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Should I ship a Split Screen Bullet Hell?
Split Screen + Bullet Hell
Only 13 developers shipped a Split Screen 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, DunHero, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×3.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×3.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $140k, ×228 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 22 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,209) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,190) |
| Top 5% | $143k (exactly $142,941) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Split Screen
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Bullet Hell
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Split Screen, Bullet Hell
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 856 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Split Screen with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
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Comparable games
DunHero 2026 · $143k 
Destropolis 2020 · $46k 
MeowGun: Hell Denizen 2026 · $44k 
FLASHOUT 3 2022 · $33k 
BlastZone 2 2015 · $30k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DunHero | $8.99 | 530 89% | 16k | $143k (exactly $142,941) | Dev Kacper | |
| | Destropolis | older | $5.99 | 255 89% | 7.7k | $46k (exactly $45,824) | Igrek Games |
| | MeowGun: Hell Denizen | $12.99 | 114 98% | 3.4k | $44k (exactly $44,426) | SusaDeBastet | |
| | FLASHOUT 3 | older | $19.99 | 55 61% | 1.7k | $33k (exactly $32,984) | Jujubee S.A. |
| | BlastZone 2 | older | $14.99 | 66 69% | 2.0k | $30k (exactly $29,680) | Matt Edzenga |
 | Bonelords | $6.99 | 94 92% | 2.8k | $20k (exactly $19,712) | Z0 Game Studios | |
 | Chaos on Wheels | $9.99 | 34 67% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Acodeon Development | |
 | Cassiodora | older | $14.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $6.7k (exactly $6,746) | Void Studios |
 | Sacrifice Your Friends | older | $14.99 | 14 71% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Astrolabe Interactive Inc. |
 | VRNOID | older | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Fullmetal Developer |
 | Dirtnap | · EA | $7.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $4.6k (exactly $4,554) | Unstable Entity, Part Time Monkey, Nitr… (Unstable Entity, Part Time Monkey, Nitroyale) |
 | A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher | $9.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Ask An Enemy Studios | |
 | Cat's Wars | · EA | $1.99 | 37 81% | 1.1k | $2.2k (exactly $2,209) | Antelus Games |
 | Steinstern: Spacewar | $6.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $2.1k (exactly $2,097) | Chris Baum | |
 | BattleTanks - Animal Wars | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Kasur Games | |
 | Aluna Rift | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Ben Lowther-Saul |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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