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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Sci-fi Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Sci-fi

Of 317 developers who shipped a Sci-fi Score Attack 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.. 340 more are announced.

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. 204 developers shipped in the last year and 340 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.6 times the market baseline, revenue up 20% on the market, 340 announced, ×1.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Score Attack + Sci-fi
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 317
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.2k → $629 → $900 → $1.3k → $419 → $599 → $210 (still earning) → $179 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Sci-fi: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 317
Bottom 30% $76 (exactly $76)
Median $300 (exactly $300)
Top 25% $2.7k (exactly $2,697)
Top 5% $75k (exactly $74,892)
Developers, 2 yr 317
Released games 865
Announced 340
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 up 20% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 10%, 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.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Sci-fi
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Shooter
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Art
3 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Pixel Graphics, 3D
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 55,562 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $76, median $300, 1 in 4 over $2.6k, 1 in 20 over $74k.

3 in 10 developers made under $76. 9 in 10 of the 130 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 340 games are announced against 204 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Score Attack with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + MechsFair23 devs · median $6.2k · 24 announced
  2. + Spectacle fighterFair31 devs · median $4.3k · 29 announced
  3. + DragonsFair16 devs · median $2.1k · 11 announced
  4. + VampiresFair16 devs · median $1.7k · 14 announced
  5. + CookingFair28 devs · median $1.4k · 30 announced
  6. + SuperheroFair11 devs · median $1.3k · 5 announced
  7. + Female ProtagonistFair112 devs · median $1.2k · 104 announced
  8. + GolfFair11 devs · median $1.2k · 8 announced
  9. + GothicFair20 devs · median $959 · 14 announced
  10. + ModernFair53 devs · median $899 · 43 announced
  11. + Choose Your Own AdventureFair14 devs · median $898 · 11 announced
  12. + UndergroundFair23 devs · median $748 · 18 announced

All 200 pairs on the Score Attack page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor 2025 · $18M Greedland 2025 · $1.1M DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours 2015 · $1.1M DoDonPachi Resurrection 2016 · $884k Iron Meat 2024 · $589k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor $12.99 46,354 86% 1.4M $18M (exactly $18,064,154) Funday Games
Greedland $12.99 2,919 83% 88k $1.1M (exactly $1,137,534) VaMP He
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours older $49.99 717 82% 22k $1.1M (exactly $1,075,285) Pyramid
DoDonPachi Resurrection older $29.99 982 95% 29k $884k (exactly $883,505) CAVE Interactive CO.,LTD.
Iron Meat $19.99 982 96% 29k $589k (exactly $588,905) Ivan Valeryevich Suvorov, Retroware
NIMRODS · EA $9.99 1,783 85% 53k $534k (exactly $534,365) Fiveamp
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Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense $19.99 706 85% 21k $423k (exactly $423,388) Element Studios
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VRacer Hoverbike $29.99 307 89% 9.2k $276k (exactly $276,208) VertexBreakers
Neon Inferno $19.99 378 92% 11k $227k (exactly $226,687) Zenovia Interactive
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MotionRec $9.99 430 99% 13k $129k (exactly $128,871) HANDSUM

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