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Should I ship a Western Score Attack game?
Score Attack + Western
Only 17 developers shipped a Western 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, Racket Pinball, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $30 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 13 developers shipped in the last year and 12 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $30 (exactly $30) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) |
| Top 5% | $22k (exactly $22,189) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 17 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 12 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 225% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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
- Western
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Score Attack; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Arcade, Arena Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 1980s, 1990's, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 9 games average 87% positive over 115 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 12 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Bounty of One 2023 · $576k 
Kill The Crows 2023 · $426k 
Racket Pinball 2026 · $22k 
Vendetta Forever 2025 · $20k 
Road Defense: Outsiders 2023 · $14k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Bounty of One | older | $6.99 | 2,749 88% | 82k | $576k (exactly $576,465) | OptizOnion |
| | Kill The Crows | older | $4.99 | 2,848 95% | 85k | $426k (exactly $426,346) | 5minlab Corp. |
| | Racket Pinball | $19.99 | 37 91% | 1.1k | $22k (exactly $22,189) | NiVision | |
| | Vendetta Forever | $19.99 | 34 76% | 1.0k | $20k (exactly $20,390) | Meatspace Interactive | |
| | Road Defense: Outsiders | older | $2.99 | 161 84% | 4.8k | $14k (exactly $14,442) | Minicactus Games |
 | Dynamic Shooting VR | older | $9.99 | 16 93% | 480 | $4.8k (exactly $4,795) | Polyfun Games |
 | Royale Archer VR | older | $12.99 | 9 66% | 270 | $3.5k (exactly $3,507) | Funnypack |
 | Lawbringer | older | $3.99 | 23 69% | 690 | $2.8k (exactly $2,753) | Entropic Island |
 | Toe To Toe VR Party Games | · EA older | $12.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $2.7k (exactly $2,728) | VRdevelopment |
 | DEMONOLITION | $9.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | HEX512 | |
 | Dracs After Dusk | $3.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $1.7k (exactly $1,676) | OliveHillStudios | |
 | Periodicity - Hats and scars | $4.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | PunPun.Studio | |
 | Golfslinger | $7.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Chaos Cactus | |
 | Wicked West | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Maid Games | |
 | Cubettiny | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Desdinova | |
 | Hang Tight | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | FatGames | |
 | The Sunset Land | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Rendara |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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