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Should I ship a Bowling Arcade game?
Arcade + Bowling
Only 11 developers shipped a Bowling Arcade 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, Golden Tee Arcade Classics, 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, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180 in the last 2 years and $180 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $179 (exactly $179) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 5% | $40k (exactly $40,486) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 95% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Arcade, Bowling
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 92% positive over 157 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
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Comparable games
FlatOut 2 2006 · $5.8M 
All-In-One Sports VR 2023 · $420k 
Salamander County Public Television 2022 · $70k 
Sparedevil 2024 · $47k 
Golden Tee Arcade Classics 2025 · $40k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FlatOut 2 | older | $9.99 | 19,466 95% | 584k | $5.8M (exactly $5,833,960) | Bugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Me… (Bugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Media, Jordan Freeman Group) |
| | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
| | Salamander County Public Television | older | $9.99 | 233 96% | 7.0k | $70k (exactly $69,830) | Tinzone Games |
| | Sparedevil | older | $11.99 | 132 97% | 4.0k | $47k (exactly $47,480) | Sludge Pipe Games LTD |
| | Golden Tee Arcade Classics | $29.99 | 45 86% | 1.4k | $40k (exactly $40,486) | Digital Eclipse | |
 | Super 10 Pin | $11.99 | 92 98% | 2.8k | $33k (exactly $33,092) | Modus Interactive | |
 | ForeVR Bowl VR | older | $19.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $8.4k (exactly $8,396) | ForeVR Games Inc |
 | Date Night Bowling | older | $9.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Serenity Forge |
 | Desktop Bowling | older | $7.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | SAT-BOX |
 | Bocce Revolution | older | $4.99 | 21 80% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | Dysotek |
 | Skyline Bowling | $4.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | VOODOO | |
 | Pin Money | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | thirtysmooth | |
 | Bowling Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Pinbowling | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Outstanding Duck | |
 | Mr. Goofer’s Mini Game Arcade Party! | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Svinta, Keri | |
 | Infinite Bowling | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Alpex | |
 | SPARED! | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Andrew Wei, Annie Zhang, Brandon Wang,… (Andrew Wei, Annie Zhang, Brandon Wang, Calex Raffield, Ian Chi, Niklas Thomas, Raymere Mendiola, Sophia Eisenbach, Yume Weissmann) | |
 | Jingle Strike VR Bowling | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Spooky Pictures Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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