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Should I ship a Time Management Bullet Hell?
Bullet Hell + Time Management
Only 11 developers shipped a Time Management 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, Deadly Days: Roadtrip, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×2.5 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $540. Revenue is up 2765% on the market; 15 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $538 (exactly $538) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 25% | $26k (exactly $26,374) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,283,894) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 2765% on the market, supply 165% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Time Management
- 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, Time Management
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 3,504 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $540. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 8 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
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- + PiratesFair
- + CatsFair
- + HackingFair
- + Card BattlerFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Naval CombatFair
- + Mystery DungeonFair
Comparable games
Deadly Days: Roadtrip 2025 · EA · $1.3M 
Net.Attack() - Code or Die! 2026 · $122k 
Time Snatcher Handy 2025 · $26k 
ReTrime 2024 · $5.8k 
French Fries Pusher Friends 2024 · $4.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Deadly Days: Roadtrip | · EA | $14.99 | 2,855 87% | 86k | $1.3M (exactly $1,283,894) | Pixelsplit |
| | Net.Attack() - Code or Die! | $7.99 | 510 80% | 15k | $122k (exactly $122,247) | ByteRockers' Games | |
| | Time Snatcher Handy | $9.99 | 88 96% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,374) | PulleyBun, ClockworkCats | |
| | ReTrime | $15.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.8k (exactly $5,756) | DoubleSystem | |
| | French Fries Pusher Friends | older | $3.99 | 38 42% | 1.1k | $4.5k (exactly $4,549) | STP WORKS |
 | HexTD | · EA older | $4.99 | 27 70% | 810 | $4.0k (exactly $4,042) | Detective Games |
 | Lost to Time | older | $9.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Ephemeral Glades Software |
 | Do I smell Pizza? | older | $4.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | Bad Kid Games |
 | Negative Time | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Round Owl | |
 | ReUse | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | BakeONsoft | |
 | Coreward | $2.99 | 11 72% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | carllacan | |
 | Carajito | $2.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $538 (exactly $538) | Noodle A.M | |
 | vaXinator | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Anonvision | |
 | BallMan | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | CAESARGAMES91 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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