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Should I ship a Cat Bullet Hell?
Bullet Hell + Cats
Of 44 developers who shipped a Cat Bullet Hell 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.. 59 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×3.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $420. Revenue is down 20% on the market; 59 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $419 (exactly $419) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 25% | $7.7k (exactly $7,661) |
| Top 5% | $26k (exactly $26,374) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 44 |
| Released games | 88 |
| Announced | 59 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 20% on the market, supply 115% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Bullet Hell
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Cats
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Bullet Hell; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Roguelite
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Cute, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,590 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 9 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 59 games are announced against 30 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Bullet Hell with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SuperheroStrong odds
- + FaithFair
- + VampiresFair
- + Creature CollectorFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
- + PiratesFair
- + HackingFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Naval CombatFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
Comparable games
Atomicrops 2020 · $2.3M 
Portal Dungeon 2023 · $447k 
PUSS! 2018 · $318k 
Morsels 2025 · $248k 
Cat Bait 2024 · EA · $216k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Atomicrops | older | $14.99 | 5,134 93% | 154k | $2.3M (exactly $2,308,760) | Bird Bath Games |
| | Portal Dungeon | older | $14.99 | 995 88% | 30k | $447k (exactly $447,452) | Dusk Dog Studio |
| | PUSS! | older | $9.99 | 1,062 92% | 32k | $318k (exactly $318,281) | teamcoil |
| | Morsels | $14.99 | 552 75% | 17k | $248k (exactly $248,234) | Furcula | |
| | Cat Bait | · EA older | $4.99 | 1,446 96% | 43k | $216k (exactly $216,466) | Mayni prod. |
 | Copy Kitty | older | $14.99 | 345 97% | 10k | $155k (exactly $155,146) | Nuclear Strawberry |
 | Maze Mice | $9.99 | 315 88% | 9.5k | $94k (exactly $94,406) | TrampolineTales | |
 | スペルトナエル | older | $8.99 | 344 97% | 10k | $93k (exactly $92,777) | おまど |
 | QP Shooting - Dangerous!! | older | $7.99 | 378 94% | 11k | $91k (exactly $90,607) | Orange_Juice |
 | ARMORED KITTEN | older | $4.99 | 465 83% | 14k | $70k (exactly $69,610) | Ducat |
 | Time Snatcher Handy | $9.99 | 88 96% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,374) | PulleyBun, ClockworkCats | |
 | Beatdown City Survivors | $9.99 | 80 98% | 2.4k | $24k (exactly $23,976) | NuChallenger | |
 | Pet the Cat | $4.99 | 155 83% | 4.7k | $23k (exactly $23,204) | MEWSTURBO | |
 | Kitty's Last Adventure | $4.99 | 144 97% | 4.3k | $22k (exactly $21,557) | Woum | |
 | Cat Girl Survivor | $14.99 | 45 55% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | Minimum Studio Corp. | |
 | Witch & Bun Cats | $7.99 | 57 77% | 1.7k | $14k (exactly $13,663) | Night Owl Games | |
 | Soba's Gunpaw | $2.99 | 130 93% | 3.9k | $12k (exactly $11,661) | Evrac Studio | |
 | Princess of the Water Lilies | $14.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | Why Knot Studio, Red Dunes Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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