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Should I ship a Quick-Time Events game?

Quick-Time Events

Of 447 developers who shipped a Quick-Time Events 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.. 565 more are announced, ×2.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $420 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 4 / 10 build. 279 developers shipped in the last year and 565 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 0.9 times the market baseline, revenue flat on the market, 565 announced, ×2.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Quick-Time Events
Fig. 1 · this niche among 355
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 447
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $776 → $239 → $299 → $599 → $449 → $628 → $358 (still earning) → $150 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Quick-Time Events: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 447
Bottom 30% $119 (exactly $119)
Median $418 (exactly $418)
Top 25% $1.9k (exactly $1,915)
Top 5% $62k (exactly $61,817)
Developers, 2 yr 447
Released games 1,140
Announced 565
Effort 4 / 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 flat on the market, supply 60% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Quick-Time Events
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
Systems
Quick-Time Events
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.90 or above
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $12.90 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 91% positive over 90,831 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $420, 1 in 4 over $1.9k, 1 in 20 over $61k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 9 in 10 of the 228 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 565 games are announced against 279 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · every pair with this tag

All pairs with Quick-Time Events

81 pairs with a mechanicwith: mechanics · settings · any
  1. Strategy RPG + Quick-Time Events Dead $300 17 devs
  2. Action RPG + Quick-Time Events Dead $300 15 devs
  3. Action + Quick-Time Events Dead $299 184 devs
  4. Quick-Time Events + Rhythm Dead $299 33 devs
  5. Action-Adventure + Quick-Time Events Dead $269 68 devs
  6. Quick-Time Events + Roguelike Dead $269 47 devs
  7. Parkour + Quick-Time Events Dead $269 25 devs
  8. Quick-Time Events + Puzzle Platformer Dead $269 24 devs
  9. Dungeon Crawler + Quick-Time Events Dead $269 16 devs
  10. Quick-Time Events + Arcade Dead $267 116 devs
  11. Tactical + Quick-Time Events Dead $240 26 devs
  12. Quick-Time Events + Platformer Dead $239 60 devs
  13. Quick-Time Events + Score Attack Dead $239 59 devs
  14. Quick-Time Events + Roguelite Dead $239 45 devs
  15. Quick-Time Events + Precision Platformer Dead $239 37 devs
  16. Action Roguelike + Quick-Time Events Dead $239 28 devs
  17. Local Multiplayer + Quick-Time Events Dead $239 19 devs
  18. Quick-Time Events + Hidden Object Dead $210 21 devs
  19. Combat + Quick-Time Events Dead $180 62 devs
  20. Shooter + Quick-Time Events Dead $180 43 devs
  21. Arena Shooter + Quick-Time Events Dead $180 10 devs
  22. Quick-Time Events + Top-Down Shooter Dead $180 10 devs
  23. Physics + Quick-Time Events Dead $179 47 devs
  24. PvE + Quick-Time Events Dead $179 45 devs
  25. Quick-Time Events + 2D Platformer Dead $150 52 devs
  26. Survival + Quick-Time Events Dead $150 39 devs
  27. Procedural Generation + Quick-Time Events Dead $150 22 devs
  28. RTS + Quick-Time Events Dead $150 15 devs
  29. Quick-Time Events + Typing Dead $120 16 devs
  30. Quick-Time Events + Runner Dead $119 38 devs
  31. Sports + Quick-Time Events Dead $119 25 devs
Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Call of Duty®: Black Ops III 2015 · $284M Stellar Blade™ 2025 · $110M Tomb Raider Game of the Year 2013 · $104M Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014 · $47M Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare 2016 · $31M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III older $59.99 157,694 88% 4.7M $284M (exactly $283,801,892) Treyarch, Aspyr (Mac)
Stellar Blade™ $59.99 61,289 93% 1.8M $110M (exactly $110,301,813) SHIFT UP Corporation
Tomb Raider Game of the Year older $19.99 173,270 95% 5.2M $104M (exactly $103,910,019) Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Feral… (Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Feral Interactive (Mac), Nixxes)
Resident Evil 4 (2005) older $19.99 78,502 94% 2.4M $47M (exactly $47,077,649) Capcom
Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare older $59.99 17,489 65% 525k $31M (exactly $31,474,953) Infinity Ward
Resident Evil 6 older $19.99 51,420 77% 1.5M $31M (exactly $30,836,574) Capcom
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles older $59.99 16,545 87% 496k $30M (exactly $29,776,036) CyberConnect2
Resident Evil 5 older $19.99 48,521 87% 1.5M $29M (exactly $29,098,044) Capcom
The Quarry older $59.99 16,127 83% 484k $29M (exactly $29,023,762) Supermassive Games
The Walking Dead older $14.99 53,650 97% 1.6M $24M (exactly $24,126,405) Telltale Games
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS $49.99 12,178 96% 365k $18M (exactly $18,263,347) Sonic Team
Until Dawn™ $59.99 3,564 82% 107k $6.4M (exactly $6,414,131) Ballistic Moon
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 $59.99 2,879 83% 86k $5.2M (exactly $5,181,336) CyberConnect2
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead $29.99 2,331 74% 70k $2.1M (exactly $2,097,201) Stormind Games
Directive 8020 $49.99 1,337 63% 40k $2.0M (exactly $2,005,099) Supermassive Games
Hello Love: 18 Again $19.99 2,075 92% 62k $1.2M (exactly $1,244,378) 念念而忘(Echofall Studio)
Ship, Inc. $9.99 2,168 83% 65k $650k (exactly $649,750) Rogue Duck Interactive
PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC $29.99 694 90% 21k $624k (exactly $624,392) NOW PRODUCTION Co., Ltd.
Lost But Found $6.99 2,316 71% 69k $486k (exactly $485,665) Rogue Duck Interactive

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.