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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Space Score Attack game?

Score Attack + Space

Of 212 developers who shipped a Space 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.. 205 more are announced.

Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $210 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 136 developers shipped in the last year and 205 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.3 times the market baseline, revenue flat on the market, 205 announced, ×1.5 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Score Attack + Space
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 212
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $299 → $898 → $449 → $599 → $179 → $300 → $210 (still earning) → $90 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Score Attack + Space: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 212
Bottom 30% $0 (exactly $0)
Median $210 (exactly $210)
Top 25% $1.3k (exactly $1,347)
Top 5% $15k (exactly $15,285)
Developers, 2 yr 212
Released games 613
Announced 205
Effort 5 / 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 75% 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 medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Score Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
Space
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Arcade, Action, Shoot 'Em Up
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $10.99 or above
Art
4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, 3D, Colorful
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 86% positive over 48,100 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 $210, 1 in 4 over $1.3k, 1 in 20 over $15k.

3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 83 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 205 games are announced against 136 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 DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours 2015 · $1.1M DoDonPachi Resurrection 2016 · $884k Chippy 2019 · $490k RIVE 2016 · $210k
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
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.
Chippy older $14.99 1,089 90% 33k $490k (exactly $489,723) Facepunch Studios
RIVE older $14.99 468 83% 14k $210k (exactly $210,460) Two Tribes
MUSYNX:RETURN $19.99 284 74% 8.5k $170k (exactly $170,315) I-Inferno
Bit Blaster XL older $0.99 5,495 96% 165k $163k (exactly $163,202) Adamvision Studios
Space Invaders Extreme older $19.99 255 86% 7.7k $153k (exactly $152,924) TAITO CORP.
Entropy Survivors $9.99 487 80% 15k $146k (exactly $145,954) Moving Pieces Interactive
Star Wars™ Pinball VR older $24.99 180 41% 5.4k $135k (exactly $134,946) Zen Studios
TOP DOG $9.99 263 88% 7.9k $79k (exactly $78,821) MorfeoDev
Project X: Light Years $17.99 141 93% 4.2k $76k (exactly $76,098) MK_Games
Truxton Extreme $24.99 93 95% 2.8k $70k (exactly $69,722) Tatsujin
Starforged Legacy · EA $7.99 173 87% 5.2k $41k (exactly $41,468) Second Shift Games
IRON GUARD: Salvation $17.99 44 93% 1.3k $24k (exactly $23,747) Xlab Digital
Racket Pinball $19.99 37 91% 1.1k $22k (exactly $22,189) NiVision
Colony 37 · EA $2.99 224 95% 6.7k $20k (exactly $20,093) Valen

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