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Should I ship a Music-Based Procedural Generation Shoot 'Em Up?
Music-Based Procedural Generation + Shoot 'Em Up
Only 7 developers shipped a Music-Based Procedural Generation Shoot 'Em Up 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, Rhythm Storm, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 6 more are announced.
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 $4.5k against a market of $480. 6 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $657 (exactly $657) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) |
| Top 25% | $10k (exactly $10,195) |
| Top 5% | $26k (exactly $25,774) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 6 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 260% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Music-Based Procedural Generation
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Shoot 'Em Up
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Music-Based Procedural Generation, Shoot 'Em Up
- 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 91% positive over 9,301 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $660. 6 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Music-Based Procedural Generation with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Character CustomizationFair
- + FantasyFair
- + MusicFair
- + RhythmLong shot
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + PuzzlePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
Comparable games
Beat Hazard 2010 · $1.5M 
Beat Hazard 2 2019 · $795k 
Beat Hazard 3 2024 · $351k 
Soundodger+ 2013 · $162k 
Symphony 2012 · $125k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Beat Hazard | older | $9.99 | 5,072 95% | 152k | $1.5M (exactly $1,520,078) | Cold Beam Games |
| | Beat Hazard 2 | older | $18.99 | 1,396 89% | 42k | $795k (exactly $795,301) | Cold Beam Games |
| | Beat Hazard 3 | older | $19.99 | 586 84% | 18k | $351k (exactly $351,424) | Cold Beam Games |
| | Soundodger+ | older | $7.99 | 676 90% | 20k | $162k (exactly $162,037) | Studio Bean |
| | Symphony | older | $4.99 | 833 86% | 25k | $125k (exactly $124,700) | Empty Clip Studios |
 | Holodance | older | $19.99 | 201 85% | 6.0k | $121k (exactly $120,540) | narayana games UG |
 | Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition | older | $4.99 | 326 82% | 9.8k | $49k (exactly $48,802) | Entity Medialab |
 | Rhythm Storm | $9.99 | 86 91% | 2.6k | $26k (exactly $25,774) | Radiangames | |
 | PalmRide | older | $3.99 | 108 87% | 3.2k | $13k (exactly $12,928) | Pixelbois |
 | HyperCore : Rhythm Bullet Hell | $19.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Gameinaframe | |
 | Beats Of Fury | $9.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $9.0k (exactly $8,991) | Bubble Head Games | |
 | PopSlinger Vol. 2 - Loveless | $14.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $4.5k (exactly $4,497) | Funky Can Creative | |
 | Big Buck Backshots | $1.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Hilltop Games | |
 | SUBSØNIC | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Komar Labs | |
 | Cylindrika | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Fidiken |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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