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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Character Customization Archery game?

Character Customization + Archery

Only 9 developers shipped a Character Customization Archery game 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, Unbridled: That Horse Game, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 40 more are announced, ×13 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 $720 against a market of $630. 40 games are announced.

Deciding numbers: median 1.1 times the market baseline, revenue up 85% on the market, 40 announced, ×13 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Character Customization + Archery
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 9
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $63k → $1.0k → $719
Outcomes for Character Customization + Archery: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 9
Bottom 30% $180 (exactly $180)
Median $719 (exactly $719)
Top 25% $1.5k (exactly $1,498)
Top 5% $365k (exactly $365,104)
Developers, 2 yr 9
Released games 40
Announced 40
Effort 6 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $9.99

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 85% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.

Free games: 23%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Character Customization
effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
Archery
effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
Systems
Character Customization, Archery
Price point
$9.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.

The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.

The top 10 games average 89% positive over 8,435 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $180, median $720, 1 in 4 over $1.4k, 1 in 20 over $360k.

3 in 10 developers made under $180. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 40 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×13 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

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Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Swords & Souls: Neverseen 2019 · $2.7M Unbridled: That Horse Game 2025 · EA · $365k QuiVr 2018 · $289k Korea Dynasty (조선메타실록) 2023 · EA · $192k Vengeful Rites 2021 · $151k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Swords & Souls: Neverseen older $14.99 6,077 93% 182k $2.7M (exactly $2,732,827) SoulGame Studio
Unbridled: That Horse Game · EA $24.99 487 85% 15k $365k (exactly $365,104) Mind Evotion Games
QuiVr older $19.99 482 88% 14k $289k (exactly $289,055) Blueteak
Korea Dynasty (조선메타실록) · EA older $23.99 267 72% 8.0k $192k (exactly $192,160) Happy Daram Inc.
Vengeful Rites older $19.99 252 94% 7.6k $151k (exactly $151,124) Deep Dive Interactive
The Viking Way · EA older $14.99 331 42% 9.9k $149k (exactly $148,851) Ice Lava Games
Swords & Souls Legacy Collection $9.99 337 94% 10k $101k (exactly $100,999) SoulGame Studio
Cynthia: Hidden in the Moonshadow older $13.99 150 78% 4.5k $63k (exactly $62,955) Catthia Games
Crystal Raiders VR older $14.90 17 64% 510 $7.6k (exactly $7,599) "Nieko"
Luna's Light older $5.99 35 74% 1.1k $6.3k (exactly $6,290) AmSus4Games
Forsaken Shores · EA $9.99 5 80% 150 $1.5k (exactly $1,498) Kuldan Studio
Knights of the Apocalypse $24.99 1 100% 30 $750 (exactly $750) Sirius Morning Star
Bow Course - Archery Golf · EA $11.99 2 50% 60 $719 (exactly $719) Korpi Games Oy
Sycamore $5.99 3 100% 90 $539 (exactly $539) [untitledDev]
Medieval Archer Simulator · EA $5.99 1 100% 30 $180 (exactly $180) Hard Shark Games
Quiver Quest $2.99 2 100% 60 $179 (exactly $179) Orca Virtual
Gladiator Of Valor $19.99 0 0% 0 $0 (exactly $0) Derrick Dandin

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.