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Should I ship an Archery Open World game?
Open World + Archery
Only 15 developers shipped an Archery Open World 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.. 47 more are announced, ×5.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, level with the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $750; 1 in 20 cleared $360k, ×244 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 47 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $750 (exactly $750) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) |
| Top 25% | $49k (exactly $49,151) |
| Top 5% | $365k (exactly $365,104) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 47 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 down 100% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Open World
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Archery
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Open World, Archery
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 1,071 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $750. 5 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 47 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition 2020 · $144M 
The Pathless 2021 · $2.3M 
BLACKTAIL 2022 · $1.8M 
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders 2024 · $918k 
Unbridled: That Horse Game 2025 · EA · $365k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition | older | $49.99 | 95,804 87% | 2.9M | $144M (exactly $143,677,259) | Guerrilla |
| | The Pathless | older | $39.99 | 1,944 90% | 58k | $2.3M (exactly $2,332,217) | Giant Squid |
| | BLACKTAIL | older | $29.99 | 1,968 83% | 59k | $1.8M (exactly $1,770,610) | THE PARASIGHT |
| | Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders | older | $29.99 | 1,020 68% | 31k | $918k (exactly $917,694) | MeanAstronauts |
| | Unbridled: That Horse Game | · EA | $24.99 | 487 85% | 15k | $365k (exactly $365,104) | Mind Evotion Games |
 | The Axis Unseen | $24.99 | 309 75% | 9.3k | $232k (exactly $231,657) | Just Purkey 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 |
 | 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 | |
 | Tales from The Dancing Moon | $17.99 | 34 88% | 1.0k | $18k (exactly $18,350) | DjMonkey | |
 | Heart of Eternity | $7.99 | 17 76% | 510 | $4.1k (exactly $4,075) | Ukrainian Development Company | |
 | South America Gold Rush | · EA | $9.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Argo Games |
 | Forsaken Shores | · EA | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Kuldan Studio |
 | FIRE The First Dreamer | $19.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $1.2k (exactly $1,199) | SIC Games | |
 | Phantom the Huntress | $6.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $839 (exactly $839) | Hoffnung Haydn |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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