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Should I ship a Historical Archery game?
Archery + Historical
Only 11 developers shipped a Historical 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, The Last King, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.7k, ×4.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $54k, ×87 the market median. Revenue is down 50% on the market; 20 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) |
| Top 25% | $31k (exactly $31,303) |
| Top 5% | $55k (exactly $54,863) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 50% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 11%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Archery
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Historical
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Archery
- Price point
- $8.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 412 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 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
- + RPGPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + HuntingPoor odds
- + NaturePoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
Comparable games
The Viking Way 2020 · EA · $149k 
Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator 2021 · EA · $128k 
Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs 2024 · $75k 
Warbox Sandbox 2022 · $59k 
The Last King 2025 · EA · $55k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Viking Way | · EA older | $14.99 | 331 42% | 9.9k | $149k (exactly $148,851) | Ice Lava Games |
| | Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator | · EA older | $9.99 | 426 84% | 13k | $128k (exactly $127,672) | Mutiny Software |
| | Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs | older | $9.99 | 249 84% | 7.5k | $75k (exactly $74,625) | Object Software, ZOOM Platform Media, J… (Object Software, ZOOM Platform Media, Jordan Freeman Group) |
| | Warbox Sandbox | older | $6.99 | 279 78% | 8.4k | $59k (exactly $58,506) | Madar Games |
| | The Last King | · EA | $14.99 | 122 79% | 3.7k | $55k (exactly $54,863) | Mayawi software |
 | Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) | older | $19.99 | 84 83% | 2.5k | $50k (exactly $50,375) | Old World Studios™ |
 | Throbbin Hood 🏹🔞 | $14.99 | 99 80% | 3.0k | $45k (exactly $44,520) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Caesar's Revenge | older | $13.50 | 82 85% | 2.5k | $33k (exactly $33,210) | Pixel Barons |
 | Native Hunter | $17.99 | 58 72% | 1.7k | $31k (exactly $31,303) | A.P.S | |
 | Valand | older | $7.99 | 54 59% | 1.6k | $13k (exactly $12,944) | LOMS Studio |
 | Swamp Keeper | $3.99 | 82 96% | 2.5k | $9.8k (exactly $9,815) | Maetdol Games | |
 | the Shadow of Swallow | $3.99 | 30 76% | 900 | $3.6k (exactly $3,591) | Raine Studio | |
 | South America Gold Rush | · EA | $9.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Argo Games |
 | The Bow: Ultimate weapon | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Nomad Ukiki | |
 | Gladatora | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Jeremiah Eastman | |
 | Vivere Retro | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | Vidas Salavejus | |
 | Medieval Archer Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Hard Shark Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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