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Should I ship a Female-Led Boss Rush game?
Boss Rush + Female Protagonist
Only 12 developers shipped a Female-Led Boss Rush 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, Rubinite, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.6k, ×3.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $630; 1 in 20 cleared $2.1M, ×4529 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 21 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) |
| Top 25% | $50k (exactly $50,000) |
| Top 5% | $2.2M (exactly $2,151,124) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 400% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Boss Rush
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Boss Rush
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 5,431 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 21 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Boss Rush with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RPGFair
- + Action RoguelikeFair
- + Sci-fiFair
- + ShooterFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + Action-AdventurePoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + Souls-likePoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + RoguelitePoor odds
Comparable games
Rubinite 2026 · $2.2M 
Terminator 2D: NO FATE 2025 · $1.3M 
Jotun: Valhalla Edition 2015 · $996k 
NanoApostle 2024 · $710k 
The Void Rains Upon Her Heart 2018 · EA · $645k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rubinite | $19.99 | 3,587 94% | 108k | $2.2M (exactly $2,151,124) | Cup Dog Games, GameWorks Ventures | |
| | Terminator 2D: NO FATE | $29.99 | 1,450 84% | 44k | $1.3M (exactly $1,304,565) | Bitmap Bureau | |
| | Jotun: Valhalla Edition | older | $14.99 | 2,215 77% | 66k | $996k (exactly $996,086) | Thunder Lotus |
| | NanoApostle | older | $19.99 | 1,184 95% | 36k | $710k (exactly $710,045) | 18Light Game Ltd. |
| | The Void Rains Upon Her Heart | · EA older | $12.99 | 1,655 99% | 50k | $645k (exactly $644,954) | Veyeral Games |
 | ITTA | older | $14.99 | 386 89% | 12k | $174k (exactly $173,584) | Glass Revolver |
 | Air Twister | older | $24.99 | 101 93% | 3.0k | $76k (exactly $75,720) | YS NET |
 | Second Stellar | · EA | $4.99 | 334 99% | 10k | $50k (exactly $50,000) | Pepperlog |
 | BOSSGAME: The Final Boss Is My Heart | older | $9.99 | 83 98% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $24,875) | Lilycore Games |
 | Healer | $9.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Valentin Louvet | |
 | InTheLake | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | ZhiZhi | |
 | BROKEN SOUL : Boss Rush | $12.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | DoubleJLabs | |
 | Beats&Boss | $2.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | XiHuanMang | |
 | Kill Source: Neon Hemorrhage | $5.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Berihime Studio | |
 | CatBun Idle | $6.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Lone Pixel Studios | |
 | Dogfight Darlings | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | dull rat |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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