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Specimen · observed

Should I ship an Alien Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Aliens

Of 76 developers who shipped an Alien Score Attack 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.. 86 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 36 developers shipped in the last year and 86 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue up 20% on the market, 86 announced, ×2.4 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Aliens
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 76
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.6k → $538 → $90 → $1.2k → $150 → $3.1k → $359 (still earning) → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Aliens: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 76
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $359 (exactly $359)
Top 25% $3.1k (exactly $3,144)
Top 5% $65k (exactly $65,206)
Developers, 2 yr 76
Released games 224
Announced 86
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 up 20% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, 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.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Aliens
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Score Attack; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Shooter
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Retro, Pixel Graphics
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 49,977 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $60, median $360, 1 in 4 over $3.1k, 1 in 20 over $65k.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 44 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 86 games are announced against 36 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Score Attack with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair23 devs · median $6.2k · 24 announced
  2. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  3. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  4. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  5. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  6. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  7. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  8. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  9. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  10. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  11. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  12. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor 2025 · $18M Greedland 2025 · $1.1M Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade 2021 · $204k Bit Blaster XL 2016 · $163k Space Invaders Extreme 2018 · $153k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor $12.99 46,354 86% 1.4M $18M (exactly $18,064,154) Funday Games
Greedland $12.99 2,919 83% 88k $1.1M (exactly $1,137,534) VaMP He
Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade older $44.99 151 94% 4.5k $204k (exactly $203,805) TAITO CORP., M2 Co.,LTD
Bit Blaster XL older $0.99 5,495 96% 165k $163k (exactly $163,202) Adamvision Studios
Space Invaders Extreme older $19.99 255 86% 7.7k $153k (exactly $152,924) TAITO CORP.
G-Darius HD older $29.99 158 94% 4.7k $142k (exactly $142,153) TAITO CORP., M2 Co., Ltd.
Starbreed $10.99 271 95% 8.1k $89k (exactly $89,349) RegulusNSFW
Void Scrappers older $3.99 571 89% 17k $68k (exactly $68,349) 8BitSkull
閃攻機人アスラ - ASURA THE STRIKER - $14.99 145 91% 4.4k $65k (exactly $65,206) LeftOver
Steve's Warehouse: Physics. Roguelike. Chaos. $7.99 130 87% 3.9k $31k (exactly $31,161) Definitely Named Steve
X-Out: Resurfaced $19.99 41 95% 1.2k $25k (exactly $24,588) KRITZELKRATZ 3000, Rainbow Arts
WORMHOLE $9.99 51 98% 1.5k $15k (exactly $15,285) Pocket Moon Games, ThanaThan
Exovoid Carnage $19.99 18 94% 540 $11k (exactly $10,795) Man Up Time, LLC
Wrack: Reclamation $14.99 20 90% 600 $9.0k (exactly $8,994) Final Boss Entertainment
Rendering Ranger™: R² [Rewind] $9.99 28 82% 840 $8.4k (exactly $8,392) Limited Run Games, Rainbow Arts

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