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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Lovecraftian Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Lovecraftian

Only 9 developers shipped a Lovecraftian 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, Dark Fairy Tale: Dreamland Survivors, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 10 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.

Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.5k against a market of $480. 10 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 3.1 times the market baseline, revenue down 50% on the market, 10 announced, ×3.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Score Attack + Lovecraftian
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 9

not enough cohorts to draw

Outcomes for Score Attack + Lovecraftian: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 9
Bottom 30% $449 (exactly $449)
Median $1.5k (exactly $1,470)
Top 25% $3.6k (exactly $3,593)
Top 5% $72k (exactly $71,706)
Developers, 2 yr 9
Released games 27
Announced 10
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
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 50% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 33%, 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
Lovecraftian
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
Price point
$4.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

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 $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 90% positive over 31,693 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 $1.5k, 1 in 4 over $3.5k, 1 in 20 over $71k.

3 in 10 developers made under $450. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.

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

20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023 · $4.2M HYPER DEMON 2022 · $1.4M Dark Fairy Tale: Dreamland Survivors 2025 · $72k Relic Abyss 2026 · EA · $25k Interstellar Sentinel 2023 · $18k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
20 Minutes Till Dawn older $4.99 27,872 90% 836k $4.2M (exactly $4,172,438) flanne
HYPER DEMON older $14.99 3,087 94% 93k $1.4M (exactly $1,388,224) Sorath
Dark Fairy Tale: Dreamland Survivors $4.99 479 90% 14k $72k (exactly $71,706) BINGOBELL
Relic Abyss · EA $8.99 94 80% 2.8k $25k (exactly $25,352) Reverse Loop
Interstellar Sentinel older $11.99 49 95% 1.5k $18k (exactly $17,625) Uplifting Goat LLC.
Disfigure older $5.99 45 93% 1.4k $8.1k (exactly $8,086) Cold Brew Entertainment
CrimSaw $4.99 24 87% 720 $3.6k (exactly $3,593) SkyBrave
Aurye Clicker older $9.99 11 18% 330 $3.3k (exactly $3,297) JOZGamer, Superterrarye
Evil Heart Fever older $2.99 21 80% 630 $1.9k (exactly $1,884) Sinned Games
Periodicity - Hats and scars $4.99 11 90% 330 $1.6k (exactly $1,647) PunPun.Studio
Rip & Tear $4.90 10 70% 300 $1.5k (exactly $1,470) CJ
Distractor $7.99 4 100% 120 $959 (exactly $959) Thomas Curtis
VOIDRAVE $4.99 3 100% 90 $449 (exactly $449) Erak_Dev
For Hell's Sake $2.99 3 100% 90 $269 (exactly $269) Fourmi Zero
Where is my hat? $1.00 3 100% 90 $90 (exactly $90) God's Hat Team

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