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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Post-apocalyptic

Of 39 developers who shipped a Post-apocalyptic 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.. 49 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480, ×0.8 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $440k, ×710 the market median. Revenue is down 70% on the market; 49 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue down 70% on the market, 49 announced, ×2.3 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Score Attack + Post-apocalyptic
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 39
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.2k → $2.4k → $179 → $599 → $2.0k → $600 → $150 (still earning) → $210 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Post-apocalyptic: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 39
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $479 (exactly $479)
Top 25% $4.8k (exactly $4,795)
Top 5% $446k (exactly $445,612)
Developers, 2 yr 39
Released games 118
Announced 49
Effort 5 / 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 down 70% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 12%, 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
Post-apocalyptic
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, Action Roguelike, Arcade
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, First-Person, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 77% positive over 3,775 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $150, median $480, 1 in 4 over $4.7k, 1 in 20 over $440k.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 21 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 49 games are announced against 21 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.

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

Zombie Driver HD 2012 · $830k Iron Meat 2024 · $589k FatalZone 2024 · $446k Kill The Crows 2023 · $426k Bot Vice 2016 · $404k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Zombie Driver HD older $9.99 2,770 84% 83k $830k (exactly $830,169) Exor Studios
Iron Meat $19.99 982 96% 29k $589k (exactly $588,905) Ivan Valeryevich Suvorov, Retroware
FatalZone $6.99 2,125 66% 64k $446k (exactly $445,612) Midhard Games
Kill The Crows older $4.99 2,848 95% 85k $426k (exactly $426,346) 5minlab Corp.
Bot Vice older $9.99 1,349 93% 40k $404k (exactly $404,295) DYA Games
Tasty Planet Forever older $12.99 352 87% 11k $137k (exactly $137,174) Dingo Games
Radiant Silvergun older $19.99 214 93% 6.4k $128k (exactly $128,336) Live Wire, Treasure
BIRDCAGE $13.99 218 97% 6.5k $91k (exactly $91,495) POLYGON BIRD
UNYIELDER $24.99 117 62% 3.5k $88k (exactly $87,715) TrueWorld Studios
Raiden Legacy - Steam Edition older $9.99 259 54% 7.8k $78k (exactly $77,622) Dotemu
Driveloop: Survivors · EA $9.99 96 76% 2.9k $29k (exactly $28,771) Stunbyte
Parking Together! $9.99 88 95% 2.6k $26k (exactly $26,374) ENGAWA GAMES
Ground Zero Hero $9.99 57 80% 1.7k $17k (exactly $17,083) Rowan Edmondson
Marrow Marrow $13.99 20 100% 600 $8.4k (exactly $8,394) Monster Moon
Temporal Purge: Z $4.99 56 85% 1.7k $8.4k (exactly $8,383) Exec Games
RuinsStory $9.99 16 100% 480 $4.8k (exactly $4,795) ilili_world

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