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Should I ship a Combat Music-Based Procedural Generation game?
Combat + Music-Based Procedural Generation
Only 10 developers shipped a Combat Music-Based Procedural Generation 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, Enigma of Fear, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $660, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $2.7M, ×4362 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $657 (exactly $657) |
| Top 25% | $31k (exactly $30,549) |
| Top 5% | $2.7M (exactly $2,739,586) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 60% on the market, supply as many developers as 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.
- Combat
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Music-Based Procedural Generation
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Combat, Music-Based Procedural Generation
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 95% positive over 3,339 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Combat with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Political SimPoor odds
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
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Comparable games
Enigma of Fear 2024 · $2.7M 
QUICKERFLAK 2022 · $422k 
Kill The Music 2025 · $32k 
Ultimate Drummer 2026 · $31k 
TERRORHYTHM (TRRT) - Rhythm driven action beat 'em up! 2018 · $28k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Enigma of Fear | $29.99 | 3,045 95% | 91k | $2.7M (exactly $2,739,586) | Dumativa, Cellbit | |
| | QUICKERFLAK | older | $4.99 | 2,819 87% | 85k | $422k (exactly $422,004) | Walter Machado |
| | Kill The Music | $9.99 | 106 96% | 3.2k | $32k (exactly $31,768) | Nikko Nikko | |
| | Ultimate Drummer | $5.99 | 170 98% | 5.1k | $31k (exactly $30,549) | Cool 3D World | |
| | TERRORHYTHM (TRRT) - Rhythm driven action beat 'em up! | older | $19.99 | 47 72% | 1.4k | $28k (exactly $28,186) | EvilCoGames |
 | Temp Zero | older | $4.99 | 156 94% | 4.7k | $23k (exactly $23,353) | Alexandre Kadri, Paul Hebbinckuys |
 | Sigma Impact | older | $4.99 | 91 96% | 2.7k | $14k (exactly $13,623) | John Bishop |
 | Pulse Codex EP | older | $4.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | nonmateria |
 | QUICKERFLAK_RUTHLESSMOD | older | $0.99 | 72 88% | 2.2k | $2.1k (exactly $2,138) | Walter Machado |
 | BeatHero | $6.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Rainboar Studios | |
 | Big Buck Backshots | $1.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Hilltop Games | |
 | A.K.O - Arrow Keys Only | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | adarkfable | |
 | Info Fighter | $1.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $119 (exactly $119) | Paulean | |
 | San Yin | · EA | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | XingYan |
 | Harmonic Convergence | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Elsebound Productions | |
 | BEATSHIFT ARENA | · EA | $7.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bondigi Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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