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Should I ship a Score Attack Resource Management game?

Resource Management + Score Attack

Of 82 developers who shipped a Score Attack Resource Management game 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.. 148 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 59 developers shipped in the last year and 148 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue flat on the market, 148 announced, ×2.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Resource Management + Score Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 82
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.7k → $628 → $1.9k → $897 → $450 → $598 → $269 (still earning) → $210 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Resource Management + Score Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 82
Bottom 30% $150 (exactly $150)
Median $300 (exactly $300)
Top 25% $1.6k (exactly $1,617)
Top 5% $26k (exactly $26,374)
Developers, 2 yr 82
Released games 159
Announced 148
Effort 4 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $4.99

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 flat on the market, supply 155% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 11%, 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.

Resource Management
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Resource Management, Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Strategy, Arcade
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Top-Down
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 81% positive over 4,271 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $150, median $300, 1 in 4 over $1.6k, 1 in 20 over $26k.

3 in 10 developers made under $150. Nearly all of the 27 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 148 games are announced against 59 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Resource Management with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Artificial IntelligenceFair102 devs · median $11k · 131 announced
  2. + DwarvesFair15 devs · median $11k · 24 announced
  3. + WesternFair19 devs · median $7.0k · 26 announced
  4. + SnowFair24 devs · median $3.8k · 36 announced
  5. + JRPGFair36 devs · median $2.7k · 27 announced
  6. + UnderwaterFair51 devs · median $2.3k · 74 announced
  7. + CollectathonFair167 devs · median $1.9k · 222 announced
  8. + IncrementalFair630 devs · median $1.8k · 1,025 announced
  9. + IdlerFair656 devs · median $1.6k · 979 announced
  10. + ArcadeFair322 devs · median $1.5k · 495 announced
  11. + HorsesFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 18 announced
  12. + Quick-Time EventsFair46 devs · median $719 · 55 announced

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Monsters are Coming! 2025 · $733k Arcade Paradise 2022 · $727k Copa City: Matchday Manager 2026 · $185k Goblin Sushi 2026 · EA · $121k Pegfinity 2026 · $73k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Monsters are Coming! $8.99 2,718 79% 82k $733k (exactly $733,045) Ludogram
Arcade Paradise older $19.99 1,213 85% 36k $727k (exactly $727,436) Nosebleed Interactive
Copa City: Matchday Manager $24.99 247 72% 7.4k $185k (exactly $185,176) Triple Espresso S.A.
Goblin Sushi · EA $9.99 404 89% 12k $121k (exactly $121,079) Old Cake Factory
Pegfinity $6.99 347 76% 10k $73k (exactly $72,766) Fragment Ventures AS
FLERP older $2.99 401 86% 12k $36k (exactly $35,970) foolsroom
RoGlass $9.99 88 98% 2.6k $26k (exactly $26,374) James Castle
Lorenzo il Magnifico older $14.99 58 70% 1.7k $26k (exactly $26,083) Studio Clangore
Silly Survivors $2.99 262 93% 7.9k $24k (exactly $23,501) DenaZ, SillyWorks
Poop Clicker older $0.99 725 76% 22k $22k (exactly $21,532) Serge Kornew
Ground Zero Hero $9.99 57 80% 1.7k $17k (exactly $17,083) Rowan Edmondson
Around The Core $3.99 95 86% 2.9k $11k (exactly $11,372) draftentropy
Assemblands $9.99 27 66% 810 $8.1k (exactly $8,092) Tafusoft
Towers of Scale · EA $9.99 26 100% 780 $7.8k (exactly $7,792) Makiki

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