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Should I ship a Time Attack FPS?
FPS + Time Attack
Only 5 developers shipped a Time Attack FPS in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Run Pro, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $1.5k. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $418 (exactly $418) |
| Top 5% | $628 (exactly $628) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 24%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- FPS
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Time Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- FPS, Time Attack
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 16,673 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 7 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
FPS with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Severed Steel 2021 · $6.7M 
Cyber Hook 2020 · $1.4M 
HYPER DEMON 2022 · $1.4M 
Lovely Planet 2014 · $249k 
Celaria 2019 · $31k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Severed Steel | older | $24.99 | 8,880 95% | 266k | $6.7M (exactly $6,657,336) | Greylock Studio |
| | Cyber Hook | older | $14.99 | 3,102 95% | 93k | $1.4M (exactly $1,394,969) | Blazing Stick |
| | HYPER DEMON | older | $14.99 | 3,087 94% | 93k | $1.4M (exactly $1,388,224) | Sorath |
| | Lovely Planet | older | $5.99 | 1,384 92% | 42k | $249k (exactly $248,705) | quicktequila |
| | Celaria | older | $7.99 | 131 88% | 3.9k | $31k (exactly $31,401) | Lewa |
 | Hellbreaker | older | $7.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Virhex |
 | Sudden Market | older | $4.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Glaseeze |
 | PiiSim | older | $0.99 | 41 95% | 1.2k | $1.2k (exactly $1,218) | Koker_007 |
 | Skedaddling In Egypt | older | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Awesome Fun Times |
 | Snowballer | older | $1.99 | 15 40% | 450 | $896 (exactly $896) | Church of Bolloxology |
 | Run Pro | $2.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Begma | |
 | Geometry Skies | $1.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $418 (exactly $418) | Menta's Box | |
 | Altered Priest | · EA | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Angersoft |
 | Sniper Game | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Coral Art Studio | |
 | Bean There, Swung That | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Backcannon Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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