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Should I ship a Modern-Day Bullet Time game?
Bullet Time + Modern
Only 10 developers shipped a Modern-Day 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, Grandpa High on Retro, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $720 against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $17k (exactly $16,776) |
| Top 5% | $496k (exactly $495,700) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 29 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 30% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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
- Modern
- 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
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 87% positive over 2,266 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 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
Grandpa High on Retro 2025 · $496k 
Typing Break 2026 · $26k 
Angry Penguin 2024 · $20k 
Pirate Hunter 2024 · $17k 
Destruction Time! 2021 · EA · $9.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Grandpa High on Retro | $7.99 | 2,068 88% | 62k | $496k (exactly $495,700) | Ashnell Games | |
| | Typing Break | $8.99 | 96 80% | 2.9k | $26k (exactly $25,891) | Tholus | |
| | Angry Penguin | older | $1.99 | 328 92% | 9.8k | $20k (exactly $19,582) | PAIN PEPPER |
| | Pirate Hunter | $6.99 | 80 87% | 2.4k | $17k (exactly $16,776) | DIOsoft | |
| | Destruction Time! | · EA older | $9.99 | 33 75% | 990 | $9.9k (exactly $9,890) | DaT Cat Studio |
 | Death Elevator | older | $7.99 | 25 84% | 750 | $6.0k (exactly $5,992) | Games From The Abyss |
 | 末日杀 Might & Trap: Apocalypse | older | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Hoofun Game Studio |
 | Connor | older | $19.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | MoonShine Games |
 | Temporal Gunslinger | $2.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $987 (exactly $987) | Ledan's Gift | |
 | Combat Cycle | older | $0.99 | 29 55% | 870 | $861 (exactly $861) | Uncle_J Game |
 | SCP: Pale Weaver | $5.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | why so serious? | |
 | Bodycam:Adrenaline | $9.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Rocket Game | |
 | Israel vs. Iran: IRON DOME | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Michael Blair | |
 | Collapse Zone | $6.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | Znan Games | |
 | BlastLast | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Alexoid Studio | |
 | 火线战争The Warfare | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 乐恒工作室 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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