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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Futuristic Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Futuristic

Of 189 developers who shipped a Futuristic 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.. 171 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 129 developers shipped in the last year and 171 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue flat on the market, 171 announced, ×1.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Score Attack + Futuristic
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 189
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $449 → $598 → $628 → $299 → $359 → $479 → $300 (still earning) → $150 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Futuristic: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 189
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $299 (exactly $299)
Top 25% $1.7k (exactly $1,679)
Top 5% $19k (exactly $18,704)
Developers, 2 yr 189
Released games 492
Announced 171
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 flat on the market, supply 115% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, 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.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Futuristic
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Shooter
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2D, Stylized
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 89% positive over 2,835 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $300, 1 in 4 over $1.6k, 1 in 20 over $18k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. Nearly all of the 72 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 171 games are announced against 129 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

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+ 2022 · $23M Bomb Rush Cyberfunk 2023 · $15M Sektori 2025 · $403k VRacer Hoverbike 2025 · $276k Lunistice 2022 · $271k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+ older $39.39 19,507 94% 585k $23M (exactly $23,051,422) SEGA
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk older $39.99 12,645 98% 379k $15M (exactly $15,170,206) Team Reptile
Sektori $14.99 897 96% 27k $403k (exactly $403,381) Kimmo Lahtinen
VRacer Hoverbike $29.99 307 89% 9.2k $276k (exactly $276,208) VertexBreakers
Lunistice older $4.99 1,812 95% 54k $271k (exactly $271,256) A Grumpy Fox
Neon Inferno $19.99 378 92% 11k $227k (exactly $226,687) Zenovia Interactive
Drunken Robot Pornography older $14.99 489 83% 15k $220k (exactly $219,903) Dejobaan Games, LLC
Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade older $44.99 151 94% 4.5k $204k (exactly $203,805) TAITO CORP., M2 Co.,LTD
MUSYNX:RETURN $19.99 284 74% 8.5k $170k (exactly $170,315) I-Inferno
Space Invaders Extreme older $19.99 255 86% 7.7k $153k (exactly $152,924) TAITO CORP.
DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite $24.99 158 42% 4.7k $118k (exactly $118,453) CAVE Interactive CO., LTD.
BIRDCAGE $13.99 218 97% 6.5k $91k (exactly $91,495) POLYGON BIRD
Starbreed $10.99 271 95% 8.1k $89k (exactly $89,349) RegulusNSFW
DeadCore Redux $14.99 46 93% 1.4k $21k (exactly $20,686) 5 Bits Games
Colony 37 · EA $2.99 224 95% 6.7k $20k (exactly $20,093) Valen
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.