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Should I ship a Pinball Sports game?
Sports + Pinball
Only 11 developers shipped a Pinball Sports 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, Pimbolas, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 185% on the market; 7 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $600 (exactly $600) |
| Top 25% | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) |
| Top 5% | $27k (exactly $26,673) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 185% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Pinball
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 93% positive over 176 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
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Comparable games
Racket: Nx 2018 · $296k 
Pinball FX Classic VR 2016 · $169k 
Kabounce 2018 · $76k 
Worms Pinball 2011 · $52k 
Pimbolas 2026 · $27k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Racket: Nx | older | $19.99 | 493 95% | 15k | $296k (exactly $295,652) | One Hamsa |
| | Pinball FX Classic VR | older | $14.99 | 376 84% | 11k | $169k (exactly $169,087) | Zen Studios |
| | Kabounce | older | $14.99 | 168 89% | 5.0k | $76k (exactly $75,550) | Stitch Heads Entertainment |
| | Worms Pinball | older | $7.99 | 217 67% | 6.5k | $52k (exactly $52,015) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
| | Pimbolas | $9.99 | 89 94% | 2.7k | $27k (exactly $26,673) | Nano Knight Studio | |
 | Racket Pinball | $19.99 | 37 91% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | NiVision | |
 | Only Pinball | · EA | $14.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | Malzbie Games |
 | Slot Shots Pinball Collection | older | $9.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Pinblend Studios |
 | Golf Pool VR | older | $9.99 | 19 63% | 570 | $5.7k (exactly $5,694) | LastnOni |
 | Roxy Raccoon 2: Topsy-Turvy | older | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Sinomod Studios |
 | TENNISTRONIC | · EA | $6.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.9k (exactly $2,936) | Gametheus |
 | Stellar Golf | $3.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $958 (exactly $958) | Fort Chuck Entertainment | |
 | Pinball Jam | $19.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $600 (exactly $600) | Super PowerUp Games | |
 | Pachinko Swamp | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Trollix Games | |
 | Pinbowling | $2.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $179 (exactly $179) | Outstanding Duck | |
 | Pinball Simulator | · EA | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Space Pinball | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | 3ichael 7ambert, Rameez, Matt Mateo VII… (3ichael 7ambert, Rameez, Matt Mateo VII, Rayu Johnson) |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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