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Should I ship a Post-apocalyptic Sports game?
Sports + Post-apocalyptic
Only 14 developers shipped a Post-apocalyptic 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, FPV Labs - Drone Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $62k, ×99 the market median. Revenue is down 30% on the market; 20 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $450 (exactly $450) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Top 5% | $62k (exactly $62,369) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 down 30% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Post-apocalyptic
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action-Adventure, Open World
- Price point
- $9.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic, Relaxing
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 171 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Sports with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Dynamic NarrationStrong odds
- + CraftingFair
- + Strategy RPGFair
- + SandboxFair
- + Split ScreenFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + Visual NovelFair
- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + FMVFair
- + BikesFair
- + Immersive SimFair
- + Choices MatterFair
Comparable games
Zombie Driver HD 2012 · $830k 
DeathSprint 66 2024 · $297k 
Bloodsports.TV 2015 · $76k 
FPV Labs - Drone Simulator 2026 · EA · $62k 
[TDA00] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 00 REMASTERED 2021 · $59k | 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 |
| | DeathSprint 66 | older | $19.99 | 495 83% | 15k | $297k (exactly $296,852) | Sumo Digital |
| | Bloodsports.TV | older | $9.99 | 255 83% | 7.7k | $76k (exactly $76,424) | Toadman Interactive, Fatshark |
| | FPV Labs - Drone Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 104 67% | 3.1k | $62k (exactly $62,369) | FPVLabs |
| | [TDA00] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 00 REMASTERED | older | $14.99 | 131 83% | 3.9k | $59k (exactly $58,911) | aNCHOR Inc., fuzz, Inc. |
 | [TDA02] Muv-Luv Unlimited: THE DAY AFTER - Episode 02 REMASTERED | older | $24.99 | 66 84% | 2.0k | $49k (exactly $49,480) | aNCHOR Inc., fuzz, Inc. |
 | BAYANI - Fighting Game | · EA older | $15.99 | 61 83% | 1.8k | $29k (exactly $29,262) | Ranida Games |
 | Ultra Space Battle Brawl | older | $9.99 | 96 81% | 2.9k | $29k (exactly $28,771) | Mojiken |
 | Dunk Lords | older | $9.99 | 42 80% | 1.3k | $13k (exactly $12,587) | Story Fort LLC |
 | Wild Ice | $19.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $10k (exactly $10,195) | Journey Bound Games | |
 | WATTGAMES | · EA | $24.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $9.7k (exactly $9,746) | TripleScience Software |
 | Difficult times | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Gamesforgames | |
 | Wreckage | · EA | $12.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.9k (exactly $1,948) | Jupiter Lighthouse Games |
 | Rough Rivals | $5.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,797) | Constantin Roussel | |
 | The Long Drive Badland | $15.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $959 (exactly $959) | TinyBig | |
 | Warranty Not Included | · EA | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | VRXtra |
 | Left Fore Dead: Zombie Battle Golf | $7.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Maple Taco | |
 | Ball & Gun | · EA | $14.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | NVZN Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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