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Should I ship a Bullet Time Choices Matter game?
Bullet Time + Choices Matter
Only 13 developers shipped a Bullet Time Choices Matter game 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, Titans of the Past, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 39 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 12 developers shipped in the last year and 39 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $239 (exactly $239) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) |
| Top 5% | $81k (exactly $80,968) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 51 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 1100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Bullet Time
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Choices Matter
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Bullet Time, Choices Matter
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 388 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 39 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Bullet Time with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + NoirFair
- + LogicFair
- + Boomer ShooterFair
- + LootFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + StrategyFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Quick-Time EventsLong shot
- + On-Rails ShooterLong shot
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
Comparable games
Quantum Break 2016 · $28M 
Arco 2024 · $1.3M 
Neckbreak 2022 · $199k 
Titan Attacks! 2012 · $196k 
Samawa Idle 2023 · $90k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Quantum Break | older | $39.99 | 23,141 86% | 694k | $28M (exactly $27,762,258) | Remedy Entertainment |
| | Arco | older | $19.99 | 2,185 96% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,310,344) | Franek, Max Cahill, Bibiki, Fáyer |
| | Neckbreak | older | $15.99 | 415 79% | 12k | $199k (exactly $199,076) | MGP Studios, Solid9 Studio |
| | Titan Attacks! | older | $9.99 | 654 92% | 20k | $196k (exactly $196,004) | Puppygames |
| | Samawa Idle | older | $4.99 | 600 65% | 18k | $90k (exactly $89,820) | Samharia Studios |
 | Ira | older | $19.99 | 140 75% | 4.2k | $84k (exactly $83,958) | ABShot |
 | Titans of the Past | $24.99 | 108 83% | 3.2k | $81k (exactly $80,968) | Devil's Dozen Games | |
 | PARKSIDE: DECAYED SOUL MANIPULATION | $13.99 | 178 87% | 5.3k | $75k (exactly $74,707) | Banana Hardsoft | |
 | Sniper Camouflage Orange Spy Warrior I Buried Two Bodies in the Garden and the Police Haven't Figured Out Yet That They're Missing Because They Were a Lonely Old Couple Who Had No Relatives Simulator 2026 | · EA | $9.99 | 77 66% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $23,077) | The Only Way Out |
 | The Blight | · EA older | $19.99 | 32 46% | 960 | $19k (exactly $19,190) | Ethereal Entertainment Tmi |
 | Bass Defense - Rhythm Meets Strategy | $5.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) | WOMBEX Games | |
 | Super Smash Asteroids | $4.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Switchback | |
 | Gun Of Fate: The Silver Gun Of Ylia | $7.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $240 (exactly $240) | NiceandSimple Gaming | |
 | TOWERPULSE | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | HAT Media | |
 | Rogue Cave | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Rogue Gecko | |
 | Missile Man | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Budget Racing Co. | |
 | Skillbound | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | 1337 Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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