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Should I ship a Dog Bullet Hell?
Bullet Hell + Dogs
Only 13 developers shipped a Dog Bullet Hell 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, Never Ending Beyond, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×2.0 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $5.9k, ×13 the market median. Revenue is down 65% on the market; 10 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $148 (exactly $148) |
|---|---|
| Median | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) |
| Top 5% | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 65% on the market, supply 125% 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
- Dogs
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Bullet Hell; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Arcade
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 111 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 10 games are announced against 9 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
- + CatsFair
- + HackingFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Naval CombatFair
Comparable games
スペルトナエル 2024 · $93k 
QP Shooting - Dangerous!! 2014 · $91k 
Putt-Putt® Goes to the Moon 2014 · $39k 
ProtoCorgi 2023 · $33k 
Rotten Flesh - Cosmic Horror Survival Game 2024 · $32k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
| | Putt-Putt® Goes to the Moon | older | $6.99 | 184 94% | 5.5k | $39k (exactly $38,585) | Humongous Entertainment |
| | ProtoCorgi | older | $6.99 | 157 91% | 4.7k | $33k (exactly $32,923) | Kemono Games |
| | Rotten Flesh - Cosmic Horror Survival Game | older | $11.99 | 90 68% | 2.7k | $32k (exactly $32,373) | Steelkrill Studio |
 | Astrodogs | older | $12.99 | 71 80% | 2.1k | $28k (exactly $27,669) | Dynamic Media Triad |
 | CometStriker DX | older | $14.99 | 53 98% | 1.6k | $24k (exactly $23,834) | Iced Lizard Games |
 | Biolab Wars | older | $4.99 | 109 89% | 3.3k | $16k (exactly $16,317) | 2ndBoss |
 | Super Space Pug | older | $1.99 | 185 55% | 5.6k | $11k (exactly $11,044) | Digital Dawn Studios |
 | Never Ending Beyond | $9.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | One More Dream Studios | |
 | Pancake Patrol | $4.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Power Plins Games | |
 | King Charles: Rise of the Alpha | · EA | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | DodoModo, BoppoLoppo |
 | Peraglees - The Ooloufian Resistance | $3.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $1.4k (exactly $1,436) | DPADFTW | |
 | Donna Survivors | $2.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | RAZE GAMES | |
 | Yellow Trouble | $17.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | DrearyWeary | |
 | Fully Dogomatic | $3.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Tommy Keys | |
 | Adorable Dog: Gnomeageddon | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Outer Pixels | |
 | On Your Notebook | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Marimori | |
 | Endless Furry Slayer | $0.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | Tegridy Made Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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