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Should I ship a Bullet Time Souls-like?
Souls-like + Bullet Time
Only 11 developers shipped a Bullet Time Souls-like 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, Gun Frog, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.6k against a market of $1.5k. 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) |
| Top 25% | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) |
| Top 5% | $65k (exactly $64,820) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 28 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 65% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Souls-like
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Bullet Time
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Souls-like, Bullet Time
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 560 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Souls-like with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + JRPGFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + PsychologicalFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + Precision PlatformerLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + WarPoor odds
- + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds
- + RomancePoor odds
Comparable games
Hellsweeper VR 2023 · $311k 
Neckbreak 2022 · $199k 
Gun Frog 2024 · $65k 
ONE BTN BOSSES 2024 · $59k 
Ball-it Hell 2024 · $33k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hellsweeper VR | older | $19.99 | 519 85% | 16k | $311k (exactly $311,244) | Mixed Realms Pte Ltd |
| | Neckbreak | older | $15.99 | 415 79% | 12k | $199k (exactly $199,076) | MGP Studios, Solid9 Studio |
| | Gun Frog | $4.99 | 433 94% | 13k | $65k (exactly $64,820) | Zoteling | |
| | ONE BTN BOSSES | older | $11.99 | 165 87% | 5.0k | $59k (exactly $59,350) | Midnight Munchies |
| | Ball-it Hell | older | $2.99 | 368 95% | 11k | $33k (exactly $33,010) | Jamesika |
 | Void -Dementia- | older | $14.99 | 29 58% | 870 | $13k (exactly $13,041) | J2YSOFT |
 | ODDRooM | $14.99 | 26 96% | 780 | $12k (exactly $11,692) | TEAM ODD | |
 | Unbroken: The Awakening | · EA | $10.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | MGP Studios |
 | Duck Paradox | $9.99 | 19 100% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | Magic Games | |
 | Roll the Ball | older | $6.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $3.1k (exactly $3,146) | InBetween Realities |
 | Law of Demons | $12.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | Sierra Nevada Tunis | |
 | BROKEN SOUL : Boss Rush | $12.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.6k (exactly $1,559) | DoubleJLabs | |
 | Banana Ragdoll | $0.99 | 30 93% | 900 | $891 (exactly $891) | Banana Team | |
 | TIME SOUL | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Kubrick | |
 | Nice Pro? | $0.99 | 15 100% | 450 | $446 (exactly $446) | NicePro | |
 | COLD BOOT | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | DIG Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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