Do I ship it?

Games › Score Attack › Score Attack + Fantasy

Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Fantasy Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Fantasy

Of 212 developers who shipped a Fantasy 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.. 218 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 128 developers shipped in the last year and 218 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue down 40% on the market, 218 announced, ×1.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Score Attack + Fantasy
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 212
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $449 → $386 → $1.0k → $538 → $719 → $897 → $150 (still earning) → $150 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Fantasy: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 212
Bottom 30% $60 (exactly $60)
Median $359 (exactly $359)
Top 25% $3.2k (exactly $3,232)
Top 5% $61k (exactly $61,438)
Developers, 2 yr 212
Released games 559
Announced 218
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 down 40% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.

See every window in the explorer →

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
Fantasy
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

How the rubric works →

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, Roguelite, Arcade
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Cute
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 93% positive over 30,430 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $60, median $360, 1 in 4 over $3.2k, 1 in 20 over $61k.

3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 94 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 218 games are announced against 128 developers who shipped in the last year.

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

Metal: Hellsinger 2022 · $13M Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! 2026 · $4.4M Orcs Must Die! 2011 · $2.0M Element TD 2 - Tower Defense 2021 · $1.3M Bloodshed 2025 · $711k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Metal: Hellsinger older $29.99 13,989 96% 420k $13M (exactly $12,585,903) The Outsiders
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! $5.99 24,497 94% 735k $4.4M (exactly $4,402,111) ArtRising
Orcs Must Die! older $9.99 6,663 95% 200k $2.0M (exactly $1,996,901) Robot Entertainment
Element TD 2 - Tower Defense older $14.99 2,848 90% 85k $1.3M (exactly $1,280,746) Element Studios
Bloodshed $12.99 1,824 84% 55k $711k (exactly $710,813) com8com1 Software
DEMON'S TILT older $19.99 962 94% 29k $577k (exactly $576,911) WIZNWAR, FLARB LLC
Bounty of One older $6.99 2,749 88% 82k $576k (exactly $576,465) OptizOnion
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity older $14.99 1,219 91% 37k $548k (exactly $548,184) Ankake Spa
Wizordum $19.99 880 91% 26k $528k (exactly $527,736) Emberheart Games
Touhou Kinjoukyou ～ Fossilized Wonders. $14.99 832 91% 25k $374k (exactly $374,150) 上海アリス幻樂団
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To $19.99 239 94% 7.2k $143k (exactly $143,328) Soft Not Weak, LLC
Poly TD $7.99 587 82% 18k $141k (exactly $140,704) Naroot
Blood Dungeon $9.99 453 89% 14k $136k (exactly $135,764) Messhof
Pih 2 $9.99 384 92% 12k $115k (exactly $115,085) BecomeANobody
Shelves and Sorcery: Tidy Up the Enchanted Shop $5.99 627 93% 19k $113k (exactly $112,672) Teddy Bear Games LLC
Metal: Hellsinger VR $29.99 107 68% 3.2k $96k (exactly $96,268) Lab42, The Outsiders

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