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Should I ship a Western Bullet Time game?
Bullet Time + Western
Only 6 developers shipped a Western 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, Saloonery, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $630. 7 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 5% | $12k (exactly $12,288) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 80% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, 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
- Western
- 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
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 36,236 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 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
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger 2013 · $9.4M 
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood 2009 · $1.3M 
Arco 2024 · $1.3M 
GUN™ 2006 · $1.3M 
Call of Juarez 2007 · $1.1M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Call of Juarez: Gunslinger | older | $14.99 | 20,869 94% | 626k | $9.4M (exactly $9,384,789) | Techland |
| | Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood | older | $9.99 | 4,393 86% | 132k | $1.3M (exactly $1,316,582) | Techland |
| | Arco | older | $19.99 | 2,185 96% | 66k | $1.3M (exactly $1,310,344) | Franek, Max Cahill, Bibiki, Fáyer |
| | GUN™ | older | $19.99 | 2,102 91% | 63k | $1.3M (exactly $1,260,569) | Neversoft |
| | Call of Juarez | older | $9.99 | 3,732 81% | 112k | $1.1M (exactly $1,118,480) | Techland |
 | Kill The Crows | older | $4.99 | 2,848 95% | 85k | $426k (exactly $426,346) | 5minlab Corp. |
 | Black Trail VR | older | $24.99 | 33 42% | 990 | $25k (exactly $24,740) | Red Horizon |
 | Saloonery | $9.99 | 41 97% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $12,288) | Bow Tie Cat Studios | |
 | Dynamic Shooting VR | older | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Polyfun Games |
 | REDSHOT | older | $7.99 | 17 70% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Brian Lynch |
 | Periodicity - Hats and scars | $4.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | PunPun.Studio | |
 | Golfslinger | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Chaos Cactus | |
 | Wild Willy West | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Team Sloop | |
 | TIME COWBOY | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | carlosfruitcup |
 | Low Noon: The Gunless Goon | · EA | $10.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | AD Softwares |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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