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Should I ship a Space Quick-Time Events game?
Quick-Time Events + Space
Only 16 developers shipped a Space Quick-Time Events 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, Directive 8020, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $270. Revenue is up 200% on the market; 24 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $597 (exactly $597) |
| Top 25% | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) |
| Top 5% | $2.0M (exactly $2,005,099) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 48 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 up 200% on the market, supply 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Space
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Quick-Time Events; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Action Roguelike, Adventure
- Price point
- $2.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.
The top 10 games average 65% positive over 1,493 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Quick-Time Events with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Shoot 'Em UpFair
- + Life SimFair
- + SimulationFair
- + CollectathonFair
- + Resource ManagementFair
- + FlightFair
- + AliensFair
- + Bullet TimeLong shot
- + DemonsLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + FMVPoor odds
Comparable games
Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare 2016 · $31M 
STAR WARS™ - The Force Unleashed™ Ultimate Sith Edition 2009 · $5.2M 
New Tales from the Borderlands 2022 · $2.1M 
Directive 8020 2026 · $2.0M 
Space Ace 2013 · $48k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare | older | $59.99 | 17,489 65% | 525k | $31M (exactly $31,474,953) | Infinity Ward |
| | STAR WARS™ - The Force Unleashed™ Ultimate Sith Edition | older | $19.99 | 8,732 77% | 262k | $5.2M (exactly $5,236,580) | LucasArts |
| | New Tales from the Borderlands | older | $39.99 | 1,737 29% | 52k | $2.1M (exactly $2,083,879) | Gearbox Software |
| | Directive 8020 | $49.99 | 1,337 63% | 40k | $2.0M (exactly $2,005,099) | Supermassive Games | |
| | Space Ace | older | $9.99 | 159 79% | 4.8k | $48k (exactly $47,652) | Digital Leisure Inc. |
 | MILF Sex Prison: Sector X | $7.99 | 62 75% | 1.9k | $15k (exactly $14,861) | Kinky Business Group | |
 | The War Enders: First Strike | · EA older | $14.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Crystal Heart's Studio |
 | KeyFortress | · EA | $7.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Daisen |
 | Captain Puff MacFly | $2.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $2.1k (exactly $2,063) | MVCAO Studios | |
 | 杀虫剂小队：虫族争霸Insecticide Troopers:Star zerg | older | $8.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.9k (exactly $1,888) | 凌石更 |
 | 5 Minutes Until Self-Destruction | $1.99 | 28 96% | 840 | $1.7k (exactly $1,672) | Part Time Monkey | |
 | RollBot | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Tsukoni | |
 | Super Star Adventure | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Peter Stubbs | |
 | Fumpers: Dual Realms | $1.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $597 (exactly $597) | Fırat Kurt, KurtSoft | |
 | DeadEndGram | $1.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $537 (exactly $537) | Michael Morgan | |
 | Cosmo Blue - A Space Odor Mystery | $1.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $418 (exactly $418) | René Ruppert |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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