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Should I ship an Adventure Boomer Shooter?
Boomer Shooter + Adventure
Of 139 developers who shipped an Adventure Boomer 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.. 165 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.1k, ×1.7 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $210; 1 in 20 cleared $1.0M, ×1614 the market median. Revenue is up 10% on the market; 165 games are announced against 75 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $210 (exactly $210) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,076) |
| Top 25% | $16k (exactly $15,949) |
| Top 5% | $1.0M (exactly $1,013,594) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 139 |
| Released games | 249 |
| Announced | 165 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 10% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Boomer Shooter
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Adventure
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Boomer Shooter, Adventure; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, FPS
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 64,613 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $210. 8 in 10 of the 78 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 165 games are announced against 75 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Boomer Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Co-opFair
- + WarFair
- + DemonsFair
- + Bullet TimeFair
- + Psychological HorrorFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + Bullet HellFair
- + SpaceFair
- + Survival HorrorFair
- + SurvivalLong shot
- + Hero ShooterLong shot
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
Comparable games
DOOM Eternal 2020 · $169M 
DOOM: The Dark Ages 2025 · $48M 
Serious Sam 4 2020 · $19M 
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire 2026 · $13M 
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2023 · $10M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | DOOM Eternal | older | $29.99 | 187,483 91% | 5.6M | $169M (exactly $168,678,455) | id Software |
| | DOOM: The Dark Ages | $49.99 | 32,209 88% | 966k | $48M (exactly $48,303,837) | id Software | |
| | Serious Sam 4 | older | $39.99 | 15,612 83% | 468k | $19M (exactly $18,729,716) | Croteam |
| | MOUSE: P.I. For Hire | $29.99 | 14,604 93% | 438k | $13M (exactly $13,139,219) | Fumi Games | |
| | Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun | older | $21.99 | 15,741 90% | 472k | $10M (exactly $10,384,338) | Auroch Digital |
 | Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition | older | $39.99 | 7,849 89% | 235k | $9.4M (exactly $9,416,445) | People Can Fly |
 | BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE | older | $19.99 | 9,598 91% | 288k | $5.8M (exactly $5,755,921) | Awe Interactive |
 | Prodeus | older | $24.99 | 5,505 92% | 165k | $4.1M (exactly $4,127,098) | Bounding Box Software Inc. |
 | AMID EVIL | older | $19.99 | 6,654 93% | 200k | $4.0M (exactly $3,990,404) | Indefatigable |
 | Serious Sam II | older | $9.99 | 11,953 89% | 359k | $3.6M (exactly $3,582,314) | Croteam |
 | Painkiller | $39.99 | 1,091 54% | 33k | $1.3M (exactly $1,308,873) | Anshar Studios | |
 | BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT | $4.99 | 7,743 97% | 232k | $1.2M (exactly $1,159,127) | Joeveno | |
 | METAL EDEN | $19.99 | 1,920 84% | 58k | $1.2M (exactly $1,151,424) | Reikon Games | |
 | Forgive Me Father 2 | $24.99 | 1,500 81% | 45k | $1.1M (exactly $1,124,550) | Byte Barrel | |
 | Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! | $24.99 | 1,352 92% | 41k | $1.0M (exactly $1,013,594) | Auroch Digital | |
 | Mohrta | $19.99 | 1,482 91% | 44k | $889k (exactly $888,755) | Scumhead, Osiol | |
 | Luna Abyss | $29.99 | 923 86% | 28k | $830k (exactly $830,423) | Kwalee Labs | |
 | Heretic + Hexen | $14.99 | 1,789 95% | 54k | $805k (exactly $804,513) | id Software, Nightdive Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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