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Should I ship an Archery Sandbox?
Sandbox + Archery
Only 10 developers shipped an Archery Sandbox 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, The Last King, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 24 more are announced, ×4.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $750, ×1.2 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $54k, ×87 the market median. Revenue is down 100% on the market; 24 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $748 (exactly $748) |
| Top 25% | $31k (exactly $31,303) |
| Top 5% | $55k (exactly $54,863) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 24 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply as many developers as 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sandbox, Archery
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 7 games average 81% positive over 305 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 24 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator 2021 · EA · $128k 
Eden Island 2024 · $104k 
HG Adventure 2023 · EA · $55k 
The Last King 2025 · EA · $55k 
DragonRoad 2025 · $49k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator | · EA older | $9.99 | 426 84% | 13k | $128k (exactly $127,672) | Mutiny Software |
| | Eden Island | older | $14.99 | 232 58% | 7.0k | $104k (exactly $104,330) | Moon Studio |
| | HG Adventure | · EA older | $13.99 | 132 88% | 4.0k | $55k (exactly $55,400) | 皓际 |
| | 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 | |
 | Call Of The Mighty Warriors | older | $4.99 | 292 59% | 8.8k | $44k (exactly $43,712) | Jaison Robson Gusava, SC Jogos |
 | Native Hunter | $17.99 | 58 72% | 1.7k | $31k (exactly $31,303) | A.P.S | |
 | Tales from The Dancing Moon | $17.99 | 34 88% | 1.0k | $18k (exactly $18,350) | DjMonkey | |
 | Head Collector VR | · EA older | $20.00 | 24 66% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,400) | Lil Husky VR |
 | The Hermit Chronicles | older | $9.99 | 39 64% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | WinterTent Studio |
 | Stickforge | $4.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Noldo | |
 | Polygon In | $7.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Infinity Requiem Studio | |
 | Accurate Adjacent Ballistics Simulator | $9.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | MagusForge | |
 | Medieval Siege | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Mind Inside Games | |
 | Blood and Dust | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | PiggyNose Games |
 | Raven Errant | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | YorkshireRifles |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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