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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Gambling Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Gambling

Of 26 developers who shipped a Gambling 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.. 58 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $44k, ×93 the market median. Revenue is up 505% on the market; 58 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 505% on the market, 58 announced, ×2.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Gambling
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 26
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.9k → $179 → $1.5k → $599 (still earning) → $419 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Gambling: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 26
Bottom 30% $180 (exactly $180)
Median $599 (exactly $599)
Top 25% $1.5k (exactly $1,498)
Top 5% $44k (exactly $44,180)
Developers, 2 yr 26
Released games 57
Announced 58
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
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 505% on the market, supply 320% 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 high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Gambling
effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Score Attack, Gambling; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelike, Roguelite, Strategy
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics
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 85% positive over 1,086 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $600, 1 in 4 over $1.4k, 1 in 20 over $44k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Score Attack with a different second tag, 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

Bingle Bingle 2026 · $300k LOLLIPOP! 2021 · $197k Roll 2021 · $61k Pip My Dice 2025 · $44k Break Shoot 2026 · $16k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Bingle Bingle $14.99 666 80% 20k $300k (exactly $299,500) Knitting Games
LOLLIPOP! older $4.99 1,318 75% 40k $197k (exactly $197,305) 430Games, __Ja__ga__imo__
Roll older $4.99 407 91% 12k $61k (exactly $60,928) Joseph Distler
Pip My Dice $10.99 134 87% 4.0k $44k (exactly $44,180) Diving Swan Games
Break Shoot $4.99 106 99% 3.2k $16k (exactly $15,868) UPTRAND
Dice of Kalma $4.99 90 90% 2.7k $13k (exactly $13,473) Pepperbox Studios
Bingo Betty $14.99 13 100% 390 $5.8k (exactly $5,846) Elias Austin
Pachillinko older $2.99 63 58% 1.9k $5.7k (exactly $5,651) Edgar IX
Ecchi Jack older $4.99 24 54% 720 $3.6k (exactly $3,593) Grim's Studio
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Casino Casualty $7.99 12 91% 360 $2.9k (exactly $2,876) GlitchedLizard
Pachi-Pachi Typing $3.33 15 100% 450 $1.5k (exactly $1,498) ほんわかふわふわ
Home Rescue: Clean and Restore Collector's Edition $11.99 4 0% 120 $1.4k (exactly $1,439) Avi Games
Soul Stake $3.99 11 90% 330 $1.3k (exactly $1,317) Tap-Tap Legends
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.