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Should I ship a Puzzle Archery game?
Archery + Puzzle
Only 7 developers shipped a Puzzle 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, Reach, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 4 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $540 against a market of $480. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $60 (exactly $60) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) |
| Top 5% | $220k (exactly $219,527) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 18 |
| 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 170% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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, Puzzle
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 1,310 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $60. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Archery with a different second tag, 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
Reach 2025 · $220k 
Nancy Drew®: The Silent Spy 2017 · $101k 
Budget Cuts Ultimate 2023 · $66k 
Cynthia: Hidden in the Moonshadow 2023 · $63k 
Dark Water : Slime Invader 2021 · $62k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Reach | $29.99 | 244 66% | 7.3k | $220k (exactly $219,527) | nDreams Elevation | |
| | Nancy Drew®: The Silent Spy | older | $19.99 | 169 89% | 5.1k | $101k (exactly $101,349) | HeR Interactive |
| | Budget Cuts Ultimate | older | $19.99 | 110 88% | 3.3k | $66k (exactly $65,967) | Neat Corporation |
| | Cynthia: Hidden in the Moonshadow | older | $13.99 | 150 78% | 4.5k | $63k (exactly $62,955) | Catthia Games |
| | Dark Water : Slime Invader | older | $14.99 | 138 94% | 4.1k | $62k (exactly $62,059) | DEVBOX |
 | Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) | older | $19.99 | 84 83% | 2.5k | $50k (exactly $50,375) | Old World Studios™ |
 | Survivor - Castaway Island | older | $24.99 | 53 37% | 1.6k | $40k (exactly $39,734) | Magic Pockets |
 | Tinboy | older | $4.99 | 231 64% | 6.9k | $35k (exactly $34,581) | Interactive Stone |
 | Presentiment of Death | older | $14.99 | 45 71% | 1.4k | $20k (exactly $20,236) | XOCUS |
 | Lovely Planet Arcade | older | $5.99 | 86 79% | 2.6k | $15k (exactly $15,454) | quicktequila |
 | Elf Archer and The Disappearing Giant Tree - R18 | $3.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $2.5k (exactly $2,514) | Bubble Gums | |
 | Dungeon-Bot | $8.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | XREALL | |
 | Sycamore | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | [untitledDev] | |
 | Archerry Storm | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | OriGame Studios | |
 | ARROW-ButtonHeart | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | XPGS25 | |
 | A Game About Leading A Crowds | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jacobdev |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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