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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Dystopian Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Dystopian

Of 37 developers who shipped a Dystopian 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.. 54 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $960, ×2.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $420k, ×895 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 54 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 80% on the market, 54 announced, ×2.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Dystopian
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 37
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.2k → $897 → $298 → $2.4k → $1.2k → $12k → $210 (still earning) → $2.9k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Dystopian: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 37
Bottom 30% $269 (exactly $269)
Median $955 (exactly $955)
Top 25% $9.6k (exactly $9,598)
Top 5% $425k (exactly $425,274)
Developers, 2 yr 37
Released games 84
Announced 54
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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 80% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 13%, 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.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Dystopian
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Score Attack; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Adventure
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Pixel Graphics
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 96% positive over 5,853 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $270, median $960, 1 in 4 over $9.5k, 1 in 20 over $420k.

3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 54 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.

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

Denshattack! 2026 · $1.7M CICADAMATA" 2026 · $425k Neon Inferno 2025 · $227k AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity 2009 · $195k Double Dragon Revive 2025 · $165k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Denshattack! $19.99 2,910 98% 87k $1.7M (exactly $1,745,127) Undercoders
CICADAMATA" $9.99 1,419 96% 43k $425k (exactly $425,274) ✿ flowergarden
Neon Inferno $19.99 378 92% 11k $227k (exactly $226,687) Zenovia Interactive
AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity older $9.99 651 83% 20k $195k (exactly $195,105) Dejobaan Games, LLC
Double Dragon Revive $34.99 157 63% 4.7k $165k (exactly $164,803) YUKE’S
MotionRec $9.99 430 99% 13k $129k (exactly $128,871) HANDSUM
Diluvian Ultra older $9.99 152 71% 4.6k $46k (exactly $45,554) Cresthelm Studios
Colony 37 · EA $2.99 224 95% 6.7k $20k (exactly $20,093) Valen
Terralysia · EA $11.99 52 69% 1.6k $19k (exactly $18,704) Tiny Game Dev
hate.net $4.99 120 95% 3.6k $18k (exactly $17,964) bonitāka
Nuclear Gladiators 3000 $6.99 56 94% 1.7k $12k (exactly $11,743) Turbo Napalm
Synthwave Driver · EA $2.99 107 86% 3.2k $9.6k (exactly $9,598) Runebox Studios

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