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Should I ship a Time Manipulation Sports game?
Sports + Time Manipulation
Only 5 developers shipped a Time Manipulation Sports 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, Pro Football, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.2k against a market of $630. 4 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $59 (exactly $59) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) |
| Top 25% | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) |
| Top 5% | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 4 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Sports
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Time Manipulation
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Time Manipulation
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 82% positive over 6,634 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $59. 4 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
F1® Manager 2024 2024 · $5.8M 
Arizona Derby 2019 · $342k 
Score a goal (Physical football) 2016 · $22k 
Score a goal 2 (Physical football) 2018 · $9.8k 
Pro Football 2024 · EA · $7.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | F1® Manager 2024 | older | $34.99 | 5,554 83% | 167k | $5.8M (exactly $5,830,034) | Frontier Developments |
| | Arizona Derby | older | $18.99 | 601 77% | 18k | $342k (exactly $342,390) | Falcon Interactive |
| | Score a goal (Physical football) | older | $2.99 | 247 66% | 7.4k | $22k (exactly $22,156) | BulatHard |
| | Score a goal 2 (Physical football) | older | $2.99 | 109 71% | 3.3k | $9.8k (exactly $9,777) | BulatHard |
| | Pro Football | · EA | $11.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | Dayra Studio |
 | Climb VR New York Parkour | older | $19.99 | 12 25% | 360 | $7.2k (exactly $7,196) | SRİO |
 | Draw the Road | older | $4.99 | 32 87% | 960 | $4.8k (exactly $4,790) | · |
 | Friendship Club | · EA older | $11.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $2.9k (exactly $2,878) | Force Of Habit, Clockwork Cuckoo |
 | Hole in the Clouds | older | $2.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $2.8k (exactly $2,781) | Shortbread |
 | Déjà Drift | · EA older | $4.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $2.7k (exactly $2,695) | BAR Interactive |
 | Chat Ragdoll Racing | · EA | $4.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Scuffed Gamedev, Samuli Salonen, Marcus… (Scuffed Gamedev, Samuli Salonen, Marcus Rose) |
 | RC: Car Maniacs | $4.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | GH Games | |
 | MERIDIAN | $0.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | Alexander Kosenko | |
 | Chase & Crash | $0.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $59 (exactly $59) | IOIO GAMES |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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