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Should I ship a Robot Rhythm game?
Rhythm + Robots
Only 15 developers shipped a Robot Rhythm 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, Dismantling Workshop of Bio-Girl, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $100k, ×172 the market median. Revenue is down 90% on the market; 20 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $180 (exactly $180) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $38k (exactly $37,775) |
| Top 5% | $108k (exactly $107,964) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 44 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 90% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Rhythm
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 504 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Rhythm with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + LGBTQ+Fair
- + ManagementFair
- + Beat 'em upFair
- + Dating SimFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + SimulationFair
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Comparable games
Hi-Fi RUSH 2023 · $25M 
ROBOBEAT 2024 · $1.0M 
Dismantling Workshop of Bio-Girl 2025 · $108k 
Hell Division 2022 · $80k 
Steel Century Groove 2026 · $59k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Hi-Fi RUSH | older | $29.99 | 27,454 97% | 824k | $25M (exactly $24,700,364) | Tango Gameworks |
| | ROBOBEAT | older | $19.99 | 1,708 94% | 51k | $1.0M (exactly $1,024,288) | Simon Fredholm |
| | Dismantling Workshop of Bio-Girl | $29.99 | 120 61% | 3.6k | $108k (exactly $107,964) | 渡里laboratory | |
| | Hell Division | older | $13.99 | 191 83% | 5.7k | $80k (exactly $80,163) | Quacky Games |
| | Steel Century Groove | $19.99 | 98 94% | 2.9k | $59k (exactly $58,771) | Sloth Gloss Games | |
 | The Wraith of the Galaxy | · EA older | $11.99 | 161 81% | 4.8k | $58k (exactly $57,912) | Whale Rock Games |
 | Beat Slayer | older | $19.99 | 80 88% | 2.4k | $48k (exactly $47,976) | ByteRockers' Games |
 | CYBERMATRIX | $12.00 | 127 89% | 3.8k | $46k (exactly $45,720) | Tim Murich | |
 | Electro Bop Boxing League | $14.99 | 84 79% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | Developer Dob | |
 | Skybolt Zack | older | $13.99 | 57 89% | 1.7k | $24k (exactly $23,923) | ISART, DEVS MUST DIE |
 | Aaero2 | $14.99 | 36 94% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,189) | Mad Fellows | |
 | RAGER | $19.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $9.6k (exactly $9,595) | Insane Prey | |
 | Remote Control | $12.99 | 8 25% | 240 | $3.1k (exactly $3,118) | eroG Interactive | |
 | Boxing Machine VR | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Vnow Games | |
 | StreetSync | $0.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $297 (exactly $297) | Tyler L | |
 | Cadence | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | BitShift_Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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