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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Cat Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Cats

Of 75 developers who shipped a Cat Score Attack game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 89 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 47 developers shipped in the last year and 89 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue down 45% on the market, 89 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Score Attack + Cats
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 75
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $3.4k → $1.1k → $2.2k → $1.2k → $1.0k → $629 → $449 (still earning) → $120 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Cats: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 75
Bottom 30% $119 (exactly $119)
Median $358 (exactly $358)
Top 25% $2.3k (exactly $2,328)
Top 5% $46k (exactly $46,344)
Developers, 2 yr 75
Released games 277
Announced 89
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $1.99

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 45% on the market, supply 55% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Cats
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Score Attack; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Creature Collector, Point & Click
Price point
$1.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Relaxing, Cartoony
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $1.99.

The top 10 games average 92% positive over 3,813 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $360, 1 in 4 over $2.3k, 1 in 20 over $46k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 77 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 89 games are announced against 47 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Score Attack with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair23 devs · median $6.2k · 24 announced
  2. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  3. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  4. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  5. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  6. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  7. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  8. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  9. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  10. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  11. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  12. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Bits & Bops 2025 · $863k Urban Jungle 2025 · $240k SpunkStock: Music Festival 2023 · $183k Tasty Planet Forever 2018 · $137k Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens 2024 · $95k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Bits & Bops $15.99 1,799 91% 54k $863k (exactly $862,980) Tempo Lab Games
Urban Jungle $11.99 667 90% 20k $240k (exactly $239,920) KYLYK
SpunkStock: Music Festival older $14.99 406 95% 12k $183k (exactly $182,578) RegulusNSFW
Tasty Planet Forever older $12.99 352 87% 11k $137k (exactly $137,174) Dingo Games
Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens older $9.99 318 80% 9.5k $95k (exactly $95,305) Chris McFarland
Russian Subway Dogs older $14.99 206 97% 6.2k $93k (exactly $92,638) Spooky Squid Games Inc.
PROJEKT GODHAND $15.80 158 96% 4.7k $75k (exactly $74,892) Anarch Entertainment
LOOTPLOT $6.99 221 94% 6.6k $46k (exactly $46,344) CodeTheory Ltd
Pix the Cat older $4.99 204 85% 6.1k $31k (exactly $30,539) Pastagames
NEKO ARENA older $1.99 444 83% 13k $27k (exactly $26,507) Neko Cloud
Pet the Cat $4.99 155 83% 4.7k $23k (exactly $23,204) MEWSTURBO
MEMOLOGY 2: OLD TIMES $0.99 527 95% 16k $16k (exactly $15,652) hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm
Many Mini Typing Games $5.99 46 97% 1.4k $8.3k (exactly $8,266) GirambQuamb
100 Cats London $1.99 111 96% 3.3k $6.6k (exactly $6,627) 100 Cats
100 Aztec Cats $1.99 109 89% 3.3k $6.5k (exactly $6,507) 100 Cozy Games, Cats
Melody Friends $7.99 20 100% 600 $4.8k (exactly $4,794) WINE GL

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.