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Should I ship a Superhero Score Attack game?
Score Attack + Superhero
Only 11 developers shipped a Superhero Score Attack game 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, MOMO Crash, 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.
Verdict: fair, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×0.9 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $900. Revenue is up 2005% on the market; 5 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $897 (exactly $897) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 25% | $11k (exactly $10,522) |
| Top 5% | $255k (exactly $254,520) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 5 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 2005% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Score Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Superhero
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Score Attack
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 908 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 9 in 10 of the 11 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 5 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics 2024 · $3.0M 
MOMO Crash 2025 · $255k 
BrebeMan 2026 · $34k 
QUADRICOLOR: Ultra Sentai Color Ranger 2025 · $11k 
Bullet: Surge 2025 · $8.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics | older | $49.99 | 1,976 93% | 59k | $3.0M (exactly $2,963,407) | CAPCOM Co., Ltd. |
| | MOMO Crash | $12.00 | 707 89% | 21k | $255k (exactly $254,520) | SKOOTA GAMES | |
| | BrebeMan | $9.99 | 115 100% | 3.5k | $34k (exactly $34,466) | MetaFormingPro | |
| | QUADRICOLOR: Ultra Sentai Color Ranger | $12.99 | 27 96% | 810 | $11k (exactly $10,522) | Quadri Team | |
| | Bullet: Surge | $15.99 | 18 94% | 540 | $8.6k (exactly $8,635) | Cerbere Games | |
 | JETMAN | older | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Montblanc Hatch |
 | Big Trouble in Little Chimney | $4.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | FobTi interactive | |
 | SantaCorps 4 | $4.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | Virtuoso Neomedia | |
 | PiiSim | older | $0.99 | 41 95% | 1.2k | $1.2k (exactly $1,218) | Koker_007 |
 | Nyanroo The Supercat | · EA older | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Golden Shelves Software |
 | Hop Drop | $5.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Goon Squad | |
 | Witchy Tower | $2.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Changefairy | |
 | ATTENZIONE PICKPOCKET! | $0.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $208 (exactly $208) | Serio Studio | |
 | RockOUT: Only up with Your Head | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Chronotope.App |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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