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Should I ship a Logic Bullet Hell?
Bullet Hell + Logic
Of 21 developers who shipped a Logic 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.. 21 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×2.0 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 1245% on the market; 21 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $955 (exactly $955) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 5% | $122k (exactly $122,247) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 21 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 21 |
| 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 up 1245% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Bullet Hell, Logic; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Roguelite
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $18.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Minimalist, Stylized
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $18.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 3,205 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 14 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Bullet Hell with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + VampiresFair
- + Creature CollectorFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
- + PiratesFair
- + CatsFair
- + HackingFair
- + Time ManagementFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Naval CombatFair
Comparable games
Glyphica: Typing Survival 2024 · EA · $746k 
Net.Attack() - Code or Die! 2026 · $122k 
ArmorSim 2026 · EA · $44k 
Flewfie's Adventure 2021 · $7.2k 
Hyperstacks 2026 · $6.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Glyphica: Typing Survival | · EA | $9.99 | 2,488 90% | 75k | $746k (exactly $745,654) | aliasBLACK |
| | Net.Attack() - Code or Die! | $7.99 | 510 80% | 15k | $122k (exactly $122,247) | ByteRockers' Games | |
| | ArmorSim | · EA | $18.99 | 77 57% | 2.3k | $44k (exactly $43,867) | Timerlan Galimov |
| | Flewfie's Adventure | older | $9.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Cosmic Boop, Valorware |
| | Hyperstacks | $19.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $6.6k (exactly $6,597) | Squirrel Bytes | |
 | HexTD | · EA older | $4.99 | 27 70% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Detective Games |
 | impossiBot | older | $7.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Byte Kinematics |
 | TYPE | $4.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Parcyval | |
 | Blightseed | $6.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Zen of Mars | |
 | Symphorix | · EA | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | OnTriggerJoy |
 | Pulslink | $6.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | FatCoke | |
 | CPU Invaders - Aim Hero | $0.99 | 53 100% | 1.6k | $1.6k (exactly $1,574) | Microblast Games | |
 | Mad World Survivors | $1.99 | 17 64% | 510 | $1.0k (exactly $1,015) | BadWolf Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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