Should I ship a Billiards game?
Billiards
Of 62 developers who shipped a Billiards game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 59 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.9 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $90. Revenue is up 115% on the market; 59 games are announced against 43 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,873) |
| Top 5% | $109k (exactly $109,277) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 62 |
| Released games | 180 |
| Announced | 59 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| 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 up 115% on the market, supply 115% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Billiards
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Billiards
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $13.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $13.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 3,488 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 24 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 59 games are announced against 43 developers who shipped in the last year.
All pairs with Billiards
- PvP + Billiards Fair $1.1k
- Action + Billiards Fair $958
- Physics + Billiards Fair $538
- Strategy + Billiards Fair $538
- Sports + Billiards Fair $450
- Arcade + Billiards Fair $359
- Billiards + Tabletop Long shot $180
- Billiards + Score Attack Poor odds $90
- Billiards + Puzzle Dead $1.0k
- Simulation + Billiards Dead $180
Comparable games
Who's Your Daddy?! 2016 · $7.7M 
Snooker 19 2019 · $676k 
Virtual Pool 4 2015 · $577k 
Cue Club 2: Pool & Snooker 2016 · $489k 
Sports Bar VR 2016 · $470k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Who's Your Daddy?! | older | $9.99 | 25,797 80% | 774k | $7.7M (exactly $7,731,361) | Evil Tortilla Games |
| | Snooker 19 | older | $29.99 | 751 73% | 23k | $676k (exactly $675,675) | Lab42 |
| | Virtual Pool 4 | older | $24.99 | 770 82% | 23k | $577k (exactly $577,269) | Celeris |
| | Cue Club 2: Pool & Snooker | older | $18.99 | 858 90% | 26k | $489k (exactly $488,803) | Bulldog Interactive |
| | Sports Bar VR | older | $19.99 | 784 83% | 24k | $470k (exactly $470,165) | Cherry Pop Games, Perilous Orbit |
 | Pool Nation | older | $6.99 | 2,208 89% | 66k | $463k (exactly $463,018) | Cherry Pop Games |
 | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
 | Rabbit Burn | older | $14.99 | 680 89% | 20k | $306k (exactly $305,796) | Bio Sapiens |
 | Nine-Ball Roulette | $3.99 | 2,159 88% | 65k | $258k (exactly $258,432) | WaveBox Labs | |
 | Pure Pool | older | $9.99 | 672 58% | 20k | $201k (exactly $201,398) | VooFoo Studios |
 | Pure Pool Pro | $24.99 | 206 66% | 6.2k | $154k (exactly $154,438) | Rockwater | |
 | Flick Shot Rogues | $14.99 | 295 87% | 8.9k | $133k (exactly $132,662) | Butter By The Fish | |
 | Drop Pockets | · EA | $14.99 | 243 83% | 7.3k | $109k (exactly $109,277) | Children of Madness |
 | Ultrapool | $11.99 | 265 88% | 8.0k | $95k (exactly $95,320) | Icedrop Games | |
 | Basketboy's Adventure | $9.99 | 78 78% | 2.3k | $23k (exactly $23,377) | greenteagame1 | |
 | My Car My Life | · EA | $1.99 | 171 98% | 5.1k | $10k (exactly $10,209) | Noguiin |
 | Innocent Au-pair | $13.99 | 23 56% | 690 | $9.7k (exactly $9,653) | alex_r | |
 | Ringer | $9.99 | 27 81% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Ideas Per Second | |
 | The Backrooms: Rescue Expedition | $9.99 | 21 33% | 630 | $6.3k (exactly $6,294) | {CRYTIME} |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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