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Should I ship a Modern-Day Quick-Time Events game?
Quick-Time Events + Modern
Only 13 developers shipped a Modern-Day 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, BAZOOKA: Rhythm Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 26 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×2.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $330; 1 in 20 cleared $150k, ×335 the market median. Revenue is up 20% on the market; 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $330 (exactly $330) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,336) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) |
| Top 5% | $159k (exactly $159,161) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 26 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, 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
- Modern
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Quick-Time Events; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Rhythm, Score Attack, Visual Novel
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Stylized, 2D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 96% positive over 822 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $330. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 26 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
BAZOOKA: Rhythm Game 2026 · $159k 
The Bad Kids 2023 · $138k 
Treasure Chest Clicker 2023 · $49k 
Of Bird and Cage 2021 · $40k 
Dollar 2024 · $31k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BAZOOKA: Rhythm Game | $7.99 | 664 98% | 20k | $159k (exactly $159,161) | Gregory Seguru, Codrin Bradea | |
| | The Bad Kids | older | $7.99 | 577 75% | 17k | $138k (exactly $138,307) | Aluba Van+ |
| | Treasure Chest Clicker | older | $3.99 | 408 82% | 12k | $49k (exactly $48,838) | Simon Eftestol |
| | Of Bird and Cage | older | $9.99 | 135 79% | 4.1k | $40k (exactly $40,460) | Capricia Productions |
| | Dollar | older | $0.99 | 1,051 79% | 32k | $31k (exactly $31,215) | DollarDev |
 | Mouse Painting Master | older | $3.99 | 247 85% | 7.4k | $30k (exactly $29,566) | Kurumi Works |
 | Angry Penguin | older | $1.99 | 328 92% | 9.8k | $20k (exactly $19,582) | PAIN PEPPER |
 | Disco Samurai | $9.99 | 45 88% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | Pixel Fiber Games | |
 | life is not auto | older | $3.99 | 87 94% | 2.6k | $10k (exactly $10,414) | Bold Fish |
 | EmyLiveShow: How To Write A Bestseller | $8.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $4.3k (exactly $4,315) | Team Emily | |
 | Truck Town: Kids and Toddlers Driving Game | $14.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Crater Studios | |
 | Breakfall: Nuclear Winter | · EA | $17.99 | 7 28% | 210 | $3.8k (exactly $3,778) | Dominik Geuer |
 | One Minute | $2.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $2.0k (exactly $1,973) | Smu | |
 | KatanaHime | $0.99 | 45 95% | 1.4k | $1.3k (exactly $1,336) | Heuristic Forge | |
 | Donkey Ball | $2.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Team Big Bingus | |
 | Tiger Simulator | $1.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Guyish | |
 | どきどきシャッターチャンス～恋のパズルを組み立てて♡～ | $10.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $330 (exactly $330) | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., Systemsoft… (Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., Systemsoft beta, Inc.) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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