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Twin Stick Shooter + Artificial Intelligence
Only 9 developers shipped an AI Twin Stick Shooter 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, Hotloop, 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 3 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $630 against a market of $480. 13 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 5% | $4.2k (exactly $4,216) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Twin Stick Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Artificial Intelligence
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Twin Stick Shooter
- 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 $7.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 555 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Twin Stick Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + Looter ShooterPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + Tower DefensePoor odds
- + MedievalPoor odds
- + LootPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + 2D FighterPoor odds
- + Post-apocalypticPoor odds
- + DestructionPoor odds
Comparable games
Mind 2022 · $201k 
捜査官の試練INVESTIGATOR TRIALS 2024 · $5.1k 
Hotloop 2024 · $4.2k 
Rogue Sentry 2021 · $3.8k 
Swarm Universe 2017 · $3.4k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mind | older | $17.99 | 372 69% | 11k | $201k (exactly $200,768) | WHIRLLAXY LIMITED |
| | 捜査官の試練INVESTIGATOR TRIALS | older | $3.99 | 43 88% | 1.3k | $5.1k (exactly $5,147) | GreenTeaGame |
| | Hotloop | $2.99 | 47 85% | 1.4k | $4.2k (exactly $4,216) | Tntlaxy GDS | |
| | Rogue Sentry | older | $7.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) | Mapledev |
| | Swarm Universe | older | $4.99 | 23 82% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | Dedication Games |
 | ROBOCRACY | $11.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $3.2k (exactly $3,237) | DGMA | |
 | Mothership Forever | older | $7.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | ProjectorGames |
 | Timeloop Titans | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | LapaGames | |
 | Front Lines | $1.99 | 23 60% | 690 | $1.4k (exactly $1,373) | Waterfoul Studios | |
 | Stack by stack | older | $4.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | DRAgame, Rayvell |
 | Car Football | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Vutune | |
 | MechCrisis | $1.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | Team_Bug | |
 | The Drone Lord | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ian Chambers | |
 | Project CyberSky | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Xcogames LLC | |
 | 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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