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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Medieval Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Medieval

Of 52 developers who shipped a Medieval 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.. 58 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 60% on the market; 58 games are announced against 35 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 60% on the market, 58 announced, ×1.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Medieval
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 52
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $987 → $896 → $809 → $598 → $3.6k → $180 → $1.7k (still earning) → $285 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Medieval: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 52
Bottom 30% $179 (exactly $179)
Median $598 (exactly $598)
Top 25% $3.6k (exactly $3,593)
Top 5% $136k (exactly $135,764)
Developers, 2 yr 52
Released games 144
Announced 58
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $5.99

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 60% on the market, supply 105% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, 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
Medieval
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; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Roguelite, Action, Strategy
Price point
$5.99 typical · top 25% priced $15.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Colorful, 2D, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $15.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.

The top 10 games average 87% positive over 2,137 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $600, 1 in 4 over $3.5k, 1 in 20 over $130k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 58 games are announced against 35 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. + 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

Wizordum 2025 · $528k Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered 2020 · $425k Feed the Scorchpot 2026 · $167k Blood Dungeon 2026 · $136k Micro Mages 2019 · $107k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Wizordum $19.99 880 91% 26k $528k (exactly $527,736) Emberheart Games
Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered older $19.99 708 78% 21k $425k (exactly $424,588) OSome Studio
Feed the Scorchpot $14.99 371 87% 11k $167k (exactly $166,839) Moravian
Blood Dungeon $9.99 453 89% 14k $136k (exactly $135,764) Messhof
Micro Mages older $9.99 356 94% 11k $107k (exactly $106,693) Morphcat Games
Knightmare Tower older $3.99 664 94% 20k $79k (exactly $79,481) Juicy Beast
Only Up ! older $6.99 216 26% 6.5k $45k (exactly $45,295) WGI GAMING
Magic Forge Tycoon $11.99 82 69% 2.5k $29k (exactly $29,495) Clever Trickster Studio, Clever Trickst… (Clever Trickster Studio, Clever Trickster Productions)
REMEDIUM: Sentinels older $4.99 196 66% 5.9k $29k (exactly $29,341) Sobaka Studio
RoGlass $9.99 88 98% 2.6k $26k (exactly $26,374) James Castle
Black Dragon Mage · EA $5.99 140 70% 4.2k $25k (exactly $25,158) datablob
Runix: Pinball Roguelike $15.99 40 87% 1.2k $19k (exactly $19,188) Meteor Forge
Stick Infinite Kingdom $9.99 55 65% 1.7k $16k (exactly $16,484) Arckon Arts
Elemental War Clash $19.99 16 81% 480 $9.6k (exactly $9,595) Clockwork Origins
Micro Mages Maker $15.49 12 91% 360 $5.6k (exactly $5,576) Morphcat Games, Novasplore Games

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