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Should I ship a Mining Bullet Hell?
Mining + Bullet Hell
Only 12 developers shipped a Mining 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, Kin and Conquest, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $59k, ×126 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 32 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $20k (exactly $19,655) |
| Top 5% | $60k (exactly $59,640) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 1000% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Mining
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Bullet Hell
- 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
- Mining, Bullet Hell
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 73% positive over 571 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 32 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Mining with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + FarmingStrong odds
- + TradingFair
- + DwarvesFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + EconomyFair
- + AutomationFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + NatureFair
- + IdlerFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + CollectathonFair
Comparable games
Swarm Grinder 2024 · $279k 
Kin and Conquest 2026 · $60k 
Repetendium 2022 · EA · $40k 
Mining Survivors 2025 · $20k 
Ballatory 2026 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Swarm Grinder | older | $7.99 | 1,163 76% | 35k | $279k (exactly $278,771) | Last Bite Games |
| | Kin and Conquest | $9.99 | 199 73% | 6.0k | $60k (exactly $59,640) | The Fox Knocks | |
| | Repetendium | · EA older | $5.99 | 220 92% | 6.6k | $40k (exactly $39,534) | Bearlex Games |
| | Mining Survivors | $4.99 | 132 74% | 4.0k | $20k (exactly $19,760) | Wonderbounce Games | |
| | Ballatory | $7.99 | 82 78% | 2.5k | $20k (exactly $19,655) | Mini Fun Games | |
 | Orb Breaker | $4.99 | 118 61% | 3.5k | $18k (exactly $17,665) | Aarimous and Thornity | |
 | Gun Bombers | older | $3.99 | 35 91% | 1.1k | $4.2k (exactly $4,190) | Antti Vaihia |
 | DOWNMOUSE | $3.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $3.0k (exactly $2,992) | WobblyHandStudio | |
 | The Lab and Dungeons | older | $5.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $1.6k (exactly $1,617) | DotXY100 |
 | Soulknight Survivor | older | $1.99 | 18 61% | 540 | $1.1k (exactly $1,075) | SE Development |
 | IRONBORNE | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Tres Interactive | |
 | Cosmic Crusher | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Mateusz P. | |
 | Zigdig | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | stehudz | |
 | Ironvale | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Kelmen Studios | |
 | Earth’s Last Defense Idle Fleet | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Jimmy Wilson, Colton Wilson, Hunter Wil… (Jimmy Wilson, Colton Wilson, Hunter Wilson, Julie A Wilson, Baylee Wilson, Jolie Wilson, Julie Wilson) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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