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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Science Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Science

Of 21 developers who shipped a Science 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.. 21 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $150 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 13 developers shipped in the last year and 21 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.3 times the market baseline, revenue down 30% on the market, 21 announced, ×1.6 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Score Attack + Science
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 21
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.2k → $1.1k → $5.8k → $150 → $4.0k → $0 (still earning) → $180 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Science: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 21
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $150 (exactly $150)
Top 25% $449 (exactly $449)
Top 5% $8.2k (exactly $8,234)
Developers, 2 yr 21
Released games 60
Announced 21
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
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 down 30% on the market, supply 65% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Science
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Puzzle
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Colorful, Minimalist
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 90% positive over 191 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 $150, 1 in 4 over $440, 1 in 20 over $8.2k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 13 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

Raiden Legacy - Steam Edition 2015 · $78k Nuclear Design Bureau 2026 · EA · $26k Survivor Cells 2024 · $11k Super reaKtor 2025 · $8.2k Times Trials 2025 · $7.2k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Raiden Legacy - Steam Edition older $9.99 259 54% 7.8k $78k (exactly $77,622) Dotemu
Nuclear Design Bureau · EA $9.99 88 79% 2.6k $26k (exactly $26,374) Design Bureau KB-11
Survivor Cells older $9.99 37 78% 1.1k $11k (exactly $11,089) YAW Studios
Super reaKtor $4.99 55 100% 1.7k $8.2k (exactly $8,234) SuperSAZ Studio
Times Trials $11.99 20 100% 600 $7.2k (exactly $7,194) Arc-Fy
Breaking Good older $2.00 118 84% 3.5k $7.1k (exactly $7,080) SeekSick6
DVR Simulator older $14.99 14 42% 420 $6.3k (exactly $6,296) Demonixis Games
Technocide older $11.99 16 93% 480 $5.8k (exactly $5,755) Dextrous Games
Vortex Attack EX older $9.99 18 83% 540 $5.4k (exactly $5,395) KaleidoGames
Teslapunk older $8.99 17 88% 510 $4.6k (exactly $4,585) klutzGames, Fleischfilm
Fasthand $8.99 15 93% 450 $4.0k (exactly $4,046) mefyu video games (MVG)
Liber 777 Without Tears $7.99 2 100% 60 $479 (exactly $479) Apes of Thoth
GeoFlag $4.99 3 100% 90 $449 (exactly $449) Ogo Studio
Luminatory $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) Halfbeast Studio
Cite $2.99 3 100% 90 $269 (exactly $269) Kovach
Mycocosm $3.99 2 100% 60 $239 (exactly $239) Evolver Dynamics
Every Step Counts $5.99 1 100% 30 $180 (exactly $180) nipanko

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