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Should I ship a Multiple Endings Twin Stick Shooter?
Multiple Endings + Twin Stick Shooter
Only 10 developers shipped a Multiple Endings Twin Stick Shooter 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, Pinball Storm: Lokanta, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.0k against a market of $480. 32 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 25% | $40k (exactly $40,262) |
| Top 5% | $78k (exactly $77,990) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 down 50% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Multiple Endings
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Twin Stick Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Multiple Endings, Twin Stick Shooter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 81% positive over 779 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 6 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Rusted Moss 2023 · $945k 
Snezhinka:Sentinel Girls2 2024 · $583k 
The Knight Witch 2022 · $386k 
Batora: Lost Haven 2022 · $158k 
NeverAwake 2022 · $89k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rusted Moss | older | $19.99 | 1,575 88% | 47k | $945k (exactly $944,527) | Emlise, happysquared, sunnydaze |
| | Snezhinka:Sentinel Girls2 | older | $7.99 | 2,433 96% | 73k | $583k (exactly $583,190) | hinyari9 |
| | The Knight Witch | older | $19.99 | 643 72% | 19k | $386k (exactly $385,607) | Super Mega Team |
| | Batora: Lost Haven | older | $24.99 | 211 73% | 6.3k | $158k (exactly $158,187) | Stormind Games |
| | NeverAwake | older | $19.99 | 149 95% | 4.5k | $89k (exactly $89,355) | Neotro Inc. |
 | Pinball Storm: Lokanta | $5.99 | 434 70% | 13k | $78k (exactly $77,990) | Aastral Dynamics | |
 | Beyond the Long Night | older | $17.99 | 115 67% | 3.5k | $62k (exactly $62,065) | Noisy Head Games |
 | Rogue Star Rescue | older | $14.99 | 122 91% | 3.7k | $55k (exactly $54,863) | Chute Apps |
 | Slimekeep | $14.99 | 109 87% | 3.3k | $49k (exactly $49,017) | BenBonk | |
 | Donuts for Deer Teeth | $6.99 | 192 98% | 5.8k | $40k (exactly $40,262) | posmnaut, Hefty Totem, BirdLovely, Mizu… (posmnaut, Hefty Totem, BirdLovely, MizuBlackRiver, Prahno Audio) | |
 | Blackheart | $7.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $3.8k (exactly $3,835) | Hyporeal | |
 | Fight Back The Night | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Morpeth Jetsan Ltd | |
 | Nothing Beyond This Point | $4.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | Dieuwt | |
 | Alastrius: Star-Fighter | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Caledonia Interactive | |
 | Forces of Ether | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Kaloyan Kaludov | |
 | Two Sides of Hell | $12.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Red Sky Games | |
 | Rogue Dimensions | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Savage Old Gamers |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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