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Should I ship a Music Quick-Time Events game?
Quick-Time Events + Music
Only 8 developers shipped a Music 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, Rock Star Life Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.4k against a market of $480. 9 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $657 (exactly $657) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,433) |
| Top 25% | $159k (exactly $159,161) |
| Top 5% | $187k (exactly $186,601) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 9 |
| 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 105% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Music
- 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
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 2,965 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $660. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Quick-Time Events with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dating SimFair
- + Shoot 'Em UpFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + FlightFair
- + AliensFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + DemonsLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
Comparable games
Headbangers: Rhythm Royale 2023 · $884k 
Rock Star Life Simulator 2025 · $187k 
BAZOOKA: Rhythm Game 2026 · $159k 
Maestro VR 2022 · EA · $101k 
EDENGATE: The Edge of Life 2022 · $43k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Headbangers: Rhythm Royale | older | $29.99 | 983 69% | 29k | $884k (exactly $884,405) | Glee-Cheese Studio |
| | Rock Star Life Simulator | $12.49 | 498 85% | 15k | $187k (exactly $186,601) | HOGO Games | |
| | BAZOOKA: Rhythm Game | $7.99 | 664 98% | 20k | $159k (exactly $159,161) | Gregory Seguru, Codrin Bradea | |
| | Maestro VR | · EA older | $29.99 | 112 62% | 3.4k | $101k (exactly $100,766) | Symphonic Games |
| | EDENGATE: The Edge of Life | older | $6.99 | 204 68% | 6.1k | $43k (exactly $42,779) | 505 Pulse |
 | Of Bird and Cage | older | $9.99 | 135 79% | 4.1k | $40k (exactly $40,460) | Capricia Productions |
 | Dashy Square | older | $6.99 | 110 81% | 3.3k | $23k (exactly $23,067) | Kastriot Sulejmani, Logan Gerrol |
 | Aerial_Knight's Never Yield | older | $4.99 | 102 79% | 3.1k | $15k (exactly $15,269) | Aerial_Knight |
 | life is not auto | older | $3.99 | 87 94% | 2.6k | $10k (exactly $10,414) | Bold Fish |
 | Ojiv | older | $2.99 | 70 90% | 2.1k | $6.3k (exactly $6,279) | Mötiv |
 | AeroWave OS | $4.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | ByBelka Studio | |
 | BackSlap | $1.99 | 24 91% | 720 | $1.4k (exactly $1,433) | Dotoyou Games | |
 | Winken | $8.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.3k (exactly $1,348) | PlaySmart | |
 | EDM Ballistics | $1.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | MindFlow | |
 | Oru | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | 803games | |
 | Tidal Strings | $0.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | June666 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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