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Spectacle fighter + Flight
Only 3 developers shipped a Flight Spectacle fighter in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 11 did: 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.. 20 more are announced, ×6.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $630 against a market of $1.5k. 20 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $13k (exactly $12,724) |
| Top 5% | $58k (exactly $57,912) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Spectacle fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Flight
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Spectacle fighter, Flight
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 1,202 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 20 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Spectacle fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Score AttackFair
- + HorrorFair
- + LootPoor odds
- + Character Action GamePoor odds
- + Survival HorrorPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + RobotsPoor odds
- + MythologyPoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + FightingPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
Comparable games
Hell Division 2022 · $80k 
The Wraith of the Galaxy 2023 · EA · $58k 
Elmarion: Dragon time 2020 · EA · $47k 
Space Gray X 2024 · $36k 
Food Chain 2020 · EA · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hell Division | older | $13.99 | 191 83% | 5.7k | $80k (exactly $80,163) | Quacky Games |
| | The Wraith of the Galaxy | · EA older | $11.99 | 161 81% | 4.8k | $58k (exactly $57,912) | Whale Rock Games |
| | Elmarion: Dragon time | · EA older | $2.99 | 522 73% | 16k | $47k (exactly $46,823) | Fleon Games |
| | Space Gray X | older | $29.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $36k (exactly $35,988) | Galactic Geckon |
| | Food Chain | · EA older | $7.99 | 69 59% | 2.1k | $17k (exactly $16,539) | Kozhakov |
 | MECH PUNK | older | $4.99 | 85 74% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,724) | Mr. Pink |
 | FIREGROUND Modern War | older | $4.99 | 69 68% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,329) | Xyak-Xyak |
 | Witch Epoch | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
 | Futuridium EP Deluxe | older | $9.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | MixedBag Srl |
 | Empire of Empires | older | $4.99 | 29 75% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | · |
 | Under Destruction | · EA | $18.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.7k (exactly $1,709) | Quantum Dynamics |
 | Cockroach Simulation | $6.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | WIZWIN | |
 | Night Drone | · EA | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | ARTGame |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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