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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a War Quick-Time Events game?

Quick-Time Events + War

Only 13 developers shipped a War 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, 蜀汉再临：源起 Restart ShuHan Dynasty:Origin, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $480 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 11 developers shipped in the last year and 13 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.8 times the market baseline, revenue too few recent games to read momentum, 13 announced, ×1.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Quick-Time Events + War
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 13
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $148 → $210 → $299 → $657 → $480 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Quick-Time Events + War: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 13
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $479 (exactly $479)
Top 25% $3.8k (exactly $3,778)
Top 5% $43k (exactly $42,733)
Developers, 2 yr 13
Released games 41
Announced 13
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $6.99

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 450% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 5%, 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.

Quick-Time Events
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
War
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Quick-Time Events
Price point
$6.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 9 games average 78% positive over 418 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $50, median $480, 1 in 4 over $3.7k, 1 in 20 over $42k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 13 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Quick-Time Events with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Dating SimFair17 devs · median $15k · 16 announced
  2. + Shoot 'Em UpFair8 devs · median $1.2k · 12 announced
  3. + Life SimFair28 devs · median $958 · 33 announced
  4. + SimulationFair116 devs · median $748 · 133 announced
  5. + CollectathonFair15 devs · median $720 · 18 announced
  6. + Resource ManagementFair46 devs · median $719 · 55 announced
  7. + FlightFair9 devs · median $657 · 9 announced
  8. + AliensFair12 devs · median $628 · 14 announced
  9. + SpaceFair16 devs · median $597 · 24 announced
  10. + Bullet TimeLong shot10 devs · median $390 · 15 announced
  11. + DemonsLong shot17 devs · median $300 · 22 announced
  12. + Bullet HellLong shot27 devs · median $239 · 25 announced

All 110 pairs on the Quick-Time Events page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare 2016 · $31M Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition 2014 · $13M Ryse: Son of Rome 2014 · $11M Commando Collection 2024 · $212k 蜀汉再临：源起 Restart ShuHan Dynasty:Origin 2025 · $43k
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
Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition older $39.99 11,103 64% 333k $13M (exactly $13,320,269) Sledgehammer Games, Raven Software
Ryse: Son of Rome older $9.99 38,308 87% 1.1M $11M (exactly $11,480,908) Crytek
Commando Collection older $4.99 1,414 95% 42k $212k (exactly $211,676) Macrojoy
蜀汉再临：源起 Restart ShuHan Dynasty:Origin $3.99 357 76% 11k $43k (exactly $42,733) 浙江海蕊盈信网络科技有限公司
SGS Halls of Montezuma older $24.99 35 74% 1.1k $26k (exactly $26,240) The Strategy Game Studio
FuJianStrike $6.99 22 100% 660 $4.6k (exactly $4,613) Mithril_055
Daughter of The Void · EA $9.99 15 100% 450 $4.5k (exactly $4,496) Shaybabe
Breakfall: Nuclear Winter · EA $17.99 7 28% 210 $3.8k (exactly $3,778) Dominik Geuer
Escape from GULAG older $1.99 62 83% 1.9k $3.7k (exactly $3,701) Rabotiagi games
EDM Ballistics $1.99 11 100% 330 $657 (exactly $657) MindFlow
Cartel $15.99 1 0% 30 $480 (exactly $480) ren studios
雷霆之眼 $7.99 2 50% 60 $479 (exactly $479) 小如文化
HAJIKI: Samurai Reflex Action $2.99 2 100% 60 $179 (exactly $179) 電脳鈴木組
Crossite II Definitive Edition $3.99 1 100% 30 $120 (exactly $120) AL Studios
Infection Warfare $0.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) FlyingWingStudio

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