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Should I ship a Physics Bowling game?
Physics + Bowling
Only 12 developers shipped a Physics Bowling 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, PBA Pro Bowling 2026, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 6 developers shipped in the last year and 18 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $4.8k (exactly $4,797) |
| Top 5% | $494k (exactly $494,276) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 39 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 down 80% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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, Bowling
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 92% positive over 572 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
FlatOut 2 2006 · $5.8M 
Rock of Ages 2011 · $1.0M 
PBA Pro Bowling 2026 2025 · $494k 
All-In-One Sports VR 2023 · $420k 
PBA Pro Bowling 2023 2022 · $92k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FlatOut 2 | older | $9.99 | 19,466 95% | 584k | $5.8M (exactly $5,833,960) | Bugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Me… (Bugbear Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Media, Jordan Freeman Group) |
| | Rock of Ages | older | $9.99 | 3,364 92% | 101k | $1.0M (exactly $1,008,191) | ACE Team |
| | PBA Pro Bowling 2026 | $39.99 | 412 91% | 12k | $494k (exactly $494,276) | FarSight Studios | |
| | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
| | PBA Pro Bowling 2023 | older | $29.99 | 102 68% | 3.1k | $92k (exactly $91,769) | FarSight Studios |
 | PBA Pro Bowling | older | $14.99 | 180 78% | 5.4k | $81k (exactly $80,946) | FarSight Studios |
 | PBA Pro Bowling 2021 | older | $14.99 | 102 84% | 3.1k | $46k (exactly $45,869) | FarSight Studios |
 | Super 10 Pin | $11.99 | 92 98% | 2.8k | $33k (exactly $33,092) | Modus Interactive | |
 | ForeVR Bowl VR | older | $19.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $8.4k (exactly $8,396) | ForeVR Games Inc |
 | Bowlers : The bowling experience | $15.99 | 10 80% | 300 | $4.8k (exactly $4,797) | Solid9Games | |
 | BOWLOUT | $1.99 | 43 95% | 1.3k | $2.6k (exactly $2,567) | Sep Horsthuis, Quint Winter | |
 | Skyline Bowling | $4.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | VOODOO | |
 | Bowling Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Pinbowling | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Outstanding Duck | |
 | Bomb Bowling X | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | grin robot | |
 | Physics Puzzle Ball | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DotDot Games | |
 | Jingle Strike VR Bowling | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Spooky Pictures Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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