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Should I ship an Alien Sports game?
Sports + Aliens
Only 12 developers shipped an Alien Sports 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, Disc Frenzy, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $390 in the last 2 years and $390 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $390 (exactly $390) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 5% | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 8 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 97% positive over 32 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Distant Space 2 2017 · $9.4k 
Space Route 2022 · $8.2k 
Golf VS Zombies 2023 · $6.6k 
Jerry Rice & Nitus' Dog Football 2016 · $5.7k 
Crazy Pixel Streaker 2016 · $3.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Distant Space 2 | older | $0.99 | 316 88% | 9.5k | $9.4k (exactly $9,385) | PixelMouse |
| | Space Route | older | $24.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $8.2k (exactly $8,247) | Space R Studio, Gamesforgames |
| | Golf VS Zombies | older | $9.99 | 22 72% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Sleepwalking Potatoes |
| | Jerry Rice & Nitus' Dog Football | older | $2.99 | 64 89% | 1.9k | $5.7k (exactly $5,741) | JUDOBABY INC. |
| | Crazy Pixel Streaker | older | $4.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $3.3k (exactly $3,293) | Lubiterum |
 | Disc Frenzy | $14.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.7k (exactly $2,698) | SupraOrbital Studios | |
 | on Titan | $18.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.7k (exactly $1,709) | Aleksandr Akimov | |
 | BasCatball Mars: Basketball & Cat | older | $1.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $1.7k (exactly $1,672) | Opala Project |
 | Jaxx Blorgin's UFO Jam | $4.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Wax Lion | |
 | Aviano | older | $5.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Tatti |
 | Savage Arena: Dead Ball Zone | $5.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Rage Software, Jordan Freeman Group | |
 | Tabletop Baseball | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Dumb Duck Games | |
 | OMEXYAN | $12.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $390 (exactly $390) | 2 Crying Attic Games | |
 | Cosmic Crossover: Roguelike Basketball | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | EJ Applications | |
 | Splatsplasm | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | PRPVFX Ltd. | |
 | UFOs On Stream | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Evan Matwijejko | |
 | Planet Strike | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DanboruStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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