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Should I ship a Score Attack Space Sim?
Space Sim + Score Attack
Only 13 developers shipped a Score Attack 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, Don't Crash, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $0 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 8 developers shipped in the last year and 19 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $356 (exactly $356) |
| Top 5% | $10k (exactly $10,180) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 53 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 60% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Space Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Score Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Space Sim, Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Puzzle, Arcade, Flight
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $4.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2D, Atmospheric, Difficult
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $4.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 6 games average 91% positive over 108 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 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
SHINORUBI 2024 · $12k 
BARK 2021 · $12k 
Don't Crash 2026 · $10k 
Man in gravity 2020 · $9.0k 
Aero Striker - World Invasion 2022 · $8.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | SHINORUBI | older | $24.99 | 16 50% | 480 | $12k (exactly $11,995) | Last Boss 88 |
| | BARK | older | $9.99 | 39 82% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | Tic Toc Games |
| | Don't Crash | $4.99 | 68 98% | 2.0k | $10k (exactly $10,180) | Override Studio | |
| | Man in gravity | older | $24.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Laush Dmitriy Sergeevich |
| | Aero Striker - World Invasion | older | $14.99 | 18 83% | 540 | $8.1k (exactly $8,095) | EpiXR Games UG |
 | Putin Destroys Alien | older | $4.90 | 37 91% | 1.1k | $5.4k (exactly $5,439) | Boris the Bear |
 | SPL: Skilled Pilots Live | · EA older | $14.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | Me Vs Game |
 | Jetpack astronaut | older | $9.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Stas Paty9mkin |
 | Escape from Nowhere | older | $9.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | PancakeGames |
 | Arcade Galaxy | older | $9.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Piece Of Voxel |
 | Gyre | $0.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $535 (exactly $535) | Klaxix | |
 | AirShooShoo | $2.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $359 (exactly $359) | OldMan Inc. | |
 | Pure Idle | $0.99 | 12 33% | 360 | $356 (exactly $356) | Riven Elow | |
 | Bubble Battle Blast 3D | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Ghost Train Games | |
 | DRONE SMUGGLER | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Debauched Sloth Games |
 | TypingRocket | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | nishinihonkankyou Corporation | |
 | Space Rocks in Space | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Rock Hyrax | |
 | Warping War Pig | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | bankbank | |
 | LIGHT FORCE | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ShangkoStudio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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