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Should I ship a Fantasy Bullet Time game?
Bullet Time + Fantasy
Of 50 developers who shipped a Fantasy Bullet Time game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 76 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×1.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $80k, ×129 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 76 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
| Top 25% | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) |
| Top 5% | $81k (exactly $80,968) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 50 |
| Released games | 128 |
| Announced | 76 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 flat on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Fantasy
- 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; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, Roguelike
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 2,173 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. Nearly all of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 76 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 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
Arco 2024 · $1.3M 
Gravity Field 2023 · $700k 
Iron Danger 2020 · $326k 
Maktala: Slime Lootfest 2025 · $201k 
Dredgers 2019 · $169k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Arco | older | $19.99 | 2,185 96% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,310,344) | Franek, Max Cahill, Bibiki, Fáyer |
| | Gravity Field | older | $29.99 | 778 79% | 23k | $700k (exactly $699,967) | Kazakov Studios |
| | Iron Danger | older | $19.99 | 544 73% | 16k | $326k (exactly $326,237) | Action Squad Studios |
| | Maktala: Slime Lootfest | $4.99 | 1,345 79% | 40k | $201k (exactly $201,346) | Samharia Studios | |
| | Dredgers | older | $11.99 | 471 88% | 14k | $169k (exactly $169,419) | Pirate-Rob |
 | Black Gunner Wukong | older | $9.99 | 417 98% | 13k | $125k (exactly $124,975) | Wukong |
 | Active DBG: Brave's Rage | older | $17.99 | 224 80% | 6.7k | $121k (exactly $120,893) | ISVR |
 | Holodance | older | $19.99 | 201 85% | 6.0k | $121k (exactly $120,540) | narayana games UG |
 | Touhou Lensed Night Sky, Kaseigai | $22.00 | 144 95% | 4.3k | $95k (exactly $95,040) | Fire Land | |
 | Samawa Idle | older | $4.99 | 600 65% | 18k | $90k (exactly $89,820) | Samharia Studios |
 | Titans of the Past | $24.99 | 108 83% | 3.2k | $81k (exactly $80,968) | Devil's Dozen Games | |
 | SignaNota | $9.99 | 90 94% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | IvoryHand | |
 | Time Snatcher Handy | $9.99 | 88 96% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $26,374) | PulleyBun, ClockworkCats | |
 | Aerial_Knight's DropShot | $19.99 | 22 90% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Aerial_Knight | |
 | Bouncy Weapons | $4.99 | 85 44% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,724) | LeenGameDev | |
 | Endless waves survival | $1.99 | 202 79% | 6.1k | $12k (exactly $12,059) | Jeferson Belmiro | |
 | Claws of Soria: Escape the Succubus Night | $12.99 | 25 64% | 750 | $9.7k (exactly $9,742) | Byakko MeiMei | |
 | Yawnoc | $4.99 | 64 98% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | DaFluffyPotato |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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