Should I ship a PvP Billiards game?
PvP + Billiards
Only 18 developers shipped a PvP 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, Nine-Ball Roulette, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×0.7 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $300. Revenue is up 2075% on the market; 12 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,873) |
| Top 5% | $258k (exactly $258,432) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 8 / 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 2075% on the market, supply 400% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, 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
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- PvP, Billiards; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Sports, Physics, Simulation
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 2,516 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 12 games are announced against 15 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Cue Club 2: Pool & Snooker 2016 · $489k 
Nine-Ball Roulette 2025 · $258k 
Pure Pool Pro 2026 · $154k 
Nock 2023 · $29k 
All-In-One Summer Sports VR 2023 · EA · $27k | 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 |
| | Nine-Ball Roulette | $3.99 | 2,159 88% | 65k | $258k (exactly $258,432) | WaveBox Labs | |
| | Pure Pool Pro | $24.99 | 206 66% | 6.2k | $154k (exactly $154,438) | Rockwater | |
| | Nock | older | $19.99 | 49 87% | 1.5k | $29k (exactly $29,385) | Normal |
| | All-In-One Summer Sports VR | · EA older | $19.99 | 45 84% | 1.4k | $27k (exactly $26,986) | Appnori Inc. |
 | Black Hole Pool VR | older | $19.99 | 43 79% | 1.3k | $26k (exactly $25,787) | Pixel Works Ltd. |
 | ForeVR Pool VR | older | $19.99 | 33 57% | 990 | $20k (exactly $19,790) | ForeVR Games Inc |
 | 3D Pool | older | $6.99 | 46 52% | 1.4k | $9.6k (exactly $9,646) | Z-Software GmbH |
 | 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 | |
 | Billgard | $3.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $2.9k (exactly $2,873) | Triflgard | |
 | Pool 2 | $4.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Felix Li | |
 | Biida-Bash | $6.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Silver Thumb Games | |
 | Snooker Billiard | $24.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) | DotStudio | |
 | Pool | · EA | $5.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Hard Shark Games |
 | CarCam | $3.99 | 8 25% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Movcans Vadims |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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