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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Hacking Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Hacking

Only 16 developers shipped a Hacking Score 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, AI Learns To Drive, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $750, ×1.6 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $450. Revenue is up 280% on the market; 19 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 280% on the market, 19 announced, ×1.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Score Attack + Hacking
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 16
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $719 → $987 (still earning) → $955 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Hacking: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 16
Bottom 30% $449 (exactly $449)
Median $748 (exactly $748)
Top 25% $2.5k (exactly $2,545)
Top 5% $47k (exactly $46,738)
Developers, 2 yr 16
Released games 32
Announced 19
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 280% on the market, supply 335% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 6%, 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
Hacking
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 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
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 95% positive over 362 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 $750, 1 in 4 over $2.5k, 1 in 20 over $46k.

3 in 10 developers made under $450. 19 games are announced against 13 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

RIVE 2016 · $210k RAYZE 2021 · $67k Bots Are Stupid 2022 · $63k AI Learns To Drive 2026 · $47k Hacker's Beat 2015 · $17k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
RIVE older $14.99 468 83% 14k $210k (exactly $210,460) Two Tribes
RAYZE older $11.99 187 87% 5.6k $67k (exactly $67,264) DreamSkillz, Hyperstrange
Bots Are Stupid older $12.99 161 77% 4.8k $63k (exactly $62,742) Leander Edler-Golla
AI Learns To Drive $7.49 208 95% 6.2k $47k (exactly $46,738) ActivationFunction
Hacker's Beat older $9.99 57 50% 1.7k $17k (exactly $17,083) TEAM TANDS PLUS
Security Hole older $9.99 55 85% 1.7k $16k (exactly $16,484) AnRaEl
ICEwall older $8.99 38 81% 1.1k $10k (exactly $10,249) Erlend Kirkeboe
DeadWire $9.99 18 100% 540 $5.4k (exactly $5,395) Shotgun Anaconda
Hackshot older $11.99 12 91% 360 $4.3k (exactly $4,316) RD Interactive
Antecrypt older $5.99 23 91% 690 $4.1k (exactly $4,133) PUNKCAKE Délicieux
Burnstation $11.99 8 100% 240 $2.9k (exactly $2,878) Klafti Studio
TYPE $4.99 17 88% 510 $2.5k (exactly $2,545) Parcyval
CPU Invaders - Aim Hero $0.99 53 100% 1.6k $1.6k (exactly $1,574) Microblast Games
Coreward $2.99 11 72% 330 $987 (exactly $987) carllacan
Project: AFTERSHOCK $1.99 16 100% 480 $955 (exactly $955) Tuna Dundar
GRID/ $4.99 5 100% 150 $748 (exactly $748) NoeNoe Games
Questy Chess $5.99 4 100% 120 $719 (exactly $719) Dadako
Glitchfall $0.99 22 90% 660 $653 (exactly $653) tatsumaki games

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