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Should I ship a Cat Sports game?
Sports + Cats
Only 11 developers shipped a Cat 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, Garfield Kart 2 - All You Can Drift, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $600 against a market of $630. 13 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) |
| Top 5% | $162k (exactly $161,935) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 up 15% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports
- Price point
- $2.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 69% positive over 451 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + Choices MatterFair
Comparable games
Garfield Kart - Furious Racing 2019 · $4.7M 
Garfield Kart 2015 · $1.4M 
Garfield Kart 2 - All You Can Drift 2025 · $162k 
Wand Wars 2016 · $66k 
The Cat Games 2017 · $51k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Garfield Kart - Furious Racing | older | $14.99 | 10,475 88% | 314k | $4.7M (exactly $4,710,608) | Artefacts Studio |
| | Garfield Kart | older | $4.99 | 9,662 88% | 290k | $1.4M (exactly $1,446,401) | Artefacts Studio |
| | Garfield Kart 2 - All You Can Drift | $24.99 | 216 45% | 6.5k | $162k (exactly $161,935) | Eden Games | |
| | Wand Wars | older | $11.99 | 183 96% | 5.5k | $66k (exactly $65,825) | Moonradish Inc. |
| | The Cat Games | older | $1.99 | 855 89% | 26k | $51k (exactly $51,044) | M. Hanka |
 | Fisti-Fluffs | older | $19.99 | 22 63% | 660 | $13k (exactly $13,193) | Playfellow Studio |
 | My Life: Pet Vet | older | $14.99 | 19 42% | 570 | $8.5k (exactly $8,544) | Caipirinha Games |
 | MEMOLOGY: ITALIAN BRAINROT | $0.99 | 148 91% | 4.4k | $4.4k (exactly $4,396) | hannibalnotdead, Gamesforfarm | |
 | SLASH OF BULLET | older | $9.99 | 8 87% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | kan.kikuchi |
 | Frisbee For Fun | older | $3.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | Caio Flavio |
 | Coloring Cats: Sports With Friends | $1.99 | 38 97% | 1.1k | $2.3k (exactly $2,269) | Mens Sana Interactive | |
 | MEMASIKI IS MY 2007TH | $0.99 | 31 90% | 930 | $921 (exactly $921) | Reanim Games | |
 | Baspetball | $2.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Gray Boss | |
 | Litterbox League | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | The Semigallian Games | |
 | AnimaCircus | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Sendo Estudio | |
 | OPPAI RENDER: FIRST LOVE | $2.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | TITANIUM ARMOR | |
 | Bomb Bowling X | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | grin robot | |
 | Fluffy Party | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Murat Ozkan Boy |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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