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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Mech Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Mechs

Of 23 developers who shipped a Mech Score Attack game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $6.2k, ×9.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $600. Revenue is up 370% on the market; 24 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 9.9 times the market baseline, revenue up 370% on the market, 24 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Mechs
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 23
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $270 → $3.6k → $7.6k → $12k → $14k (still earning) → $17k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Mechs: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 23
Bottom 30% $598 (exactly $598)
Median $6.2k (exactly $6,236)
Top 25% $33k (exactly $33,278)
Top 5% $170k (exactly $170,315)
Developers, 2 yr 23
Released games 61
Announced 24
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $9.99

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 370% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 2%, 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
Mechs
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Score Attack; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Bullet Hell
Price point
$9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Stylized, 2D, Atmospheric
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 81% positive over 3,984 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $600, median $6.2k, 1 in 4 over $33k, 1 in 20 over $170k.

3 in 10 developers made under $600. 7 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 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. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  2. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  3. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  4. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  5. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  6. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  7. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  8. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  9. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  10. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  11. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced
  12. + HackingFair16 devs · median $748 · 19 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Greedland 2025 · $1.1M DEVIL BLADE REBOOT 2024 · $397k MUSYNX:RETURN 2026 · $170k DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite 2026 · $118k REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR 2014 · $88k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Greedland $12.99 2,919 83% 88k $1.1M (exactly $1,137,534) VaMP He
DEVIL BLADE REBOOT older $15.99 827 98% 25k $397k (exactly $396,712) SHIGATAKE GAMES
MUSYNX:RETURN $19.99 284 74% 8.5k $170k (exactly $170,315) I-Inferno
DoDonPachi Resurrection Reignite $24.99 158 42% 4.7k $118k (exactly $118,453) CAVE Interactive CO., LTD.
REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR older $9.99 294 93% 8.8k $88k (exactly $88,112) Cross Eaglet
UNYIELDER $24.99 117 62% 3.5k $88k (exactly $87,715) TrueWorld Studios
TOP DOG $9.99 263 88% 7.9k $79k (exactly $78,821) MorfeoDev
Rigid Force Alpha older $19.99 118 78% 3.5k $71k (exactly $70,765) com8com1 Software
Furious Angels older $4.99 345 87% 10k $52k (exactly $51,646) MorfeoDev
Haneda Girl $14.99 74 94% 2.2k $33k (exactly $33,278) Studio Koba
IRON GUARD: Salvation $17.99 44 93% 1.3k $24k (exactly $23,747) Xlab Digital
Jenny the Witch $7.99 69 88% 2.1k $17k (exactly $16,539) Catbird Soft
FZ: Formation Z $29.99 16 87% 480 $14k (exactly $14,395) Granzella Inc.
Steel Knight's ARMIS $9.99 40 57% 1.2k $12k (exactly $11,988) Izanami Game Lab, Inc., FORCES

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