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Level Editor + Time Attack
Only 12 developers shipped a Level Editor 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, Ballest of Them All, made about 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 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×1.2 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $270. Revenue is up 245% on the market; 14 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $269 (exactly $269) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) |
| Top 5% | $20k (exactly $19,767) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 245% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Time Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Level Editor, Time Attack
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 95% positive over 158 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 7 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.
Adjacent niches
Level Editor with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Marble It Up! Ultra 2018 · $954k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Severed Steel | older | $24.99 | 8,880 95% | 266k | $6.7M (exactly $6,657,336) | Greylock Studio |
| | Trackmania United Forever | older | $29.99 | 2,488 94% | 75k | $2.2M (exactly $2,238,454) | Nadeo |
| | Trackmania® Turbo | older | $39.99 | 1,520 66% | 46k | $1.8M (exactly $1,823,544) | Nadeo |
| | TrackMania² Stadium | older | $9.99 | 5,340 88% | 160k | $1.6M (exactly $1,600,398) | Nadeo |
| | Marble It Up! Ultra | older | $29.99 | 1,060 93% | 32k | $954k (exactly $953,682) | Blueteak, The Engine Company, Shapes an… (Blueteak, The Engine Company, Shapes and Lines, Arcturus Interactive, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild) |
 | TrackMania² Canyon | older | $19.99 | 1,384 80% | 42k | $830k (exactly $829,985) | Nadeo |
 | Dustforce DX | older | $9.99 | 1,214 93% | 36k | $364k (exactly $363,836) | Hitbox Team |
 | TrackMania² Valley | older | $19.99 | 403 78% | 12k | $242k (exactly $241,679) | Nadeo |
 | Trackmania² Lagoon | older | $19.99 | 296 65% | 8.9k | $178k (exactly $177,511) | Nadeo |
 | Action Henk | older | $14.99 | 295 92% | 8.9k | $133k (exactly $132,662) | RageSquid |
 | Ballest of Them All | · EA | $5.99 | 110 97% | 3.3k | $20k (exactly $19,767) | Low5ive, Action Jackson |
 | Marble Champions | $14.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Luc Versleijen, Neonchimp Games | |
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 | Drawn to Drift | $9.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | FrogForgeGames | |
 | Playing God | $4.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | RATH | |
 | RollBot | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Tsukoni | |
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 | ANXRacers - Drift Space | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | AEonAX Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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