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Should I ship a Demon Bullet Time game?
Bullet Time + Demons
Only 13 developers shipped a Demon Bullet Time 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, KILL KNIGHT, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×4.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $810k, ×1292 the market median. Revenue is down 35% on the market; 16 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $11,058) |
| Top 5% | $811k (exactly $811,259) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 down 35% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- Demons
- 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
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 2,258 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Bullet Time with a different setting or mood, 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
HYPER DEMON 2022 · $1.4M 
KILL KNIGHT 2024 · $811k 
Dread Templar 2023 · $657k 
Warstride Challenges 2023 · $145k 
Devilated 2024 · $98k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | HYPER DEMON | older | $14.99 | 3,087 94% | 93k | $1.4M (exactly $1,388,224) | Sorath |
| | KILL KNIGHT | $14.99 | 1,804 93% | 54k | $811k (exactly $811,259) | PlaySide | |
| | Dread Templar | older | $19.99 | 1,096 82% | 33k | $657k (exactly $657,271) | T19 Games |
| | Warstride Challenges | older | $19.99 | 242 89% | 7.3k | $145k (exactly $145,127) | Dream Powered Games |
| | Devilated | $19.99 | 163 85% | 4.9k | $98k (exactly $97,751) | Trunka | |
 | Impaler Gold | older | $4.99 | 466 92% | 14k | $70k (exactly $69,760) | Apptivus |
 | CROSSBOW: Bloodnight | older | $2.99 | 376 74% | 11k | $34k (exactly $33,727) | Hyperstrange |
 | Void -Dementia- | older | $14.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | J2YSOFT |
 | Endless waves survival | $1.99 | 202 79% | 6.1k | $12k (exactly $12,059) | Jeferson Belmiro | |
 | Happy Monster | · EA | $8.99 | 41 82% | 1.2k | $11k (exactly $11,058) | Destined Game Studio |
 | HexWind | $11.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $4.7k (exactly $4,676) | Charm Games | |
 | DOOM SPIRAL | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Forbidden Saucery | |
 | BACKFIRE | $9.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | SQYD.studio | |
 | Devil's Desk | $13.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.7k (exactly $1,679) | Dandy Dog | |
 | The Void Project | $4.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Silver Demon Studios | |
 | Hellfire Rampage VR | $9.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Nazar Korinnyi |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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