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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events Runner?
Quick-Time Events + Runner
Of 38 developers who shipped a Quick-Time Events Runner 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.. 31 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $120 in the last 2 years and $120 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 20 developers shipped in the last year and 31 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $119 (exactly $119) |
| Top 25% | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 5% | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 38 |
| Released games | 102 |
| Announced | 31 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $2.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 10% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 20%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Quick-Time Events
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Runner
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Quick-Time Events, Runner; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Platformer, Arcade
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
- Art
- 3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cartoony, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 204 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. All of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 20 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Doodle Adventure of Chameleon 2024 · $16k 
Aerial_Knight's Never Yield 2021 · $15k 
Car Down 2026 · EA · $8.8k 
Only Out 2025 · $6.0k 
2 Bows 1 Arrow 2026 · $5.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Doodle Adventure of Chameleon | older | $8.99 | 58 94% | 1.7k | $16k (exactly $15,643) | Cube of Cube |
| | Aerial_Knight's Never Yield | older | $4.99 | 102 79% | 3.1k | $15k (exactly $15,269) | Aerial_Knight |
| | Car Down | · EA | $5.99 | 49 79% | 1.5k | $8.8k (exactly $8,805) | Leo Rato Gamer |
| | Only Out | $4.99 | 40 95% | 1.2k | $6.0k (exactly $5,988) | Shark Studio | |
| | 2 Bows 1 Arrow | $6.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | SKL Games | |
 | Inflafrog: Collector's Edition | $4.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $4.2k (exactly $4,192) | Nice Cream | |
 | Time Warp Infinite | older | $9.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) | Zoglu |
 | The Way of Cooking | older | $7.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | 大连酷码星数字科技有限公司 |
 | Super Miaoyin | $8.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | Hou Xiaohou | |
 | Backrooms:Run For Your Life! | $1.99 | 31 90% | 930 | $1.9k (exactly $1,851) | HachiiXuan | |
 | Rush Roulette | · EA | $6.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Terralithic |
 | Catniss around the world | $6.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Robert Schindler | |
 | Fumpers: Dual Realms | $1.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $597 (exactly $597) | Fırat Kurt, KurtSoft | |
 | Sivar Race El Salvador | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | ENA Studios SV, C. Eduardo Nuñez U. |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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