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Should I ship an Alien Spectacle fighter?
Spectacle fighter + Aliens
Only 6 developers shipped an Alien Spectacle fighter 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, Genokids, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×4.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $660 against a market of $1.5k. 13 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $657 (exactly $657) |
| Top 25% | $6.2k (exactly $6,235) |
| Top 5% | $131k (exactly $130,735) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Spectacle fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Aliens
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 727 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 13 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Score AttackFair
- + HorrorFair
- + LootPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MythologyPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Genokids 2025 · EA · $131k 
Aeon Must Die! 2021 · $60k 
Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash! 2020 · $55k 
Space Gray X 2024 · $36k 
Nelo 2017 · EA · $21k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Genokids | · EA | $19.99 | 218 98% | 6.5k | $131k (exactly $130,735) | Nukefist |
| | Aeon Must Die! | older | $19.99 | 100 51% | 3.0k | $60k (exactly $59,970) | Limestone Games |
| | Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash! | older | $24.99 | 74 94% | 2.2k | $55k (exactly $55,478) | Grounding Inc. |
| | Space Gray X | older | $29.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $36k (exactly $35,988) | Galactic Geckon |
| | Nelo | · EA older | $4.99 | 139 69% | 4.2k | $21k (exactly $20,808) | Magic and Mirrors |
 | The Siege of Brimir | · EA older | $11.99 | 49 71% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,625) | Anden Studios |
 | Make War | older | $5.99 | 47 51% | 1.4k | $8.4k (exactly $8,446) | Creepy Brothers |
 | Grimstar: Crystals are the New Oil! | $12.99 | 16 68% | 480 | $6.2k (exactly $6,235) | SvenRahn Games | |
 | Celestial Force: Magical Mayhem | · EA older | $7.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Mew Mew Media |
 | Myasoid | older | $4.99 | 26 88% | 780 | $3.9k (exactly $3,892) | Fasu Studio |
 | Virus Hunter | $1.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Matsusoft | |
 | Japanese Psycho | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Ghost_RUS Games | |
 | Apocalypse of the Universe | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | v.a.c.u.u.m. | |
 | StarCalibur | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Secret Sign |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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