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Should I ship a Time Attack Shooter?
Shooter + Time Attack
Only 10 developers shipped a Time Attack Shooter 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, ZOE Begone!, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $420; 1 in 20 cleared $42k, ×67 the market median. Momentum is unreadable here, too few recent games; 17 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $418 (exactly $418) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) |
| Top 5% | $42k (exactly $42,258) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Time 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
- Shooter, Time Attack
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 98% positive over 217 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $420. 17 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Severed Steel 2021 · $6.7M 
Cyber Hook 2020 · $1.4M 
HYPER DEMON 2022 · $1.4M 
Lovely Planet 2014 · $249k 
ESCHATOS 2015 · $129k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Severed Steel | older | $24.99 | 8,880 95% | 266k | $6.7M (exactly $6,657,336) | Greylock Studio |
| | Cyber Hook | older | $14.99 | 3,102 95% | 93k | $1.4M (exactly $1,394,969) | Blazing Stick |
| | HYPER DEMON | older | $14.99 | 3,087 94% | 93k | $1.4M (exactly $1,388,224) | Sorath |
| | Lovely Planet | older | $5.99 | 1,384 92% | 42k | $249k (exactly $248,705) | quicktequila |
| | ESCHATOS | older | $14.99 | 287 95% | 8.6k | $129k (exactly $129,064) | Qute |
 | Savant - Ascent REMIX | older | $9.99 | 330 92% | 9.9k | $99k (exactly $98,901) | D-Pad Studio |
 | Raiden Legacy - Steam Edition | older | $9.99 | 259 54% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | Dotemu |
 | Pang Adventures | older | $9.99 | 216 85% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $64,735) | Dotemu |
 | ZOE Begone! | $9.99 | 141 100% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $42,258) | Retchy Games | |
 | Space Gray X | older | $29.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $36k (exactly $35,988) | Galactic Geckon |
 | FZ: Formation Z | $29.99 | 16 87% | 480 | $14k (exactly $14,395) | Granzella Inc. | |
 | Gravity Storm: First Mission | $9.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Jampley Games | |
 | forever-happy-town | $4.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $2.5k (exactly $2,545) | tjern | |
 | RollBot | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Tsukoni | |
 | Skyfire Legends | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Benjo Games | |
 | Geometry Skies | $1.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $418 (exactly $418) | Menta's Box | |
 | Altered Priest | · EA | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Angersoft |
 | Sniper Game | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Coral Art Studio | |
 | Cube Jumper VR | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Pixart Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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