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Should I ship a Twin Stick Shooter Space Sim?
Space Sim + Twin Stick Shooter
Only 8 developers shipped a Twin Stick Shooter Space Sim 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, Hotloop, 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, ×5.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $300 against a market of $630. 17 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $298 (exactly $298) |
| Top 25% | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) |
| Top 5% | $4.2k (exactly $4,216) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 575% on the market, supply 40% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Space Sim
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Twin Stick Shooter
- 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
- Space Sim, Twin Stick Shooter
- Price point
- $3.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 336 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Space Sim with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Tactical RPGFair
- + WarFair
- + Walking SimulatorFair
- + SportsFair
- + DiplomacyLong shot
- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Strategy RPGPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Colony SimPoor odds
Comparable games
Intergalactic Ecstasy 2024 · $27k 
Space Will 2024 · $8.7k 
Gravitators 2021 · $6.9k 
Undercrewed 2019 · EA · $6.1k 
Disputed Space 2017 · $4.8k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Intergalactic Ecstasy | older | $14.99 | 60 86% | 1.8k | $27k (exactly $26,982) | HFTGames |
| | Space Will | older | $4.99 | 58 100% | 1.7k | $8.7k (exactly $8,683) | 张亮002 |
| | Gravitators | older | $9.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Insular Games |
| | Undercrewed | · EA older | $11.99 | 17 58% | 510 | $6.1k (exactly $6,115) | David Strachan, Dex Cimino |
| | Disputed Space | older | $1.99 | 80 61% | 2.4k | $4.8k (exactly $4,776) | ShilohGames |
 | Hotloop | $2.99 | 47 85% | 1.4k | $4.2k (exactly $4,216) | Tntlaxy GDS | |
 | Mothership Forever | older | $7.99 | 12 75% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | ProjectorGames |
 | Ardein.Fall | older | $4.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | Alex Grade |
 | Debris Infinity | · EA older | $4.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | SVC Games |
 | ANIQUILATION | older | $24.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $1.5k (exactly $1,499) | R-Next |
 | Alastrius: Star-Fighter | $11.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.1k (exactly $1,079) | Caledonia Interactive | |
 | Red Siren: Space Defense | $14.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $899 (exactly $899) | ISTOM Games | |
 | Bubble Battle Blast 3D | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Ghost Train Games | |
 | Nebula Strike | $3.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $239 (exactly $239) | 杨羽灰 | |
 | Void Breaker | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | AA Mini Games Studio | |
 | KunlunWonderland | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | He WenYuan | |
 | KLAST | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Ursavus LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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