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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic Bullet Time game?
Bullet Time + Post-apocalyptic
Only 18 developers shipped a Post-apocalyptic 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, RAM: Random Access Mayhem, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 46 more are announced, ×5.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.7k, ×2.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $270k, ×438 the market median. Revenue is down 85% on the market; 46 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) |
| Top 25% | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) |
| Top 5% | $275k (exactly $274,767) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 64 |
| Announced | 46 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 down 85% on the market, supply as many developers as 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
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Bullet Time; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Bullet Hell
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 994 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 46 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.1 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
Pistol Whip 2019 · $3.2M 
Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now 2014 · $440k 
Kill The Crows 2023 · $426k 
RAM: Random Access Mayhem 2025 · $275k 
ZomDay 2020 · $230k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pistol Whip | older | $29.99 | 3,586 94% | 108k | $3.2M (exactly $3,226,324) | Cloudhead Games Ltd. |
| | Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now | older | $6.99 | 2,098 89% | 63k | $440k (exactly $439,951) | Dreamworlds |
| | Kill The Crows | older | $4.99 | 2,848 95% | 85k | $426k (exactly $426,346) | 5minlab Corp. |
| | RAM: Random Access Mayhem | $14.99 | 611 97% | 18k | $275k (exactly $274,767) | Xylem Studios | |
| | ZomDay | older | $9.99 | 768 85% | 23k | $230k (exactly $230,170) | Intostudio |
 | Titan Attacks! | older | $9.99 | 654 92% | 20k | $196k (exactly $196,004) | Puppygames |
 | Rise & Shine | older | $9.99 | 453 73% | 14k | $136k (exactly $135,764) | Super Mega Team |
 | UNYIELDER | $24.99 | 117 62% | 3.5k | $88k (exactly $87,715) | TrueWorld Studios | |
 | They Are Coming | · EA older | $2.99 | 624 90% | 19k | $56k (exactly $55,973) | OnHit Developments |
 | DESTRUCTURE: Among Debris | older | $9.99 | 158 90% | 4.7k | $47k (exactly $47,353) | Team Instant Defeat |
 | Flying Tank | $14.99 | 97 86% | 2.9k | $44k (exactly $43,621) | Hexage | |
 | Deadlock Station | $9.99 | 55 80% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | Luxorix Games | |
 | Ash & Adam's GOBSMACKED | $4.99 | 37 86% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Ash & Adam's Games | |
 | Cyborg City | $12.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $3.5k (exactly $3,507) | Cyborg Dreams | |
 | DOSTAVKA | $2.99 | 38 92% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | SASHADEV, SASHA | |
 | Blood Storm: Alien Purge | $4.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Nicholas Games | |
 | Broken Time | $3.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | N777 | |
 | Survivors Dawn: Zombie World | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Uygar Bursalıoğlu |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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