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Should I ship a Magic Archery game?
Archery + Magic
Of 24 developers who shipped a Magic Archery 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.. 56 more are announced, ×7.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×1.1 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $49k, ×103 the market median. Revenue is up 225% on the market; 56 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $540 (exactly $540) |
| Top 25% | $3.2k (exactly $3,229) |
| Top 5% | $49k (exactly $49,151) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 24 |
| Released games | 85 |
| Announced | 56 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 225% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, 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
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Archery; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action-Adventure, Adventure, Action RPG
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.98 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Story Rich
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.98 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,160 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 20 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 56 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.0 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
Grimlord 2024 · $834k 
Project Sparrow 2022 · EA · $320k 
QuiVr 2018 · $289k 
The Vale: Shadow of the Crown 2021 · $196k 
Vengeful Rites 2021 · $151k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Grimlord | $29.99 | 927 78% | 28k | $834k (exactly $834,022) | Metalcat Interactive Co.,Ltd | |
| | Project Sparrow | · EA older | $9.99 | 1,067 88% | 32k | $320k (exactly $319,780) | Inspire Game Studios |
| | QuiVr | older | $19.99 | 482 88% | 14k | $289k (exactly $289,055) | Blueteak |
| | The Vale: Shadow of the Crown | older | $19.99 | 326 97% | 9.8k | $196k (exactly $195,502) | Falling Squirrel, Creative Bytes Studios |
| | Vengeful Rites | older | $19.99 | 252 94% | 7.6k | $151k (exactly $151,124) | Deep Dive Interactive |
 | HG Adventure | · EA older | $13.99 | 132 88% | 4.0k | $55k (exactly $55,400) | 皓际 |
 | Testament: The Order of High Human | older | $19.99 | 84 42% | 2.5k | $50k (exactly $50,375) | Fairyship Games |
 | DragonRoad | $19.98 | 82 91% | 2.5k | $49k (exactly $49,151) | XuJie | |
 | RFVR | · EA older | $29.99 | 49 81% | 1.5k | $44k (exactly $44,085) | OMFGames |
 | Nasty Rogue | older | $10.99 | 102 76% | 3.1k | $34k (exactly $33,629) | Voxelblade Studio |
 | Journey of the Garden Rose | $11.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Renegade Sector Games | |
 | 传说之始 | $3.99 | 46 71% | 1.4k | $5.5k (exactly $5,506) | 水月suigetsu | |
 | Heart of Eternity | $7.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Ukrainian Development Company | |
 | Tales of Isenberg | $2.99 | 36 100% | 1.1k | $3.2k (exactly $3,229) | Madarász András, Varga David | |
 | Elf Archer and The Disappearing Giant Tree - R18 | $3.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) | Bubble Gums | |
 | Forsaken Shores | · EA | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Kuldan Studio |
 | The Deepwoods | $5.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Whiteleopard Studios | |
 | Dungeon-Bot | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | XREALL |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
Five niches a week, one death, one deep dive.
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