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Should I ship a Female-Led Flight game?
Flight + Female Protagonist
Of 31 developers who shipped a Female-Led Flight 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.. 44 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $240; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×463 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 44 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $239 (exactly $239) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $10,791) |
| Top 5% | $291k (exactly $290,854) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 31 |
| Released games | 105 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 90% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Flight
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Female Protagonist
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Flight; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Anime, 3D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 2,130 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $240. 7 in 10 of the 23 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Flight with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Choose Your Own AdventureFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Quick-Time EventsFair
- + CatsFair
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + TradingPoor odds
- + MiningPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + EconomyPoor odds
- + RTSPoor odds
- + Cold WarPoor odds
Comparable games
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Chorus 2021 · $2.9M 
AER Memories of Old 2017 · $2.3M 
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw 2020 · $848k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STAR WARS™: Squadrons | older | $39.99 | 25,086 66% | 753k | $30M (exactly $30,095,674) | MOTIVE |
| | A Short Hike | older | $7.99 | 19,219 99% | 577k | $4.6M (exactly $4,606,794) | adamgryu |
| | Chorus | older | $24.99 | 3,876 81% | 116k | $2.9M (exactly $2,905,837) | Deep Silver Fishlabs |
| | AER Memories of Old | older | $14.99 | 5,064 86% | 152k | $2.3M (exactly $2,277,281) | Forgotten Key |
| | Rebel Galaxy Outlaw | older | $29.99 | 942 65% | 28k | $848k (exactly $847,517) | Double Damage Games |
 | The Witch of Fern Island | older | $24.99 | 700 69% | 21k | $525k (exactly $524,790) | Enjoy Studio S.A. |
 | Jet Lancer | older | $14.99 | 1,158 92% | 35k | $521k (exactly $520,753) | Code Wakers |
 | Valkyrie of Phantasm | $29.99 | 556 86% | 17k | $500k (exactly $500,233) | AREAZERO | |
 | CYGNI: All Guns Blazing | older | $29.99 | 448 60% | 13k | $403k (exactly $403,066) | KeelWorks |
 | Mirage Feathers | older | $4.99 | 2,566 98% | 77k | $384k (exactly $384,130) | oyasumi Workshop |
 | Whisker Squadron: Survivor | $19.99 | 485 77% | 15k | $291k (exactly $290,854) | Flippfly LLC | |
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 | ROGUE FLIGHT | $19.99 | 279 96% | 8.4k | $167k (exactly $167,316) | Truant Pixel, LLC | |
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 | Mesoké | $11.99 | 30 90% | 900 | $11k (exactly $10,791) | Mystik'art | |
 | Leafing Home | $13.99 | 23 78% | 690 | $9.7k (exactly $9,653) | Hot Fingers Interactive | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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