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Should I ship a Bullet Time Physics game?
Bullet Time + Physics
Of 51 developers who shipped a Bullet Time Physics 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.. 89 more are announced, ×4.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $64k, ×103 the market median. Revenue is up 55% on the market; 89 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $446 (exactly $446) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,058) |
| Top 5% | $65k (exactly $64,820) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 51 |
| Released games | 165 |
| Announced | 89 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 up 55% on the market, supply 30% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Bullet Time
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Physics
- effort 5 / 10 · low · emergent simulation bugs need hands-on tuning
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Bullet Time, Physics; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Combat
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Funny, Stylized
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 1,750 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 36 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 89 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.2 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
My Friend Pedro 2019 · $15M 
HARD BULLET 2020 · EA · $3.5M 
Maximum Action 2018 · EA · $2.2M 
Gravity Field 2023 · $700k 
STANDBOX 2023 · $693k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | My Friend Pedro | older | $19.99 | 24,570 95% | 737k | $15M (exactly $14,734,629) | DeadToast Entertainment |
| | HARD BULLET | · EA older | $19.99 | 5,860 83% | 176k | $3.5M (exactly $3,514,242) | GexagonVR |
| | Maximum Action | · EA older | $19.99 | 3,674 89% | 110k | $2.2M (exactly $2,203,298) | George Mandell |
| | Gravity Field | older | $29.99 | 778 79% | 23k | $700k (exactly $699,967) | Kazakov Studios |
| | STANDBOX | older | $7.99 | 2,890 90% | 87k | $693k (exactly $692,733) | RealityBeholder |
 | BRUTALISTICK VR | · EA older | $9.99 | 1,793 94% | 54k | $537k (exactly $537,362) | Kubunautilus |
 | SPRAWL zero | $24.99 | 710 94% | 21k | $532k (exactly $532,287) | MAETH | |
 | Disassembly 3D | older | $29.99 | 309 81% | 9.3k | $278k (exactly $278,007) | Khor Chin Heong |
 | Dark Future: Blood Red States (Classic) | older | $24.99 | 250 70% | 7.5k | $187k (exactly $187,425) | Auroch Digital |
 | NightClub Simulator | · EA older | $6.99 | 869 92% | 26k | $182k (exactly $182,229) | mandegames |
 | Plastic Battlegrounds | · EA | $9.99 | 281 89% | 8.4k | $84k (exactly $84,216) | Simulated Minds |
 | Gun Frog | $4.99 | 433 94% | 13k | $65k (exactly $64,820) | Zoteling | |
 | 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 |
 | Deadliest Pigeon | $6.99 | 99 93% | 3.0k | $21k (exactly $20,760) | Rusty Rex | |
 | Bouncy Weapons | $4.99 | 85 44% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,724) | LeenGameDev | |
 | Ash & Adam's GOBSMACKED | $4.99 | 37 86% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Ash & Adam's Games | |
 | Prop Sumo | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Barrel Roll Games | |
 | Ragdoll Playground | $9.99 | 13 69% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Paphnutius | |
 | AI Games | $59.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $3.6k (exactly $3,599) | SUNYU Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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