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Should I ship an Arcade Hunting game?
Hunting + Arcade
Of 23 developers who shipped an Arcade Hunting game 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.. 29 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $320 in the last 2 years and $360 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 10 developers shipped in the last year and 29 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $148 (exactly $148) |
|---|---|
| Median | $315 (exactly $315) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) |
| Top 5% | $24k (exactly $23,994) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 75 |
| Announced | 29 |
| 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 down 25% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hunting, Arcade; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Simulation, Sports
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Cute, Funny, Side Scroller
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 75% positive over 494 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Hunting with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AgriculturePoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + MagicPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
Comparable games
Call of the Wild: The Angler™ 2022 · $5.5M 
IS Defense 2016 · $263k 
Catch Me 2025 · $32k 
Death in the Water 2019 · $25k 
Big Buck Hunter: Ultimate Trophy 2025 · $24k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Call of the Wild: The Angler™ | older | $29.99 | 6,122 63% | 184k | $5.5M (exactly $5,507,963) | Expansive Worlds |
| | IS Defense | older | $5.99 | 1,465 91% | 44k | $263k (exactly $263,260) | Destructive Creations |
| | Catch Me | $5.99 | 178 70% | 5.3k | $32k (exactly $31,987) | Doorway Games | |
| | Death in the Water | older | $2.99 | 278 74% | 8.3k | $25k (exactly $24,937) | Lighthouse Games Studio |
| | Big Buck Hunter: Ultimate Trophy | $39.99 | 20 60% | 600 | $24k (exactly $23,994) | Cradle Games, Play Mechanix, Inc | |
 | Crowhille - Detective Case Files VR | older | $5.99 | 90 88% | 2.7k | $16k (exactly $16,173) | Saturn VR, NipsApp Gaming Software |
 | The Original Moorhuhn Hunt | $2.99 | 140 97% | 4.2k | $13k (exactly $12,558) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Legendary Hunter VR | older | $9.99 | 38 73% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | LastnOni |
 | Moorhuhn X - Crazy Chicken X | older | $4.99 | 47 100% | 1.4k | $7.0k (exactly $7,036) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio |
 | Drunk Builder Simulator | $2.99 | 78 39% | 2.3k | $7.0k (exactly $6,997) | Viper | |
 | Moorhuhn Remake | $2.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Dino running from a FURRY: GAMESFORFARM | $2.99 | 21 100% | 630 | $1.9k (exactly $1,884) | Piece Of Voxel, Gamesforfarm | |
 | Ghost Hunters | $14.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | 8floor ltd | |
 | Fish Box | $4.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | DoXMo | |
 | The Fishercat | $4.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | MACARON STUDIO | |
 | Peaceful Bug Catching Story | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | SAT-BOX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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