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Should I ship a Time Attack game?

Time Attack

Of 128 developers who shipped a Time Attack 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.. 150 more are announced.

Verdict: fair, for a 3 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $600, ×1.3 the market's $480 for a 3 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $180. Revenue is up 30% on the market; 150 games are announced against 84 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.3 times the market baseline, revenue up 30% on the market, 150 announced, ×1.8 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Time Attack
Fig. 1 · this niche among 355
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 128
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $1.6k → $1.9k → $3.6k → $1.1k → $628 → $1.4k → $1.8k (still earning) → $179 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Time Attack: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 128
Bottom 30% $179 (exactly $179)
Median $599 (exactly $599)
Top 25% $2.9k (exactly $2,875)
Top 5% $42k (exactly $42,258)
Developers, 2 yr 128
Released games 557
Announced 150
Effort 3 / 10
AI-buildability High
Typical price $2.99

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 30% on the market, supply 80% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Time Attack
effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
Systems
Time Attack
Price point
$2.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $2.99.

The top 10 games average 88% positive over 12,526 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $600, 1 in 4 over $2.8k, 1 in 20 over $42k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 9 in 10 of the 92 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 150 games are announced against 84 developers who shipped in the last year.

Plate 6 · every pair with this tag

All pairs with Time Attack

36 pairs · ranked by verdict, then medianwith: mechanics · settings · any
  1. Time Attack + Cats Fair $2.7k 5 devs
  2. Sports + Time Attack Fair $1.8k 12 devs
  3. Collectathon + Time Attack Fair $1.1k 10 devs
  4. Time Attack + Futuristic Fair $898 16 devs
  5. Racing + Time Attack Fair $748 44 devs
  6. Level Editor + Time Attack Fair $748 12 devs
  7. Time Attack + Point & Click Fair $718 7 devs
  8. Score Attack + Time Attack Fair $657 50 devs
  9. Time Attack + Space Fair $657 11 devs
  10. Action + Time Attack Fair $599 90 devs
  11. Adventure + Time Attack Fair $599 33 devs
  12. Runner + Time Attack Fair $599 15 devs
  13. Arcade + Time Attack Fair $539 68 devs
  14. Action-Adventure + Time Attack Long shot $150 12 devs
  15. Driving + Time Attack Poor odds $2.8k 20 devs
  16. Simulation + Time Attack Poor odds $1.4k 21 devs
  17. PvP + Time Attack Poor odds $989 9 devs
  18. Shooter + Time Attack Poor odds $719 10 devs
  19. Exploration + Time Attack Poor odds $718 14 devs
  20. Physics + Time Attack Poor odds $674 38 devs
  21. Platformer + Time Attack Poor odds $628 51 devs
  22. 3D Platformer + Time Attack Poor odds $628 25 devs
  23. Precision Platformer + Time Attack Poor odds $599 45 devs
  24. Time Attack + Sci-fi Poor odds $539 16 devs
  25. Parkour + Time Attack Poor odds $299 21 devs
  26. Local Multiplayer + Time Attack Dead $4.0k 5 devs
  27. Split Screen + Time Attack Dead $4.0k 6 devs
  28. Co-op + Time Attack Dead $3.6k 5 devs
  29. Time Attack + Hidden Object Dead $2.7k 4 devs
  30. Time Attack + Puzzle Dead $449 29 devs
  31. Puzzle Platformer + Time Attack Dead $449 19 devs
  32. Automobile Sim + Time Attack Dead $419 7 devs
  33. FPS + Time Attack Dead $300 5 devs
  34. 2D Platformer + Time Attack Dead $210 30 devs
  35. Time Attack + Logic Dead $90 9 devs
  36. Strategy + Time Attack Dead $0 5 devs
Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

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Mirror's Edge™ older $19.99 31,195 87% 936k $19M (exactly $18,707,642) DICE
Super Meat Boy older $14.99 30,031 93% 901k $14M (exactly $13,504,941) Team Meat
Assetto Corsa Rally · EA $29.99 8,757 87% 263k $7.9M (exactly $7,878,673) Supernova Games Studios
Severed Steel older $24.99 8,880 95% 266k $6.7M (exactly $6,657,336) Greylock Studio
Motor Town: Behind The Wheel · EA older $19.99 8,971 93% 269k $5.4M (exactly $5,379,909) P3 Games
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Trackmania® Turbo older $39.99 1,520 66% 46k $1.8M (exactly $1,823,544) Nadeo
TrackMania² Stadium older $9.99 5,340 88% 160k $1.6M (exactly $1,600,398) Nadeo
Cyber Hook older $14.99 3,102 95% 93k $1.4M (exactly $1,394,969) Blazing Stick
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Abyss Runner $6.99 105 86% 3.2k $22k (exactly $22,018) Asuwawagami
Reverse Problem $12.99 52 86% 1.6k $20k (exactly $20,264) Tag Axle Games
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.