Adventure + Time Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 33
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $49k → $3.4k → $449 → $1.8k → $7.0k (still earning) → $179 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Adventure + Time Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 33
Bottom 30% $179 (exactly $179)
Median $599 (exactly $599)
Top 25% $3.6k (exactly $3,596)
Top 5% $22k (exactly $22,018)
Developers, 2 yr 33
Released games 121
Announced 33
Effort 4 / 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 flat on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Adventure
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Time Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Adventure, Time Attack; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Platformer
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Difficult, Atmospheric, Cartoony
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 593 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $600, 1 in 4 over $3.5k, 1 in 20 over $22k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 19 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + SamuraiFair13 devs · median $261k · 14 announced
  2. + FMVFair144 devs · median $39k · 151 announced
  3. + PinballFair11 devs · median $8.1k · 17 announced
  4. + Job SimulatorFair40 devs · median $6.3k · 50 announced
  5. + Escape RoomFair165 devs · median $2.2k · 151 announced
  6. + Mini GolfFair12 devs · median $2.2k · 11 announced
  7. + SportsFair228 devs · median $1.5k · 224 announced
  8. + GolfFair18 devs · median $1.4k · 16 announced
  9. + IncrementalFair384 devs · median $1.2k · 420 announced
  10. + Traditional RoguelikeFair89 devs · median $449 · 119 announced
  11. + Real-Time with PausePoor odds10 devs · median $561k · 7 announced
  12. + WuxiaPoor odds21 devs · median $192k · 54 announced

All 279 pairs on the Adventure page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Mirror's Edge™ 2009 · $19M Super Meat Boy 2010 · $14M Hot Lava 2019 · $3.2M Penny’s Big Breakaway 2024 · $955k Barro 2018 · $487k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Mirror's Edge™ older $19.99 31,195 87% 936k $19M (exactly $18,707,642) DICE
Super Meat Boy older $14.99 30,031 93% 901k $14M (exactly $13,504,941) Team Meat
Hot Lava older $19.99 5,335 92% 160k $3.2M (exactly $3,199,399) Klei Entertainment
Penny’s Big Breakaway older $29.99 1,062 79% 32k $955k (exactly $955,481) Evening Star
Barro older $4.99 3,253 85% 98k $487k (exactly $486,974) SC Jogos
Mr. Shifty older $14.99 855 88% 26k $384k (exactly $384,494) Team Shifty
Neversong older $14.99 785 85% 24k $353k (exactly $353,014) Atmos Games, Serenity Forge
Lovely Planet older $5.99 1,384 92% 42k $249k (exactly $248,705) quicktequila
Remnants of Naezith older $9.99 440 95% 13k $132k (exactly $131,868) Tolga Ay
Mutant Mudds Deluxe older $9.99 399 79% 12k $120k (exactly $119,580) Atooi
Hoverflow $14.99 150 93% 4.5k $67k (exactly $67,455) Simon In Motion
Abyss Runner $6.99 105 86% 3.2k $22k (exactly $22,018) Asuwawagami
Reverse Problem $12.99 52 86% 1.6k $20k (exactly $20,264) Tag Axle Games
Barro F25 $4.99 117 86% 3.5k $18k (exactly $17,515) SC Jogos
Caromble! $12.99 34 73% 1.0k $13k (exactly $13,250) Crimson Owl Studios
Raccoon Roller $14.99 16 100% 480 $7.2k (exactly $7,195) Ribcat Games
Barro 2026 $4.99 47 70% 1.4k $7.0k (exactly $7,036) Grishko Games
Ticking Together $4.99 37 97% 1.1k $5.5k (exactly $5,539) Furkan Baytak, Furkan Özkaya
Emergency Exit $9.99 12 83% 360 $3.6k (exactly $3,596) Cheeky Cat Games
Don't Drown $4.99 23 100% 690 $3.4k (exactly $3,443) Snoutical

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.