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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events Shoot 'Em Up?
Quick-Time Events + Shoot 'Em Up
Only 8 developers shipped a Quick-Time Events Shoot 'Em Up 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, Captain Puff MacFly, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×2.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $110. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $105 (exactly $105) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) |
| Top 5% | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 600% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- Shoot 'Em Up
- 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, Shoot 'Em Up
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 2,189 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $110. 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Commando Collection 2024 · $212k 
1976 - Back to midway 2020 · $58k 
Rocket Assault: Downhill Rush 2023 · $50k 
Viro Move 2021 · $17k 
Agent in Depth 2024 · $9.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Commando Collection | older | $4.99 | 1,414 95% | 42k | $212k (exactly $211,676) | Macrojoy |
| | 1976 - Back to midway | older | $14.99 | 128 89% | 3.8k | $58k (exactly $57,562) | Ivanovich Games |
| | Rocket Assault: Downhill Rush | older | $7.99 | 209 92% | 6.3k | $50k (exactly $50,097) | Giovanni Elgert |
| | Viro Move | older | $24.99 | 23 43% | 690 | $17k (exactly $17,243) | FIT REALITY |
| | Agent in Depth | older | $2.99 | 108 93% | 3.2k | $9.7k (exactly $9,688) | Naturepixel Studios, SkyBrave |
 | Oik Memory | older | $0.99 | 243 86% | 7.3k | $7.2k (exactly $7,217) | Crew Lab |
 | Dynamic Shooting VR | older | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Polyfun Games |
 | Frog Demon | older | $4.99 | 30 43% | 900 | $4.5k (exactly $4,491) | White Dog Games |
 | Tower of Doom | older | $14.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Finn Lichtenberg |
 | The War Enders: First Strike | · EA older | $14.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Crystal Heart's Studio |
 | Captain Puff MacFly | $2.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) | MVCAO Studios | |
 | QuackSquad | $3.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $1.9k (exactly $1,915) | Boxcutter L.A | |
 | SeaQuestDungeon | $7.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | AlchemistGame | |
 | Thunder Infinity | $4.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | Enrique G. Galvez | |
 | De-coding Armageddon | $0.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | GambitGame | |
 | Invaders Loop | $3.50 | 1 0% | 30 | $105 (exactly $105) | hunterllama | |
 | Voltgrit: Combat Zone | $2.55 | 1 0% | 30 | $76 (exactly $76) | Avnic25 | |
 | The Brave Hearts II: False Skies | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Connor Butler |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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