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Should I ship a Billiards Sports game?
Sports + Billiards
Of 34 developers who shipped a Billiards Sports 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.. 23 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 860% on the market; 23 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $3.2k (exactly $3,235) |
| Top 5% | $154k (exactly $154,438) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 34 |
| Released games | 103 |
| Announced | 23 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 860% on the market, supply 120% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Billiards; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Physics, PvP
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 3,008 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 23 games are announced against 24 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Sports with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Snooker 19 2019 · $676k 
Virtual Pool 4 2015 · $577k 
Cue Club 2: Pool & Snooker 2016 · $489k 
Sports Bar VR 2016 · $470k 
Pool Nation 2013 · $463k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Snooker 19 | older | $29.99 | 751 73% | 23k | $676k (exactly $675,675) | Lab42 |
| | Virtual Pool 4 | older | $24.99 | 770 82% | 23k | $577k (exactly $577,269) | Celeris |
| | 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. |
 | Nine-Ball Roulette | $3.99 | 2,159 88% | 65k | $258k (exactly $258,432) | WaveBox Labs | |
 | Pure Pool | older | $9.99 | 672 58% | 20k | $201k (exactly $201,398) | VooFoo Studios |
 | Pure Pool Pro | $24.99 | 206 66% | 6.2k | $154k (exactly $154,438) | Rockwater | |
 | Drop Pockets | · EA | $14.99 | 243 83% | 7.3k | $109k (exactly $109,277) | Children of Madness |
 | Basketboy's Adventure | $9.99 | 78 78% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $23,377) | greenteagame1 | |
 | My Car My Life | · EA | $1.99 | 171 98% | 5.1k | $10k (exactly $10,209) | Noguiin |
 | 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 | |
 | Angel Club | $6.99 | 20 65% | 600 | $4.2k (exactly $4,194) | イルカのヒレ | |
 | 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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