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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Score Attack Flight game?

Flight + Score Attack

Of 57 developers who shipped a Score Attack 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.. 65 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 39 developers shipped in the last year and 65 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 50% on the market, 65 announced, ×1.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Flight + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 57
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $210 → $538 → $2.1k → $269 → $2.1k → $359 → $479 (still earning) → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Flight + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 57
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $299 (exactly $299)
Top 25% $1.0k (exactly $1,048)
Top 5% $78k (exactly $78,213)
Developers, 2 yr 57
Released games 228
Announced 65
Effort 6 / 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 50% on the market, supply 115% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, 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.

Flight
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
Flight, Score Attack; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Shooter
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 3D, Top-Down
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $12.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 91% positive over 1,011 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $300, 1 in 4 over $1.0k, 1 in 20 over $78k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 65 games are announced against 39 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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

  1. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair9 devs · median $2.4k · 11 announced
  2. + Hidden ObjectFair9 devs · median $1.3k · 10 announced
  3. + Quick-Time EventsFair9 devs · median $657 · 9 announced
  4. + CatsFair6 devs · median $629 · 10 announced
  5. + Life SimPoor odds12 devs · median $70k · 29 announced
  6. + TradingPoor odds6 devs · median $36k · 21 announced
  7. + MiningPoor odds10 devs · median $35k · 13 announced
  8. + CraftingPoor odds14 devs · median $19k · 57 announced
  9. + Base BuildingPoor odds23 devs · median $17k · 48 announced
  10. + EconomyPoor odds20 devs · median $15k · 45 announced
  11. + RTSPoor odds14 devs · median $15k · 18 announced
  12. + Cold WarPoor odds10 devs · median $11k · 16 announced

All 132 pairs on the Flight page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk 2023 · $15M LUFTRAUSERS 2014 · $1.0M Superflight 2017 · $991k Sky Force Reloaded 2017 · $805k Death From Above: A Ukrainian Drone Warstory 2024 · $185k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk older $39.99 12,645 98% 379k $15M (exactly $15,170,206) Team Reptile
LUFTRAUSERS older $9.99 3,398 91% 102k $1.0M (exactly $1,018,381) Vlambeer
Superflight older $2.99 11,047 96% 331k $991k (exactly $990,916) GrizzlyGames
Sky Force Reloaded older $9.99 2,687 92% 81k $805k (exactly $805,294) Infinite Dreams
Death From Above: A Ukrainian Drone Warstory older $9.99 618 89% 19k $185k (exactly $185,215) Rockodile
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome older $9.99 535 81% 16k $160k (exactly $160,340) Dejobaan Games, LLC, Owlchemy Labs
RUSH older $19.99 225 81% 6.8k $135k (exactly $134,932) The Binary Mill
Phantom Spark older $19.99 207 96% 6.2k $124k (exactly $124,138) Ghosts
Endless ATC older $7.99 512 97% 15k $123k (exactly $122,726) startgrid
AFTERBURN older $9.99 321 87% 9.6k $96k (exactly $96,204) MorfeoDev
Starbreed $10.99 271 95% 8.1k $89k (exactly $89,349) RegulusNSFW
TOP DOG $9.99 263 88% 7.9k $79k (exactly $78,821) MorfeoDev
Airships: Lost Flotilla $8.99 290 92% 8.7k $78k (exactly $78,213) David Stark
True Disc Golf $24.99 32 90% 960 $24k (exactly $23,990) Sportsmanlike Games
Don't Crash $4.99 68 98% 2.0k $10k (exactly $10,180) Override Studio
AURORA FLIGHT (オーロラ・フライト) $10.99 17 41% 510 $5.6k (exactly $5,605) すたじおわかる
Calm Skies: The Wingsuit Flying Experience $4.99 35 91% 1.1k $5.2k (exactly $5,240) Flashblack Games
Millennium Runners $12.99 12 58% 360 $4.7k (exactly $4,676) Commodore Industries
Supersonic Bridge Racing $11.99 11 100% 330 $4.0k (exactly $3,957) Stumi Games
✈️Velocity Wings✈️ $9.80 12 91% 360 $3.5k (exactly $3,528) ZhiFeng Games

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