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Should I ship a Robot Bullet Time game?
Bullet Time + Robots
Only 17 developers shipped a Robot 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.. 31 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $30 in the last 2 years and $120 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 9 developers shipped in the last year and 31 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30 (exactly $30) |
| Top 25% | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) |
| Top 5% | $275k (exactly $274,767) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 68 |
| Announced | 31 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 15% more developers than 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
- Robots
- 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, Shooter, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Pixel Graphics, 2D, Difficult
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 9 games average 94% positive over 1,049 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 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
Vanquish 2017 · $4.2M 
Sairento VR 2018 · $1.3M 
RAM: Random Access Mayhem 2025 · $275k 
Neon Inferno 2025 · $227k 
ARMORED HEAD 2020 · $184k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Vanquish | older | $19.99 | 6,974 89% | 209k | $4.2M (exactly $4,182,308) | PlatinumGames, Little Stone Software |
| | Sairento VR | older | $29.99 | 1,448 86% | 43k | $1.3M (exactly $1,302,766) | Mixed Realms Pte Ltd, Swag Soft Holding… (Mixed Realms Pte Ltd, Swag Soft Holdings Pte Ltd) |
| | RAM: Random Access Mayhem | $14.99 | 611 97% | 18k | $275k (exactly $274,767) | Xylem Studios | |
| | Neon Inferno | $19.99 | 378 92% | 11k | $227k (exactly $226,687) | Zenovia Interactive | |
| | ARMORED HEAD | older | $4.99 | 1,229 98% | 37k | $184k (exactly $183,981) | Egor Rezenov |
 | Cobalt | older | $14.99 | 341 92% | 10k | $153k (exactly $153,348) | Oxeye Game Studio |
 | Aeon | older | $9.99 | 238 71% | 7.1k | $71k (exactly $71,329) | Illusion Ranger |
 | Rigid Force Alpha | older | $19.99 | 118 78% | 3.5k | $71k (exactly $70,765) | com8com1 Software |
 | Lithium City | older | $7.99 | 286 92% | 8.6k | $69k (exactly $68,554) | Nico Tuason |
 | District Steel | · EA older | $24.99 | 76 93% | 2.3k | $57k (exactly $56,977) | Barricade Studio |
 | Time Hacker | $14.99 | 24 70% | 720 | $11k (exactly $10,793) | Joy Way | |
 | Blast Rush LS | $9.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Bipedal Dog | |
 | Blood Storm: Alien Purge | $4.99 | 15 73% | 450 | $2.2k (exactly $2,246) | Nicholas Games | |
 | SCP: Pale Weaver | $5.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | why so serious? | |
 | Underway (Remastered) | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Matt McGreevy, Charlie Martini | |
 | Terra Avoider | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Ian Davey | |
 | Intruder Alert | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | Stylish Esper | |
 | lone.AI | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Digital Drank |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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