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Should I ship a Puzzle Billiards game?
Billiards + Puzzle
Only 7 developers shipped a Puzzle Billiards 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, Drop Pockets, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.0k against a market of $480. 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.0k (exactly $1,010) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) |
| Top 5% | $109k (exactly $109,277) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
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
- Billiards, Puzzle
- Price point
- $2.99 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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,562 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 6 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Billiards with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Rabbit Burn 2019 · $306k 
Drop Pockets 2025 · EA · $109k 
Pool Panic 2018 · $63k 
POOOOL 2024 · $40k 
OnlyFuck 2: Scarlett 2022 · $27k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rabbit Burn | older | $14.99 | 680 89% | 20k | $306k (exactly $305,796) | Bio Sapiens |
| | Drop Pockets | · EA | $14.99 | 243 83% | 7.3k | $109k (exactly $109,277) | Children of Madness |
| | Pool Panic | older | $14.99 | 141 82% | 4.2k | $63k (exactly $63,408) | Rekim |
| | POOOOL | older | $4.99 | 264 91% | 7.9k | $40k (exactly $39,521) | Noah King |
| | OnlyFuck 2: Scarlett | older | $9.99 | 91 52% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $27,273) | NSFW18 Games, Jul3DX |
 | Hentai Strip Shot | older | $1.99 | 86 82% | 2.6k | $5.1k (exactly $5,134) | NP |
 | Hackshot | older | $11.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $4.3k (exactly $4,316) | RD Interactive |
 | Bomb Bowling | older | $4.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | grin robot |
 | ASTA-POOL: The Future of Pool | older | $14.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | Cheesy Face Productions |
 | Laruaville 11 Match 3 Puzzle | older | $9.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | LGT SIA |
 | APPLECALYPSE | $2.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) | Pupicrap | |
 | Planet Nine | $6.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | haizai | |
 | Boobs Hidden Ibiza | $0.99 | 34 85% | 1.0k | $1.0k (exactly $1,010) | 100 Boobs | |
 | Number Crush | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Amakumo Co., Ltd. | |
 | Super Billards Maker | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Virtualbird UG | |
 | All Pro Golf | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Arcadia Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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