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Should I ship a Space Time Attack game?
Time Attack + Space
Only 11 developers shipped a Space Time 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, FZ: Formation Z, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $660, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 95% on the market; 9 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $657 (exactly $657) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) |
| Top 5% | $14k (exactly $14,395) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 95% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Time Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Space
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Time Attack
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 8 games average 98% positive over 85 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
STARWHAL 2014 · $178k 
ESCHATOS 2015 · $129k 
Space Gray X 2024 · $36k 
FZ: Formation Z 2026 · $14k 
Orbox C 2016 · $11k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | STARWHAL | older | $11.99 | 496 92% | 15k | $178k (exactly $178,411) | Breakfall |
| | ESCHATOS | older | $14.99 | 287 95% | 8.6k | $129k (exactly $129,064) | Qute |
| | 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. | |
| | Orbox C | older | $4.99 | 76 93% | 2.3k | $11k (exactly $11,377) | wins_84, gamebalance |
 | Cubixx HD | older | $8.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $8.9k (exactly $8,900) | Laughing Jackal LTD |
 | Gravity Storm: First Mission | $9.99 | 27 100% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Jampley Games | |
 | Supersonic Bridge Racing | $11.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $4.0k (exactly $3,957) | Stumi Games | |
 | StarDrift Delivery | $7.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $3.4k (exactly $3,356) | Infernitz | |
 | Black Hole Hazard | older | $4.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | Superthumb |
 | RollBot | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Tsukoni | |
 | Easy | $1.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $657 (exactly $657) | Xtreme Games | |
 | Critical Descent | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Endless Abyss Games | |
 | ANXRacers - Drift Space | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | AEonAX Studios | |
 | Lofirunner | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | ArpaDev | |
 | Brickoid | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Francis Girard |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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