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Should I ship a Bullet Time Multiple Endings game?
Bullet Time + Multiple Endings
Only 10 developers shipped a Bullet Time Multiple Endings 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, Guns of Fury, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×9.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $23k against a market of $630. 28 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) |
|---|---|
| Median | $23k (exactly $23,077) |
| Top 25% | $75k (exactly $74,707) |
| Top 5% | $427k (exactly $427,215) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 28 |
| 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 up 2255% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Bullet Time, Multiple Endings
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 2,234 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $5.7k. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×9.3 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
Singularity™ 2010 · $4.9M 
Guns of Fury 2025 · $427k 
Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum 2025 · $327k 
Neckbreak 2022 · $199k 
Recompile 2021 · $87k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Singularity™ | older | $29.99 | 5,487 93% | 165k | $4.9M (exactly $4,936,654) | Raven Software |
| | Guns of Fury | $14.99 | 950 88% | 29k | $427k (exactly $427,215) | Gelato Games Ltd | |
| | Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum | $12.99 | 839 98% | 25k | $327k (exactly $326,958) | nodayshalleraseyou | |
| | Neckbreak | older | $15.99 | 415 79% | 12k | $199k (exactly $199,076) | MGP Studios, Solid9 Studio |
| | Recompile | older | $19.99 | 145 67% | 4.4k | $87k (exactly $86,956) | Phigames |
 | PARKSIDE: DECAYED SOUL MANIPULATION | $13.99 | 178 87% | 5.3k | $75k (exactly $74,707) | Banana Hardsoft | |
 | Rigid Force Alpha | older | $19.99 | 118 78% | 3.5k | $71k (exactly $70,765) | com8com1 Software |
 | SignaNota | $9.99 | 90 94% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | IvoryHand | |
 | Avium | older | $29.99 | 26 76% | 780 | $23k (exactly $23,392) | The Robot |
 | 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 |
 | COLD VR | $19.99 | 28 60% | 840 | $17k (exactly $16,792) | ALLWARE LLC | |
 | Duck Paradox | $9.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Magic Games | |
 | Pigeon Hater | $1.99 | 48 95% | 1.4k | $2.9k (exactly $2,866) | Gif2MemeGame | |
 | Wild Willy West | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Team Sloop | |
 | Doom Drive | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Berk Kalfa |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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