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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic Runner?
Runner + Post-apocalyptic
Only 13 developers shipped a Post-apocalyptic Runner 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, Retrowave 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 37 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 37 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $150 (exactly $150) |
| Top 25% | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 5% | $67k (exactly $67,215) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 49 |
| Announced | 37 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 70% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Runner
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Runner
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 88% positive over 496 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 37 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
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Comparable games
Ghostrunner 2 2023 · $9.6M 
Race The Sun 2013 · $592k 
DeathSprint 66 2024 · $297k 
Hans 2023 · $111k 
Retrowave 2 2026 · $67k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ghostrunner 2 | older | $39.99 | 7,981 80% | 239k | $9.6M (exactly $9,574,806) | One More Level |
| | Race The Sun | older | $9.99 | 1,974 93% | 59k | $592k (exactly $591,608) | Flippfly LLC |
| | DeathSprint 66 | older | $19.99 | 495 83% | 15k | $297k (exactly $296,852) | Sumo Digital |
| | Hans | older | $4.99 | 741 85% | 22k | $111k (exactly $110,928) | at0m |
| | Retrowave 2 | $4.99 | 449 88% | 13k | $67k (exactly $67,215) | RewindApp | |
 | Sex Apocalypse 2 | older | $9.99 | 195 55% | 5.9k | $58k (exactly $58,442) | Octo Games |
 | Zombie Simulator | older | $4.99 | 100 81% | 3.0k | $15k (exactly $14,970) | ZHANG FAN |
 | Memori | · EA | $14.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $9.9k (exactly $9,893) | PracticalNPC |
 | Incaved Runner | older | $3.99 | 78 96% | 2.3k | $9.3k (exactly $9,337) | DualWielded |
 | Planet Surfer | older | $5.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.9k (exactly $2,875) | Matthew Christiansen |
 | RealityIQ | الواقع | $4.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | kajol | |
 | The Ape Tales: An Epic Adventure Game | $5.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $719 (exactly $719) | Roker Games Studio | |
 | UP TO THE SKY | · EA | $3.99 | 3 0% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Yiko Games |
 | After The Afterlife | $1.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | BugBit Studio | |
 | ThinkExplosive | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | LongEcho | |
 | YKick | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | LevelZeroCore | |
 | Cyber Sprinters | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | Low-Poly Arcade | |
 | Trytka | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Trytka Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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