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Should I ship an Action-Adventure Hero Shooter?
Hero Shooter + Action-Adventure
Of 94 developers who shipped an Action-Adventure Hero Shooter 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.. 154 more are announced, ×3.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 9 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $480, ×0.4 the market's $1.3k for a 9 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $60. 154 games are announced against 46 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper, while revenue is up 125% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $479 (exactly $479) |
| Top 25% | $3.9k (exactly $3,896) |
| Top 5% | $89k (exactly $89,214) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 94 |
| Released games | 370 |
| Announced | 154 |
| Effort | 9 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 125% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Hero Shooter
- effort 9 / 10 · low · competitive netcode plus hero balance and content cadence
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 9 / 10 · studio only
- Systems
- Hero Shooter, Action-Adventure; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Shooter
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, First-Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 72% positive over 6,508 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. 9 in 10 of the 63 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 154 games are announced against 46 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hero Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationLong shot
- + Bullet HellLong shot
- + Boomer ShooterLong shot
- + MedievalLong shot
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + SuperheroPoor odds
- + Battle RoyalePoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
Comparable games
Wild Assault 2026 · $1.7M 
Arken Age 2025 · $803k 
Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque 2022 · $418k 
BE-A Walker 2020 · $195k 
The Living Remain 2025 · $173k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wild Assault | $14.99 | 3,861 68% | 116k | $1.7M (exactly $1,736,292) | Combat Cat Studio | |
| | Arken Age | $39.99 | 669 90% | 20k | $803k (exactly $802,599) | VitruviusVR | |
| | Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque | older | $14.99 | 930 96% | 28k | $418k (exactly $418,221) | Nidal Nijm Games |
| | BE-A Walker | older | $9.99 | 651 72% | 20k | $195k (exactly $195,105) | Tequilabyte Studio |
| | The Living Remain | $19.99 | 289 79% | 8.7k | $173k (exactly $173,313) | Five Finger Studios | |
 | Wee Tanks! | older | $9.99 | 548 90% | 16k | $164k (exactly $164,236) | Studio Kit |
 | Superhero Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 867 73% | 26k | $156k (exactly $155,800) | mightyraccoon! Studios |
 | Mega City Force | older | $14.99 | 289 76% | 8.7k | $130k (exactly $129,963) | Undreamed Games |
 | Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening | $24.99 | 119 77% | 3.6k | $89k (exactly $89,214) | Magic Pockets | |
 | MEATGRINDER | older | $9.99 | 248 87% | 7.4k | $74k (exactly $74,326) | Vampire Squid |
 | Lust 'n Dead 🔞 | $9.99 | 212 66% | 6.4k | $64k (exactly $63,536) | Octo Games | |
 | Deadrock Redemption 2 | $14.99 | 123 86% | 3.7k | $55k (exactly $55,313) | Entropy Digital Entertainment | |
 | KILLDOZER | · EA | $19.99 | 57 78% | 1.7k | $34k (exactly $34,183) | Rename For Value |
 | LUST Eternal 🔞 | $4.99 | 212 55% | 6.4k | $32k (exactly $31,736) | Octo Games | |
 | Deadliest Pigeon | $6.99 | 99 93% | 3.0k | $21k (exactly $20,760) | Rusty Rex |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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