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Score Attack + Dragons
Only 16 developers shipped a Dragon Score Attack 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, Feed the Scorchpot, 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.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.1k, ×3.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $240. Revenue is flat on the market; 11 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.1k (exactly $2,079) |
| Top 25% | $25k (exactly $25,158) |
| Top 5% | $167k (exactly $166,839) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 38 |
| 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 flat on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 13%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Score Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Dragons
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Roguelite
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 929 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Score Attack with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + GolfFair
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- + ModernFair
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- + UndergroundFair
- + HackingFair
Comparable games
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection 2021 · $1.2M 
Feed the Scorchpot 2026 · $167k 
Double Dragon Revive 2025 · $165k 
PROJEKT GODHAND 2026 · $75k 
Black Dragon Mage 2024 · EA · $25k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection | older | $29.99 | 1,306 74% | 39k | $1.2M (exactly $1,175,008) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
| | Feed the Scorchpot | $14.99 | 371 87% | 11k | $167k (exactly $166,839) | Moravian | |
| | Double Dragon Revive | $34.99 | 157 63% | 4.7k | $165k (exactly $164,803) | YUKE’S | |
| | PROJEKT GODHAND | $15.80 | 158 96% | 4.7k | $75k (exactly $74,892) | Anarch Entertainment | |
| | Black Dragon Mage | · EA | $5.99 | 140 70% | 4.2k | $25k (exactly $25,158) | datablob |
 | Hyper Echelon | older | $12.99 | 53 88% | 1.6k | $21k (exactly $20,654) | GangoGames LLC |
 | Interstellar Sentinel | older | $11.99 | 49 95% | 1.5k | $18k (exactly $17,625) | Uplifting Goat LLC. |
 | Draggin' | $4.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $8.4k (exactly $8,383) | Dragon Fractal Games | |
 | EarthNight | older | $4.99 | 37 94% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Cleaversoft |
 | 神徒 | older | $3.99 | 39 71% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | 陈世杰 |
 | Crouching Tiger Hidden Hanafuda | $10.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $4.0k (exactly $3,956) | Garuru Software labs inc. | |
 | Spire Blast | $6.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $3.6k (exactly $3,565) | Orbital Knight | |
 | Dragon Dragon Fire Fire Deluxe | $4.95 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,079) | Zephyrix | |
 | AI Snake | $59.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $1.8k (exactly $1,800) | SUNYU Games | |
 | KABUKI FIRE | $5.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | Atmosphere Entertainment Studios Ltd. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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