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Should I ship a Military Quick-Time Events game?
Quick-Time Events + Military
Only 8 developers shipped a Military Quick-Time Events 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, FuJianStrike, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 8 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $480 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 8 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $480 (exactly $480) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 5% | $4.6k (exactly $4,613) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 8 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 600% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Military
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Quick-Time Events
- Price point
- $9.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 68% positive over 12,715 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Quick-Time Events with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Shoot 'Em UpFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + FlightFair
- + AliensFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + DemonsLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
Comparable games
Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition 2014 · $13M 
Commando Collection 2024 · $212k 
SGS Halls of Montezuma 2021 · $26k 
Dynamic Shooting VR 2024 · $4.8k 
FuJianStrike 2026 · $4.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition | older | $39.99 | 11,103 64% | 333k | $13M (exactly $13,320,269) | Sledgehammer Games, Raven Software |
| | Commando Collection | older | $4.99 | 1,414 95% | 42k | $212k (exactly $211,676) | Macrojoy |
| | SGS Halls of Montezuma | older | $24.99 | 35 74% | 1.1k | $26k (exactly $26,240) | The Strategy Game Studio |
| | Dynamic Shooting VR | older | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Polyfun Games |
| | FuJianStrike | $6.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $4.6k (exactly $4,613) | Mithril_055 | |
 | Escape from GULAG | older | $1.99 | 62 83% | 1.9k | $3.7k (exactly $3,701) | Rabotiagi games |
 | Weapons Simulator | older | $2.99 | 36 88% | 1.1k | $3.2k (exactly $3,229) | Maloke Games, Marcelo Contador |
 | 杀虫剂小队：虫族争霸Insecticide Troopers:Star zerg | older | $8.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | 凌石更 |
 | City 33 | $15.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | ebt studios | |
 | Commandos Pro Simulator | older | $1.99 | 17 29% | 510 | $1.0k (exactly $1,015) | CommandosPro |
 | EDM Ballistics | $1.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | MindFlow | |
 | Cartel | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | ren studios | |
 | Tropical Hop | $15.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $480 (exactly $480) | cls studios | |
 | Infection Warfare | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | FlyingWingStudio | |
 | Tank Tower Defense 坦克塔防 | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Azure Dragon Studio | |
 | The Brave Hearts II: False Skies | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Connor Butler |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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