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Should I ship an Alien Quick-Time Events game?
Quick-Time Events + Aliens
Only 12 developers shipped an Alien Quick-Time Events 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, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $270. Revenue is up 530% on the market; 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $628 (exactly $628) |
| Top 25% | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) |
| Top 5% | $2.1M (exactly $2,097,201) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 530% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Aliens
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Quick-Time Events
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 70% positive over 3,709 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Quick-Time Events with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Resource ManagementFair
- + FlightFair
- + SpaceFair
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Comparable games
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead 2024 · $2.1M 
Directive 8020 2026 · $2.0M 
Return to abyss 重返深渊 2023 · $142k 
Womb Defense Force 2024 · $8.6k 
UFO vs Bikini 2021 · $3.0k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead | $29.99 | 2,331 74% | 70k | $2.1M (exactly $2,097,201) | Stormind Games | |
| | Directive 8020 | $49.99 | 1,337 63% | 40k | $2.0M (exactly $2,005,099) | Supermassive Games | |
| | Return to abyss 重返深渊 | older | $4.99 | 949 79% | 28k | $142k (exactly $142,065) | Wingjoy Games |
| | Womb Defense Force | older | $11.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $8.6k (exactly $8,633) | StudioS |
| | UFO vs Bikini | older | $8.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $3.0k (exactly $2,967) | Xenon Lu |
 | Keep It Contained | · EA | $5.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $2.0k (exactly $1,977) | Triarch Interactive |
 | 杀虫剂小队：虫族争霸Insecticide Troopers:Star zerg | older | $8.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | 凌石更 |
 | SeaQuestDungeon | $7.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | AlchemistGame | |
 | Cyber UF2 | $3.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | 3DBBQ | |
 | Donkey Ball | $2.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Team Big Bingus | |
 | Super Star Adventure | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Peter Stubbs | |
 | Mutant Survivors | · EA | $3.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Macro Software |
 | That's An Order Ensign | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Jaunty Antics | |
 | Rapid Eye Madness | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | The Moonstorm Clerics, Andre Castro, Ru… (The Moonstorm Clerics, Andre Castro, Russell Matney, Justin Pena, Joe Shahwan, Canberk Sonmezer, Seth Thor, Lucas Wolf) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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