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Should I ship a Futuristic Time Attack game?
Time Attack + Futuristic
Only 16 developers shipped a Futuristic Time Attack game 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, FZ: Formation Z, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.9 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 330% on the market; 17 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) |
| Top 5% | $14k (exactly $14,395) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 330% on the market, supply 335% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Futuristic
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Time Attack
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 106 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 17 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Time Attack with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Mirror's Edge™ 2009 · $19M 
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors 2023 · $258k 
Raiden Legacy - Steam Edition 2015 · $78k 
Super Pilot 2018 · EA · $53k 
Rifter 2018 · $35k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Mirror's Edge™ | older | $19.99 | 31,195 87% | 936k | $19M (exactly $18,707,642) | DICE |
| | The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors | older | $19.99 | 430 92% | 13k | $258k (exactly $257,871) | Winning Entertainment Group Inc. |
| | Raiden Legacy - Steam Edition | older | $9.99 | 259 54% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | Dotemu |
| | Super Pilot | · EA older | $12.99 | 136 91% | 4.1k | $53k (exactly $52,999) | dopagames |
| | Rifter | older | $11.99 | 97 92% | 2.9k | $35k (exactly $34,891) | MaxBytes |
 | Security Hole | older | $9.99 | 55 85% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $16,484) | AnRaEl |
 | FZ: Formation Z | $29.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $14k (exactly $14,395) | Granzella Inc. | |
 | 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing | · EA older | $24.99 | 17 64% | 510 | $13k (exactly $12,745) | GOATi Entertainment |
 | HyperCore : Rhythm Bullet Hell | $19.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Gameinaframe | |
 | Cubixx HD | older | $8.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $8.9k (exactly $8,900) | Laughing Jackal LTD |
 | Ticking Together | $4.99 | 37 97% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | Furkan Baytak, Furkan Özkaya | |
 | Supersonic Bridge Racing | $11.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) | Stumi Games | |
 | Monochrome Heights | $14.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | One Frog Games | |
 | Space Tournament | $9.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Trash Titans | |
 | Retro Drive: Revamped | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Retro Drive Studio | |
 | SquareMan-Boy | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Team Jape | |
 | HAMISH | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Soulo Games Ltd | |
 | Critical Descent | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Endless Abyss Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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