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Should I ship a Supernatural Score Attack game?
Score Attack + Supernatural
Only 16 developers shipped a Supernatural 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, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 31 more are announced, ×5.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $630, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $5.1M, ×10908 the market median. Revenue is up 670% on the market; 31 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) |
| Top 5% | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 31 |
| 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 670% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Supernatural
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Score Attack
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 2,964 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 9 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 31 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Score Attack with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + DragonsFair
- + VampiresFair
- + CookingFair
- + SuperheroFair
- + Female ProtagonistFair
- + GolfFair
- + GothicFair
- + ModernFair
- + Choose Your Own AdventureFair
- + UndergroundFair
Comparable games
| Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 | $59.99 | 2,879 83% | 86k | $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) | CyberConnect2 | |
| | Impaler Gold | older | $4.99 | 466 92% | 14k | $70k (exactly $69,760) | Apptivus |
| | Type Knight | older | $4.99 | 135 91% | 4.1k | $20k (exactly $20,210) | chaikadev |
| | Polar Penguin Post | · EA older | $15.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $12k (exactly $11,992) | Little Lemon Bulb |
| | BAROQUE SHOOTING: REVERSED | $14.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $6.3k (exactly $6,296) | Sting | |
| | Brave Rounds | $14.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | PlayShift Games | |
| | School Paranormal Laboratory | older | $3.99 | 39 58% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | KIMIDORI SOFT |
| | KING PONG | · EA older | $19.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $4.2k (exactly $4,198) | Iconik |
| | Spooky Mahjong | older | $4.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | Triakola Studios |
| | Lord O' Pirates | $4.99 | 21 85% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | One Flow Man | |
| | Axe Ghost | $9.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Tomasz Kaye | |
| | DEMONOLITION | $9.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | HEX512 | |
| | NecroFarm | $2.99 | 10 60% | 300 | $897 (exactly $897) | Podigi Games | |
| | Devil's Derby | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | Elliott Ayling | |
| | Air Master HANEMARU | $3.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | SE.EED CO.,LTD | |
| | For Hell's Sake | $2.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $269 (exactly $269) | Fourmi Zero |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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