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Should I ship an Alternate-History Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Alternate History
Only 10 developers shipped an Alternate-History Arena Shooter 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, Kvark, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 30 more are announced, ×10.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $600 against a market of $630. 30 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $299 (exactly $299) |
|---|---|
| Median | $599 (exactly $599) |
| Top 25% | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) |
| Top 5% | $276k (exactly $276,462) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 30 |
| 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 90% on the market, supply 55% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 31%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Arena Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Alternate History
- 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
- Arena Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 83% positive over 656 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 6 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 30 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×10.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Arena Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + IncrementalFair
- + DemonsFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + DeckbuildingPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Boomer ShooterPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + On-Rails ShooterPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
Comparable games
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition 2023 · $407k 
Kvark 2024 · $276k 
BEARS, VODKA, BALALAIKA! 🐻 2019 · $201k 
Titan Attacks! 2012 · $196k 
BEAR, VODKA, FALL OF BERLIN! 🐻 2020 · $47k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition | older | $19.99 | 678 93% | 20k | $407k (exactly $406,597) | Nightdive Studios, Apogee Software, New… (Nightdive Studios, Apogee Software, New Blood Interactive) |
| | Kvark | $19.99 | 461 86% | 14k | $276k (exactly $276,462) | Latest Past, Perun Creative | |
| | BEARS, VODKA, BALALAIKA! 🐻 | older | $3.99 | 1,680 89% | 50k | $201k (exactly $201,096) | Rabotiagi games |
| | Titan Attacks! | older | $9.99 | 654 92% | 20k | $196k (exactly $196,004) | Puppygames |
| | BEAR, VODKA, FALL OF BERLIN! 🐻 | older | $3.99 | 389 92% | 12k | $47k (exactly $46,563) | Rabotiagi games |
 | Telefrag VR | older | $16.99 | 38 71% | 1.1k | $19k (exactly $19,369) | Anshar Studios |
 | Sexy Iron Maidens | $4.99 | 123 69% | 3.7k | $18k (exactly $18,413) | Earl Marx | |
 | USA 2020 | older | $1.89 | 244 78% | 7.3k | $14k (exactly $13,835) | GAMES FOR HUMANS |
 | Daisen | · EA | $7.99 | 31 93% | 930 | $7.4k (exactly $7,431) | LOYAL Studio |
 | Overdrive Escape | · EA older | $9.99 | 20 80% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | Orazgylyjov Davut |
 | War of Wheels | · EA | $14.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Dreambits Studio |
 | OVERDEAD | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | rushandev1 | |
 | The Island of Thugs | $0.99 | 19 78% | 570 | $564 (exactly $564) | Big Green Platypus | |
 | Grand Throw Auto | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Andrew Grbac | |
 | Doom Drive | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Berk Kalfa | |
 | Vladimir | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | Miracle scape | |
 | Legacy of the Lost:WitchHunter | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Andris Mikijanskis |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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