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Should I ship a Dragon Archery game?
Archery + Dragons
Only 5 developers shipped a Dragon 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, Mythrealm, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.2k against a market of $630. 19 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $750 (exactly $750) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) |
| Top 25% | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) |
| Top 5% | $15k (exactly $14,840) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 5 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 300% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Archery
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
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 $14.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 4,109 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 19 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Archery with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Top-Down ShooterFair
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + HuntingPoor odds
- + NaturePoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
Comparable games
Northern Journey 2021 · $1.3M 
Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator 2021 · EA · $128k 
Mythrealm 2025 · EA · $15k 
Tales of Sintra: The Dark Vortex 2024 · $10k 
Behold Battle 2024 · $6.9k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Northern Journey | older | $11.99 | 3,500 96% | 105k | $1.3M (exactly $1,258,950) | Slid Studio |
| | Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator | · EA older | $9.99 | 426 84% | 13k | $128k (exactly $127,672) | Mutiny Software |
| | Mythrealm | · EA | $14.99 | 33 87% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Delta Video Games |
| | Tales of Sintra: The Dark Vortex | older | $14.99 | 23 73% | 690 | $10k (exactly $10,343) | Ippo Games |
| | Behold Battle | older | $3.99 | 58 82% | 1.7k | $6.9k (exactly $6,943) | Lasse Zacho Malver |
 | Crystal Riders VR | older | $14.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Nikola Grunchevski |
 | Blood of the Elves | · EA older | $14.99 | 12 66% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Naxion Games Interactive |
 | 4 Kingdoms Supremacy | · EA older | $9.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $5.1k (exactly $5,095) | PiggyNose Games |
 | Breath of Spirits | older | $14.99 | 11 63% | 330 | $4.9k (exactly $4,947) | gz.inc |
 | Heart of Eternity | $7.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Ukrainian Development Company | |
 | FIRE The First Dreamer | $19.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | SIC Games | |
 | Knights of the Apocalypse | $24.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $750 (exactly $750) | Sirius Morning Star | |
 | Call of Heroes: Tower Defense | $14.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Bakart Games - Rômulo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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