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Should I ship a Score Attack Destruction game?

Destruction + Score Attack

Of 72 developers who shipped a Score Attack Destruction 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.. 93 more are announced.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $78k, ×126 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 93 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 50% on the market, 93 announced, ×1.9 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Destruction + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 72
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $60 → $1.1k → $449 → $1.3k → $2.7k → $882 → $598 (still earning) → $210 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Destruction + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 72
Bottom 30% $120 (exactly $120)
Median $839 (exactly $839)
Top 25% $4.5k (exactly $4,485)
Top 5% $79k (exactly $78,821)
Developers, 2 yr 72
Released games 173
Announced 93
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 down 50% on the market, supply 115% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Destruction
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Destruction, Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Arcade, Action, Shooter
Price point
$6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2D, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.

The top 10 games average 94% positive over 6,022 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 $840, 1 in 4 over $4.4k, 1 in 20 over $78k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 28 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 93 games are announced against 49 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Destruction with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Space SimFair14 devs · median $3.7k · 22 announced
  2. + ModernFair26 devs · median $1.6k · 28 announced
  3. + God GameFair19 devs · median $899 · 20 announced
  4. + Hidden ObjectFair9 devs · median $719 · 14 announced
  5. + Hack and SlashPoor odds19 devs · median $43k · 57 announced
  6. + HistoricalPoor odds15 devs · median $26k · 22 announced
  7. + CapitalismPoor odds17 devs · median $15k · 46 announced
  8. + Online Co-OpPoor odds37 devs · median $13k · 102 announced
  9. + Co-opPoor odds50 devs · median $11k · 113 announced
  10. + Automobile SimPoor odds22 devs · median $9.0k · 44 announced
  11. + ManagementPoor odds36 devs · median $6.1k · 129 announced
  12. + AutomationPoor odds22 devs · median $6.0k · 46 announced

All 139 pairs on the Destruction page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

ANTONBLAST 2024 · $2.4M Chippy 2019 · $490k Planes, Bullets and Vodka 2016 · $425k Sektori 2025 · $403k RIVE 2016 · $210k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
ANTONBLAST $19.99 3,943 95% 118k $2.4M (exactly $2,364,617) Summitsphere
Chippy older $14.99 1,089 90% 33k $490k (exactly $489,723) Facepunch Studios
Planes, Bullets and Vodka older $4.99 2,840 84% 85k $425k (exactly $425,148) NukGames
Sektori $14.99 897 96% 27k $403k (exactly $403,381) Kimmo Lahtinen
RIVE older $14.99 468 83% 14k $210k (exactly $210,460) Two Tribes
Tasty Planet Forever older $12.99 352 87% 11k $137k (exactly $137,174) Dingo Games
AFTERBURN older $9.99 321 87% 9.6k $96k (exactly $96,204) MorfeoDev
Max Manos $5.99 507 92% 15k $91k (exactly $91,108) Max Manos
REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR older $9.99 294 93% 8.8k $88k (exactly $88,112) Cross Eaglet
TOP DOG $9.99 263 88% 7.9k $79k (exactly $78,821) MorfeoDev
PROJEKT GODHAND $15.80 158 96% 4.7k $75k (exactly $74,892) Anarch Entertainment
Nuclear Design Bureau · EA $9.99 88 79% 2.6k $26k (exactly $26,374) Design Bureau KB-11
SCHROTT: Roguelike Racer · EA $12.99 49 91% 1.5k $19k (exactly $19,095) Ivy Juice
Caromble! $12.99 34 73% 1.0k $13k (exactly $13,250) Crimson Owl Studios
Lichgate: Tower Survivor $6.99 57 75% 1.7k $12k (exactly $11,953) Sun Lion Games
Speed Demons 2 $14.99 26 92% 780 $12k (exactly $11,692) Radiangames

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