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Should I ship a Submarine Action-Adventure?
Action-Adventure + Submarine
Only 16 developers shipped a Submarine Action-Adventure 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, Darkwater, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 47 more are announced, ×6.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450, ×0.7 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $290k, ×472 the market median. Revenue is up 800% on the market; 47 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $449 (exactly $449) |
| Top 25% | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) |
| Top 5% | $296k (exactly $296,403) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 47 |
| Announced | 47 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 up 800% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Action-Adventure
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Submarine
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Action-Adventure, Submarine; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Co-op, PvE, Action
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Atmospheric, First-Person, Pixel Graphics
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 1,486 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 47 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Action-Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MinigamesFair
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- + TransportationFair
- + MotorbikeFair
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- + Time AttackLong shot
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- + MMORPGPoor odds
- + Open World Survival CraftPoor odds
- + LGBTQ+Poor odds
- + Villain ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
IronWolf VR 2022 · $652k 
Darkwater 2026 · $296k 
The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human 2016 · $138k 
Subterror 2025 · $95k 
Depths of Sanity 2022 · $32k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | IronWolf VR | older | $19.99 | 1,087 94% | 33k | $652k (exactly $651,874) | Ionized Studios |
| | Darkwater | $9.99 | 989 77% | 30k | $296k (exactly $296,403) | Targon Studios | |
| | The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human | older | $9.99 | 459 73% | 14k | $138k (exactly $137,562) | YCJY Games |
| | Subterror | $7.99 | 397 90% | 12k | $95k (exactly $95,161) | Team Monumental | |
| | Depths of Sanity | older | $14.99 | 71 92% | 2.1k | $32k (exactly $31,929) | Bomb Shelter Games |
 | Dolphin Spirit: Ocean Mission | older | $24.99 | 37 86% | 1.1k | $28k (exactly $27,739) | Magic Pockets |
 | 1971: Indian Naval Front | older | $14.99 | 57 68% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $25,633) | Neosphere Interactive Studios |
 | Insiders | older | $13.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $17k (exactly $16,788) | ANG People s.r.o. |
 | Biolum | older | $3.99 | 113 81% | 3.4k | $14k (exactly $13,526) | IKO, Reynard Films, Prefrontal Cortex |
 | CRUSH DEPTH | $7.99 | 49 97% | 1.5k | $12k (exactly $11,745) | Earth Giant | |
 | Abyss Crew | $9.99 | 10 30% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | PGM Studio, Deep Slap Studio | |
 | Submeris | $4.99 | 19 57% | 570 | $2.8k (exactly $2,844) | OxygenStudio | |
 | Silent Paradise Anthology | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Dreamnoid | |
 | Depth Diver | · EA | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Nerra Tolstoï, FLaV |
 | Big Fish | $4.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | TOQ Games | |
 | Rusted Sea | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Meerkatapult Games | |
 | Eclipse Below | $1.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $179 (exactly $179) | CactusBall |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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