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Should I ship a Physics Billiards game?
Physics + Billiards
Of 36 developers who shipped a Physics Billiards game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 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., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $89. Revenue is up 1810% on the market; 32 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $89 (exactly $89) |
|---|---|
| Median | $538 (exactly $538) |
| Top 25% | $3.2k (exactly $3,235) |
| Top 5% | $133k (exactly $132,662) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 36 |
| Released games | 86 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 up 1810% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Physics, Billiards; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, Strategy, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2D, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,196 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $89. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Physics with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Roguelike DeckbuilderStrong odds
- + Dating SimFair
- + PinballFair
- + World War IIFair
- + Mini GolfFair
- + GolfFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + CatsFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
- + BasketballLong shot
Comparable games
Cue Club 2: Pool & Snooker 2016 · $489k 
Sports Bar VR 2016 · $470k 
Pool Nation 2013 · $463k 
All-In-One Sports VR 2023 · $420k 
Pure Pool Pro 2026 · $154k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Cue Club 2: Pool & Snooker | older | $18.99 | 858 90% | 26k | $489k (exactly $488,803) | Bulldog Interactive |
| | Sports Bar VR | older | $19.99 | 784 83% | 24k | $470k (exactly $470,165) | Cherry Pop Games, Perilous Orbit |
| | Pool Nation | older | $6.99 | 2,208 89% | 66k | $463k (exactly $463,018) | Cherry Pop Games |
| | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
| | Pure Pool Pro | $24.99 | 206 66% | 6.2k | $154k (exactly $154,438) | Rockwater | |
 | Flick Shot Rogues | $14.99 | 295 87% | 8.9k | $133k (exactly $132,662) | Butter By The Fish | |
 | Drop Pockets | · EA | $14.99 | 243 83% | 7.3k | $109k (exactly $109,277) | Children of Madness |
 | Ultrapool | $11.99 | 265 88% | 8.0k | $95k (exactly $95,320) | Icedrop Games | |
 | POOOOL | older | $4.99 | 264 91% | 7.9k | $40k (exactly $39,521) | Noah King |
 | All-In-One Summer Sports VR | · EA older | $19.99 | 45 84% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Appnori Inc. |
 | Ringer | $9.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Ideas Per Second | |
 | Dorts : A Darts Roguelike | $8.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $6.2k (exactly $6,203) | MovingPixels | |
 | Wizard Pool | $2.99 | 66 84% | 2.0k | $5.9k (exactly $5,920) | Grouch, SuitNtie, Negative Karma | |
 | Glass Cannon | $4.99 | 29 89% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | LisiSoft | |
 | Crazy Robot Ball | $5.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $3.2k (exactly $3,235) | Blue Band Studio | |
 | Billgard | $3.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $2.9k (exactly $2,873) | Triflgard |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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