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Should I ship a Bullet Time Puzzle Platformer?
Bullet Time + Puzzle Platformer
Only 8 developers shipped a Bullet Time Puzzle 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, the Shadow of Swallow, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 22 more are announced, ×5.5 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 $960 against a market of $630. 22 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 25% | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) |
| Top 5% | $3.6k (exactly $3,591) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 22 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 down 70% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- Puzzle 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, Puzzle Platformer
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 714 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 22 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Bullet Time with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Boomer ShooterFair
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- + StrategyFair
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- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
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Comparable games
Ary and the Secret of Seasons 2020 · $161k 
Angry Penguin 2024 · $20k 
Knife To Meet You 2024 · $5.8k 
PROTOCOL 11 - Episode 1 2024 · $4.8k 
Shinobi Shift 2021 · $4.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ary and the Secret of Seasons | older | $39.99 | 134 64% | 4.0k | $161k (exactly $160,760) | eXiin, Fishing Cactus |
| | Angry Penguin | older | $1.99 | 328 92% | 9.8k | $20k (exactly $19,582) | PAIN PEPPER |
| | Knife To Meet You | older | $14.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Mate Magyar |
| | PROTOCOL 11 - Episode 1 | older | $9.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | SETENTIA studios |
| | Shinobi Shift | older | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Semyon Maximov |
 | the Shadow of Swallow | $3.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $3.6k (exactly $3,591) | Raine Studio | |
 | Inner silence | older | $0.99 | 117 77% | 3.5k | $3.5k (exactly $3,475) | Volens Nolens Games |
 | Hole in the Clouds | older | $2.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $2.8k (exactly $2,781) | Shortbread |
 | Blumgi Soccer | older | $2.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $2.2k (exactly $2,153) | Blumgi |
 | Tumblefire | · EA older | $9.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Lost Rabbit Digital |
 | Arrive In Time | $3.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Hade Games | |
 | 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 | |
 | A Game About Going Up | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Ragecore Games | |
 | Supaplex in Solaris | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | InArcade | |
 | ysh park | · EA | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | catheadsnake |
 | Cage & Seek | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Volodymyr Aleksieievskyi |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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