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Should I ship a Boomer Shooter 3D Fighter?
3D Fighter + Boomer Shooter
Only 15 developers shipped a Boomer Shooter 3D Fighter 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, FLAW, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $89 in the last 2 years and $120 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 13 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $89 (exactly $89) |
| Top 25% | $1.6k (exactly $1,574) |
| Top 5% | $16k (exactly $16,200) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 65% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- 3D Fighter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · 3D hit volumes plus the fighting-game tuning load
- Boomer Shooter
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- 3D Fighter, Boomer Shooter; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, 2D Fighter
- Price point
- $3.99 typical · top 25% priced $4.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 2.5D, 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $4.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 286 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
3D Fighter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + ModernLong shot
- + SimulationLong shot
- + FightingPoor odds
- + WrestlingPoor odds
- + Life SimPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
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CPU Invaders - Aim Hero 2026 · $1.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | FLAW | · EA | $15.00 | 36 77% | 1.1k | $16k (exactly $16,200) | Plasmeo |
| | CPU Invaders - 3i Atlas | $4.99 | 77 98% | 2.3k | $12k (exactly $11,527) | Microblast Games | |
| | Bloodmatch | $3.99 | 19 84% | 570 | $2.3k (exactly $2,274) | DOSMan Games | |
| | Conviction | $3.99 | 17 100% | 510 | $2.0k (exactly $2,035) | J-Bradford | |
| | CPU Invaders - Aim Hero | $0.99 | 53 100% | 1.6k | $1.6k (exactly $1,574) | Microblast Games | |
 | CPU Invaders - Movie Attack | $0.99 | 42 100% | 1.3k | $1.2k (exactly $1,247) | Microblast Games | |
 | CPU Invaders - Micro Spheres | $0.99 | 31 100% | 930 | $921 (exactly $921) | Microblast Games | |
 | Open Close Door | $4.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Crane | |
 | Void Vanguards | · EA | $3.99 | 5 40% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Silvershard Studio |
 | Sunset Street Ninja | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | SkeletronMK, The1AndonlyBloo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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