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Should I ship a Runner Space Sim?
Space Sim + Runner
Only 5 developers shipped a Runner Space Sim 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, AirShooShoo, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 5 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $630. 5 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 5% | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Space Sim, Runner
- Price point
- $2.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 172 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 5 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Space Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + Tactical RPGFair
- + WarFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + SportsFair
- + DiplomacyLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Strategy RPGPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Man in gravity 2020 · $9.0k 
Witch Epoch 2022 · $9.0k 
Space Ribbon - Slipstream to the Extreme 2019 · $8.5k 
Escape from Nowhere 2021 · $3.6k 
Gas Gas Rocket! 2024 · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Man in gravity | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Witch Epoch | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Space Ribbon - Slipstream to the Extreme | older | $3.99 | 71 57% | 2.1k | $8.5k (exactly $8,499) | Onteca Ltd |
| | Escape from Nowhere | older | $9.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | PancakeGames |
| | Gas Gas Rocket! | older | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Gamesforgames |
 | The Alien Way | older | $9.99 | 11 81% | 330 | $3.3k (exactly $3,297) | Wood Stone Game |
 | Planet Surfer | older | $5.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.9k (exactly $2,875) | Matthew Christiansen |
 | Aeroplane Blaster | older | $4.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | khukhrovr |
 | CosmoDrive:Infinity | older | $4.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Diamond Cats Studio |
 | Space Cheetah Hyper Runner | older | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Matthew Milne |
 | AirShooShoo | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | OldMan Inc. | |
 | FastFly | $2.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | NanoFastFly | |
 | Forest Runner | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Pumpk1nDuke | |
 | Stars of the Valkyrie | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Alictronic Games | |
 | Warping War Pig | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | bankbank |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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