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Should I ship an AI Bullet Time game?
Bullet Time + Artificial Intelligence
Only 4 developers shipped an AI Bullet Time game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 12 did: 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.. 16 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $630. 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $208 (exactly $208) |
| Top 25% | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) |
| Top 5% | $1.2M (exactly $1,235,288) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Bullet Time
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Artificial Intelligence
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Bullet Time
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 9,643 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 16 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Bullet Time with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + NoirFair
- + LogicFair
- + Boomer ShooterFair
- + LootFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + StrategyFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Quick-Time EventsLong shot
- + On-Rails ShooterLong shot
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
Comparable games
SUPERHOT VR 2017 · $6.0M 
Wanted: Dead 2023 · $1.2M 
District Steel 2023 · EA · $57k 
Red Ronin 2021 · $29k 
The Blight 2022 · EA · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SUPERHOT VR | older | $24.99 | 7,978 82% | 239k | $6.0M (exactly $5,981,107) | SUPERHOT Team |
| | Wanted: Dead | older | $29.99 | 1,373 67% | 41k | $1.2M (exactly $1,235,288) | Soleil Ltd. |
| | District Steel | · EA older | $24.99 | 76 93% | 2.3k | $57k (exactly $56,977) | Barricade Studio |
| | Red Ronin | older | $7.99 | 119 87% | 3.6k | $29k (exactly $28,524) | Wired Dreams Studio |
| | The Blight | · EA older | $19.99 | 32 46% | 960 | $19k (exactly $19,190) | Ethereal Entertainment Tmi |
 | WAVECADE | older | $9.99 | 27 92% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Andrew Spalato, Lewis Spalato |
 | Arcade Empire Tycoon | $4.99 | 25 68% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Mind Inside Games | |
 | Nightgate | older | $6.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.3k (exactly $1,258) | Semidome Inc. |
 | Welcome to the Polyverse | older | $9.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | Revmatek |
 | Omi Domini | older | $11.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Ominous Horizon Studios |
 | Blade of Jinshu | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Travis Carpenter | |
 | Cosmo Crush | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Zi-Zi | |
 | Cyber Spartan | · EA | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | PLICA GAMES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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