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Should I ship a Bullet Time Sports game?
Sports + Bullet Time
Only 10 developers shipped a Bullet Time Sports 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, Prop Sumo, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120, ×0.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50. 19 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper, while revenue is down 100% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $119 (exactly $119) |
| Top 25% | $505 (exactly $505) |
| Top 5% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 52 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 6%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Bullet Time
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Bullet Time
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 5 games average 89% positive over 48 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Holodance 2020 · $121k 
Retimed 2019 · $64k 
Pro Gymnast Simulator 2020 · $47k 
Ball-it Hell 2024 · $33k 
Presentiment of Death 2023 · $20k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Holodance | older | $19.99 | 201 85% | 6.0k | $121k (exactly $120,540) | narayana games UG |
| | Retimed | older | $14.99 | 142 90% | 4.3k | $64k (exactly $63,857) | Team Maniax |
| | Pro Gymnast Simulator | older | $14.99 | 105 92% | 3.2k | $47k (exactly $47,218) | Walaber Entertainment LLC |
| | Ball-it Hell | older | $2.99 | 368 95% | 11k | $33k (exactly $33,010) | Jamesika |
| | Presentiment of Death | older | $14.99 | 45 71% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | XOCUS |
 | Fishermurs | older | $4.99 | 127 67% | 3.8k | $19k (exactly $19,012) | Reward Hunters |
 | Combat Force | older | $4.99 | 83 46% | 2.5k | $12k (exactly $12,425) | Matt Sowards |
 | subpar pool | older | $9.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $6.6k (exactly $6,593) | grapefrukt games |
 | Knife To Meet You | older | $14.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Mate Magyar |
 | Dynamic Shooting VR | older | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Polyfun Games |
 | Prop Sumo | $9.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Barrel Roll Games | |
 | Dunk Dunk | $6.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Badgerhammer Limited | |
 | Cut it! | $0.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $505 (exactly $505) | ZERO5GAMES | |
 | PongBall | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | NerxStudio | |
 | Gun Shooting Range Aim Master | $1.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Squad Cell | |
 | Dinosaur Hunting Simulator | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Tennis | · EA | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Space Soccer Showdown | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Brancoberto | |
 | Cyber Bike Duels | $14.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bashabeth Games | |
 | BiuBiu | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | GameFox |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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