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Should I ship a Nature Archery game?
Archery + Nature
Only 11 developers shipped a Nature 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.. 36 more are announced, ×7.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.8k, ×3.7 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $360k, ×769 the market median. Revenue is up 40% on the market; 36 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $898 (exactly $898) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.8k (exactly $1,755) |
| Top 25% | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) |
| Top 5% | $365k (exactly $365,104) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 36 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 40% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 13%, 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
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 669 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 36 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×7.2 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
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
Comparable games
The Pathless 2021 · $2.3M 
Northern Journey 2021 · $1.3M 
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders 2024 · $918k 
Oh Deer 2024 · $637k 
Unbridled: That Horse Game 2025 · EA · $365k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Pathless | older | $39.99 | 1,944 90% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,332,217) | Giant Squid |
| | 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 |
| | Oh Deer | older | $9.99 | 2,125 84% | 64k | $637k (exactly $636,862) | Cozy Cabin Studios |
| | Unbridled: That Horse Game | · EA | $24.99 | 487 85% | 15k | $365k (exactly $365,104) | Mind Evotion Games |
 | Eden Island | older | $14.99 | 232 58% | 7.0k | $104k (exactly $104,330) | Moon Studio |
 | The End of Dyeus | older | $14.99 | 181 88% | 5.4k | $81k (exactly $81,396) | Curious Planet |
 | Throbbin Hood 🏹🔞 | $14.99 | 99 80% | 3.0k | $45k (exactly $44,520) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Survivor - Castaway Island | older | $24.99 | 53 37% | 1.6k | $40k (exactly $39,734) | Magic Pockets |
 | Windstorm: An Unexpected Arrival | older | $14.99 | 87 67% | 2.6k | $39k (exactly $39,124) | Aesir Interactive |
 | Journey of the Garden Rose | $11.99 | 18 77% | 540 | $6.5k (exactly $6,475) | Renegade Sector Games | |
 | South America Gold Rush | · EA | $9.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Argo Games |
 | Bunny Hurling | $2.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $2.2k (exactly $2,242) | Mounpeak Games | |
 | Ancestral Players | · EA | $5.85 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.8k (exactly $1,755) | ENSLIP |
 | Arrow Survival: 15 Seconds | $2.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $1.2k (exactly $1,166) | Low Pixel Byte | |
 | The Deepwoods | $5.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Whiteleopard Studios | |
 | Bow Course - Archery Golf | · EA | $11.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Korpi Games Oy |
 | Accurate Adjacent Ballistics Simulator | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | MagusForge |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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