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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.
| 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.
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
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
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.
What kills games here
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.
All pairs with Time Attack
- Time Attack + Cats Fair $2.7k
- Time Attack + Futuristic Fair $898
- Time Attack + Space Fair $657
- Time Attack + Sci-fi Poor odds $539
Comparable games
Mirror's Edge™ 2009 · $19M 
Super Meat Boy 2010 · $14M 
Assetto Corsa Rally 2025 · EA · $7.9M 
Severed Steel 2021 · $6.7M 
Motor Town: Behind The Wheel 2021 · EA · $5.4M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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 |
 | Hot Lava | older | $19.99 | 5,335 92% | 160k | $3.2M (exactly $3,199,399) | Klei Entertainment |
 | Trackmania United Forever | older | $29.99 | 2,488 94% | 75k | $2.2M (exactly $2,238,454) | Nadeo |
 | 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 |
 | Slackers - Carts of Glory | $12.99 | 1,984 91% | 60k | $773k (exactly $773,165) | Falling Saints | |
 | Super Meat Boy 3D | $24.99 | 828 87% | 25k | $621k (exactly $620,752) | Sluggerfly, Team Meat | |
 | DEADLINE DELIVERY | $14.99 | 319 85% | 9.6k | $143k (exactly $143,454) | GOOD1 Studios | |
 | SNOW BROS. 2 SPECIAL | $34.99 | 80 70% | 2.4k | $84k (exactly $83,976) | CRT GAMES | |
 | Hoverflow | $14.99 | 150 93% | 4.5k | $67k (exactly $67,455) | Simon In Motion | |
 | ZOE Begone! | $9.99 | 141 100% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $42,258) | Retchy Games | |
 | 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 | |
 | Ballest of Them All | · EA | $5.99 | 110 97% | 3.3k | $20k (exactly $19,767) | Low5ive, Action Jackson |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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