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Should I ship a Time Attack Strategy game?
Strategy + Time Attack
Only 5 developers shipped a Time Attack Strategy 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, Mini City: Mayhem, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 1 developer shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $0 against a market of $630. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $0 (exactly $0) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $12k (exactly $11,501) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 75% 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.
- Strategy
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Time Attack
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy, Time Attack
- Price point
- $5.99 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 $9.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 925 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 7 games are announced against 1 developer who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Marble Skies 2019 · $76k 
Pang Adventures 2016 · $65k 
Flockers™ 2014 · $47k 
TOSS!🍌 2023 · $13k 
22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing 2022 · EA · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Marble Skies | older | $9.99 | 253 82% | 7.6k | $76k (exactly $75,824) | [untitledDev] |
| | Pang Adventures | older | $9.99 | 216 85% | 6.5k | $65k (exactly $64,735) | Dotemu |
| | Flockers™ | older | $9.99 | 158 76% | 4.7k | $47k (exactly $47,353) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
| | TOSS!🍌 | older | $9.99 | 45 93% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | Agera Games |
| | 22 Racing Series | RTS-Racing | · EA older | $24.99 | 17 64% | 510 | $13k (exactly $12,745) | GOATi Entertainment |
 | Mini City: Mayhem | $5.99 | 64 81% | 1.9k | $12k (exactly $11,501) | Rogue Duck Interactive, cukuto | |
 | Break The Targets | older | $9.99 | 24 100% | 720 | $7.2k (exactly $7,193) | Q'Prod |
 | Peppy's Adventure | older | $7.99 | 30 100% | 900 | $7.2k (exactly $7,191) | Pepite Studios |
 | Chess Pills | older | $3.99 | 43 90% | 1.3k | $5.1k (exactly $5,147) | Deep Green Games |
 | Meta Sudoku | older | $1.99 | 75 80% | 2.3k | $4.5k (exactly $4,478) | Matrix Science |
 | Emergency Exit | $9.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Cheeky Cat Games | |
 | Stow It!!! | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | DreamCatchers | |
 | Sudoku Pro | · EA | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Stickman Puzzle | · EA | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Hard Shark Games |
 | BAFF B | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Blender Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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