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Should I ship a Bullet Time Precision Platformer?
Bullet Time + Precision Platformer
Only 17 developers shipped a Bullet Time Precision Platformer 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, Sacre Bleu, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 34 more are announced, ×4.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 34 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $446 (exactly $446) |
| Top 25% | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) |
| Top 5% | $21k (exactly $20,686) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 56 |
| Announced | 34 |
| 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 up 285% on the market, supply 30% 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
- Precision Platformer
- 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, Precision Platformer; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, 3D Platformer
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Cartoony
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 198 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 34 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.9 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
Pro Gymnast Simulator 2020 · $47k 
Parkour Labs 2024 · $22k 
Sacre Bleu 2025 · $21k 
Presentiment of Death 2023 · $20k 
SPEEDSHOT 2026 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Pro Gymnast Simulator | older | $14.99 | 105 92% | 3.2k | $47k (exactly $47,218) | Walaber Entertainment LLC |
| | Parkour Labs | older | $12.99 | 56 92% | 1.7k | $22k (exactly $21,823) | SoyKhaler |
| | Sacre Bleu | $14.99 | 46 82% | 1.4k | $21k (exactly $20,686) | Hildring Studio Inc | |
| | Presentiment of Death | older | $14.99 | 45 71% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | XOCUS |
| | SPEEDSHOT | $14.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $12k (exactly $12,142) | karmacode | |
 | SATORI | older | $7.99 | 43 76% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,307) | EMOTION THEORY |
 | Sheep Seeker | $9.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | Isaac MENARD, Luna GARCIN, Alexander KI… (Isaac MENARD, Luna GARCIN, Alexander KIRK, Séverin RICHARD, Matthieu FARROW, François HANUS, Quentin EUNG, Mattéo GLAIRON-MONDET, Lucas RENARD, Céline TRUONG) | |
 | Knife To Meet You | older | $14.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Mate Magyar |
 | Deedlee Doo! Carkour! | $3.99 | 29 96% | 870 | $3.5k (exactly $3,471) | Just Purkey Games | |
 | DOSTAVKA | $2.99 | 38 92% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | SASHADEV, SASHA | |
 | LightQb | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | RobDoesStuff | |
 | PathUp! | $6.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | Geghamyan Hrachya | |
 | 白色归途 | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | M芒果ngo | |
 | Nice Pro? | $0.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $446 (exactly $446) | NicePro | |
 | A Game About Going Up | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Ragecore Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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