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Should I ship a Physics Hockey game?
Hockey + Physics
Only 9 developers shipped a Physics Hockey 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, Hockey Club, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $660; 1 in 20 cleared $6.7k, ×11 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $653 (exactly $653) |
|---|---|
| Median | $958 (exactly $958) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) |
| Top 5% | $6.7k (exactly $6,747) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 down 50% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hockey, Physics
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 246 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $660. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hockey with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Local MultiplayerStrong odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + ArcadePoor odds
Comparable games
Goons: Legends & Mayhem 2024 · $46k 
Canvas Hockey 2020 · $10k 
Hockey Club 2025 · EA · $6.7k 
Hotdangle 2025 · $5.9k 
capy hoky 2020 · $4.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Goons: Legends & Mayhem | older | $19.99 | 77 84% | 2.3k | $46k (exactly $46,177) | RageCure Games |
| | Canvas Hockey | older | $9.99 | 34 91% | 1.0k | $10k (exactly $10,190) | Brandon Alexander Holt |
| | Hockey Club | · EA | $24.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $6.7k (exactly $6,747) | Boogerman Games, LLC |
| | Hotdangle | $17.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $5.9k (exactly $5,937) | Devorange Studio Inc | |
| | capy hoky | older | $2.99 | 48 89% | 1.4k | $4.3k (exactly $4,306) | Sokpop Collective |
 | Puck Buddies | · EA older | $11.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $3.2k (exactly $3,237) | Adjective Animal |
 | Dyebreaker | $4.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | running jump | |
 | Bedlamball | older | $9.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Evan Peiperl, Brianna Livesay |
 | Master Blaster | older | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Lost Cabinet Games |
 | MBHL20 | older | $4.99 | 13 46% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Halt Studios |
 | Casual Sport Series: Hockey | $5.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | Revulo Games | |
 | Stellar Golf | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Fort Chuck Entertainment | |
 | Holo Hockey | $3.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $838 (exactly $838) | Yabusaka Games | |
 | Mini AirHockey | $0.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $653 (exactly $653) | Geert Verhoeff | |
 | Air Hockey Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Physics Puzzle Ball | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DotDot Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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