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Should I ship a Bullet Time Logic game?
Bullet Time + Logic
Only 9 developers shipped a Bullet Time Logic 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, Time Hacker, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×2.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $840. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $838 (exactly $838) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) |
| Top 5% | $11k (exactly $10,793) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 250% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, 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
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Bullet Time, Logic
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 73% positive over 181 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $840. 7 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Bullet Time with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + NoirFair
- + Boomer ShooterFair
- + LootFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + StrategyFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Quick-Time EventsLong shot
- + On-Rails ShooterLong shot
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
Comparable games
Gravity Field 2023 · $700k 
Time Lock VR 2 2022 · $66k 
We Are One 2023 · $22k 
Time Hacker 2025 · $11k 
ParryMaster 2025 · $6.5k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Gravity Field | older | $29.99 | 778 79% | 23k | $700k (exactly $699,967) | Kazakov Studios |
| | Time Lock VR 2 | older | $12.99 | 170 88% | 5.1k | $66k (exactly $66,249) | WR-VRG |
| | We Are One | older | $9.99 | 75 93% | 2.3k | $22k (exactly $22,478) | Flat Head Studio |
| | Time Hacker | $14.99 | 24 70% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | Joy Way | |
| | ParryMaster | $2.99 | 72 75% | 2.2k | $6.5k (exactly $6,458) | GOGOIO Games | |
 | Roads Of Rome: Portals Collector's Edition | older | $5.99 | 32 81% | 960 | $5.8k (exactly $5,750) | Qumaron |
 | Okay, Panic! | older | $9.99 | 18 38% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Outer Harbour |
 | TYPE | $4.99 | 17 88% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | Parcyval | |
 | Incremental Ragebait | $3.99 | 18 38% | 540 | $2.2k (exactly $2,155) | Ill-Fated Studios | |
 | Arrive In Time | $3.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Hade Games | |
 | Clankers! | $2.99 | 20 55% | 600 | $1.8k (exactly $1,794) | Ill-Fated Studios | |
 | 白色归途 | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | M芒果ngo | |
 | Chromadi | · EA | $3.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | Kleanup Games |
 | Ropeat | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ropeat Team | |
 | thelastonebullet | $6.72 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Taha Demir |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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