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Should I ship a Logic Time Attack game?
Time Attack + Logic
Only 9 developers shipped a Logic 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, Emergency Exit, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $90 against a market of $480. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 25% | $475 (exactly $475) |
| Top 5% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 845% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Logic
- effort 2 / 10 · high · deductive rules and grids
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Time Attack, Logic
- Price point
- $2.99 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 668 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Best Plumber 2019 · $101k 
Ball Torture 2022 · $27k 
Minesweeper Classy 2020 · $17k 
Cubixx HD 2016 · $8.9k 
Peppy's Adventure 2021 · $7.2k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Best Plumber | older | $29.99 | 112 74% | 3.4k | $101k (exactly $100,766) | Hograung Studio |
| | Ball Torture | older | $9.99 | 90 82% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,973) | SufferSoft |
| | Minesweeper Classy | older | $2.99 | 195 92% | 5.9k | $17k (exactly $17,492) | Erlend Kirkeboe |
| | Cubixx HD | older | $8.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $8.9k (exactly $8,900) | Laughing Jackal LTD |
| | Peppy's Adventure | older | $7.99 | 30 100% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Pepite Studios |
 | Meta Sudoku | older | $1.99 | 75 80% | 2.3k | $4.5k (exactly $4,478) | Matrix Science |
 | Emergency Exit | $9.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Cheeky Cat Games | |
 | 10 Minute Tower | older | $14.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $3.1k (exactly $3,148) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
 | Find Cats in the Casino | $0.99 | 94 94% | 2.8k | $2.8k (exactly $2,792) | MeowSignal | |
 | I Know Everything | older | $3.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | NLB project |
 | Wild Trail | $0.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $475 (exactly $475) | Grishko Gameplay | |
 | Dino Rocks | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Sungift Games | |
 | Brain Workout – 15 Puzzles for Memory, Math & Logic | IQ Test Games | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Aleksa Racovic | |
 | Stow It!!! | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DreamCatchers | |
 | Sudoku Pro | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Run Quad Run | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Chelafinx | |
 | ZeroOut | $8.00 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Gray Swan Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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