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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Ninja Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Ninja

Of 23 developers who shipped a Ninja Score Attack game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $90. Revenue is up 710% on the market; 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue up 710% on the market, 14 announced, ×1.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Ninja
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 23
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.8k → $2.7k → $478 → $150 → $3.0k → $4.2k (still earning) → $0 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Ninja: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 23
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $478 (exactly $478)
Top 25% $7.0k (exactly $7,012)
Top 5% $597k (exactly $596,501)
Developers, 2 yr 23
Released games 58
Announced 14
Effort 5 / 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 710% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Ninja
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Combat
Price point
$7.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Anime, Cinematic
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.

The top 10 games average 83% positive over 3,778 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $480, 1 in 4 over $7.0k, 1 in 20 over $590k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Score Attack with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair23 devs · median $6.2k · 24 announced
  2. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  3. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  4. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  5. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  6. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  7. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  8. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  9. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  10. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  11. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  12. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 2025 · $5.2M Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny 2025 · $597k Fruit Ninja VR 2016 · $360k Shing! 2020 · $200k Haneda Girl 2025 · $33k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 $59.99 2,879 83% 86k $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) CyberConnect2
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny $29.99 663 85% 20k $597k (exactly $596,501) CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Fruit Ninja VR older $14.99 801 80% 24k $360k (exactly $360,210) Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd
Shing! older $19.99 334 79% 10k $200k (exactly $200,300) Mass Creation
Haneda Girl $14.99 74 94% 2.2k $33k (exactly $33,278) Studio Koba
Crazy Kung Fu older $14.99 71 87% 2.1k $32k (exactly $31,929) Field Of Vision
NINJA GIRL older $13.99 53 73% 1.6k $22k (exactly $22,244) Cream Meron
Viro Move older $24.99 23 43% 690 $17k (exactly $17,243) FIT REALITY
Waifu Uncovered older $3.99 133 77% 4.0k $16k (exactly $15,920) One-Hand-Free Studios
HAYAI older $1.99 236 98% 7.1k $14k (exactly $14,089) Chaoclypse
Rogue Samurai $5.99 60 53% 1.8k $11k (exactly $10,782) CO's Entertainment
Typing Ninja $9.99 25 96% 750 $7.5k (exactly $7,492) Brain Boost Ninja
DAWN ONE $8.99 26 76% 780 $7.0k (exactly $7,012) shaderbunny
JUST ONE MAN · EA $10.99 20 90% 600 $6.6k (exactly $6,594) Raikiri
TENGAI $9.99 14 100% 420 $4.2k (exactly $4,196) Zerodiv
NINJA KAMUI: SHINOBI ORIGINS $19.99 6 100% 180 $3.6k (exactly $3,598) G.rev Ltd.
Kimono Cats $8.99 11 100% 330 $3.0k (exactly $2,967) HumaNature Studios

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.