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Should I ship a Space Minigames game?
Minigames + Space
Only 5 developers shipped a Space Minigames 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, Star Wars Outlaws, 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, ×10.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 0 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $53k against a market of $630. 10 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $53k (exactly $53,347) |
| Top 25% | $916k (exactly $915,883) |
| Top 5% | $26M (exactly $25,759,120) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 10 |
| Effort | 5 / 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: too few recent games to read.
Free games: 26%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Minigames
- 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 $16.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 678,815 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 10 games are announced against 0 developers who shipped in the last year, ×10.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Minigames with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + LGBTQ+Strong odds
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + Life SimStrong odds
- + Visual NovelFair
- + SandboxFair
- + RomanceFair
- + ManagementFair
- + ExplorationFair
- + Action-AdventureFair
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + HorrorFair
- + MagicFair
Comparable games
Among Us 2018 · $99M 
Star Wars Outlaws 2024 · $26M 
Among Us 3D 2025 · $916k 
Among Us 3D: VR 2022 · $734k 
Filament 2020 · $318k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Among Us | older | $4.99 | 659,003 92% | 20M | $99M (exactly $98,652,749) | Innersloth |
| | Star Wars Outlaws | $69.99 | 12,268 71% | 368k | $26M (exactly $25,759,120) | Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio | |
| | Among Us 3D | $9.99 | 3,056 72% | 92k | $916k (exactly $915,883) | Schell Games, Innersloth | |
| | Among Us 3D: VR | older | $9.99 | 2,449 75% | 73k | $734k (exactly $733,965) | Schell Games, Innersloth, Robot Teddy |
| | Filament | older | $16.99 | 623 86% | 19k | $318k (exactly $317,543) | Beard Envy |
 | Stranded in Space | · EA older | $14.99 | 373 80% | 11k | $168k (exactly $167,738) | Wildman |
 | Rover Mechanic Simulator | older | $11.99 | 376 82% | 11k | $135k (exactly $135,247) | ▲ Pyramid Games |
 | 1 Trait Escape | $9.99 | 178 97% | 5.3k | $53k (exactly $53,347) | Andrew Katz, Jeremy Collette | |
 | Among Waifus 18+ | older | $6.99 | 241 58% | 7.2k | $51k (exactly $50,538) | Romantic Room |
 | Mimicry | older | $4.99 | 248 78% | 7.4k | $37k (exactly $37,126) | Euphoria Games |
 | Odania Sports Arena | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Odania GmbH | |
 | Quodan: Treachery on the Arheid | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | AnonymousTurtle Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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