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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Gothic Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Gothic

Of 20 developers who shipped a Gothic 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.. 14 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $960, ×2.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is up 140% on the market; 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 140% on the market, 14 announced, ×2.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Gothic
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 20
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $46k → $15k → $629 → $1.2k (still earning) → $60 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Gothic: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 20
Bottom 30% $449 (exactly $449)
Median $959 (exactly $959)
Top 25% $3.6k (exactly $3,593)
Top 5% $811k (exactly $811,259)
Developers, 2 yr 20
Released games 43
Announced 14
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $5.99

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 140% on the market, supply 45% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 14%, 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
Gothic
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 Roguelite, Action, Action Roguelike
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, Stylized
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 92% positive over 2,162 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $450, median $960, 1 in 4 over $3.5k, 1 in 20 over $810k.

3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 7 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. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  10. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  11. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced
  12. + HackingFair16 devs · median $748 · 19 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Metal: Hellsinger 2022 · $13M KILL KNIGHT 2024 · $811k DEMON'S TILT 2019 · $577k Savant - Ascent REMIX 2023 · $99k BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites 2021 · $77k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Metal: Hellsinger older $29.99 13,989 96% 420k $13M (exactly $12,585,903) The Outsiders
KILL KNIGHT $14.99 1,804 93% 54k $811k (exactly $811,259) PlaySide
DEMON'S TILT older $19.99 962 94% 29k $577k (exactly $576,911) WIZNWAR, FLARB LLC
Savant - Ascent REMIX older $9.99 330 92% 9.9k $99k (exactly $98,901) D-Pad Studio
BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites older $19.99 129 60% 3.9k $77k (exactly $77,361) WayForward
Diluvian Ultra older $9.99 152 71% 4.6k $46k (exactly $45,554) Cresthelm Studios
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight older $2.99 376 74% 11k $34k (exactly $33,727) Hyperstrange
RoGlass $9.99 88 98% 2.6k $26k (exactly $26,374) James Castle
Good Knight - One-Button Bullet-Hell · EA older $14.99 57 94% 1.7k $26k (exactly $25,633) Good Knight Collective
Black Dragon Mage · EA $5.99 140 70% 4.2k $25k (exactly $25,158) datablob
WORMHOLE $9.99 51 98% 1.5k $15k (exactly $15,285) Pocket Moon Games, ThanaThan
CrimSaw $4.99 24 87% 720 $3.6k (exactly $3,593) SkyBrave
Perfect Liar $3.99 20 100% 600 $2.4k (exactly $2,394) eightworks allware
Flora & Fang: Guardians of the vampire garden $8.99 7 100% 210 $1.9k (exactly $1,888) Magnus Fredriksson
Blood Gauntlet $2.99 20 75% 600 $1.8k (exactly $1,794) Eric LaCroix
Porn Pinball $9.99 4 0% 120 $1.2k (exactly $1,199) Samejima
Gravemaw $7.99 4 100% 120 $959 (exactly $959) BEE STAR

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.