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Should I ship a Medieval Archery game?
Archery + Medieval
Of 32 developers who shipped a Medieval 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.. 83 more are announced, ×6.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $300, ×0.6 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150. 83 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.9 per shipper, while revenue is up 20% on the market.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $300 (exactly $300) |
| Top 25% | $8.7k (exactly $8,738) |
| Top 5% | $539k (exactly $538,531) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 32 |
| Released games | 124 |
| Announced | 83 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 20% on the market, supply 40% 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; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Swordplay, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Linear, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 2,369 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 9 in 10 of the 25 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 83 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.9 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
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + HuntingPoor odds
- + NaturePoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
Comparable games
BLACKTAIL 2022 · $1.8M 
Northern Journey 2021 · $1.3M 
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders 2024 · $918k 
Grimlord 2024 · $834k 
Shady Knight 2024 · $539k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | BLACKTAIL | older | $29.99 | 1,968 83% | 59k | $1.8M (exactly $1,770,610) | THE PARASIGHT |
| | Northern Journey | older | $11.99 | 3,500 96% | 105k | $1.3M (exactly $1,258,950) | Slid Studio |
| | Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders | older | $29.99 | 1,020 68% | 31k | $918k (exactly $917,694) | MeanAstronauts |
| | Grimlord | $29.99 | 927 78% | 28k | $834k (exactly $834,022) | Metalcat Interactive Co.,Ltd | |
| | Shady Knight | $19.99 | 898 93% | 27k | $539k (exactly $538,531) | Alexey 'cptnsigh' | |
 | Project Sparrow | · EA older | $9.99 | 1,067 88% | 32k | $320k (exactly $319,780) | Inspire Game Studios |
 | The Vale: Shadow of the Crown | older | $19.99 | 326 97% | 9.8k | $196k (exactly $195,502) | Falling Squirrel, Creative Bytes Studios |
 | Korea Dynasty (조선메타실록) | · EA older | $23.99 | 267 72% | 8.0k | $192k (exactly $192,160) | Happy Daram Inc. |
 | The Viking Way | · EA older | $14.99 | 331 42% | 9.9k | $149k (exactly $148,851) | Ice Lava Games |
 | Unknightly | · EA older | $19.99 | 221 69% | 6.6k | $133k (exactly $132,534) | Portal Studios |
 | The Last King | · EA | $14.99 | 122 79% | 3.7k | $55k (exactly $54,863) | Mayawi software |
 | DragonRoad | $19.98 | 82 91% | 2.5k | $49k (exactly $49,151) | XuJie | |
 | Throbbin Hood 🏹🔞 | $14.99 | 99 80% | 3.0k | $45k (exactly $44,520) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Swamp Keeper | $3.99 | 82 96% | 2.5k | $9.8k (exactly $9,815) | Maetdol Games | |
 | Robin Hood: Sherwood Defenders | $11.99 | 25 44% | 750 | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) | MeanAstronauts | |
 | Goblin Attack | $3.99 | 73 76% | 2.2k | $8.7k (exactly $8,738) | BODOS | |
 | Tales of Isenberg | $2.99 | 36 100% | 1.1k | $3.2k (exactly $3,229) | Madarász András, Varga David | |
 | Bunny Hurling | $2.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $2.2k (exactly $2,242) | Mounpeak Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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