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Should I ship an Archery Simulation game?
Simulation + Archery
Only 18 developers shipped an Archery Simulation 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, Way of the Hunter 2, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 32 more are announced, ×3.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $720, ×1.1 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $1.6M, ×2564 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 32 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $719 (exactly $719) |
| Top 25% | $6.2k (exactly $6,203) |
| Top 5% | $1.6M (exactly $1,610,240) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 69 |
| Announced | 32 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $8.99 |
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 80% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Simulation
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Archery
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Simulation, Archery; 4 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Exploration, Adventure, FPS
- Price point
- $8.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person, 3D, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $8.99.
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 2,474 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 12 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 32 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.6 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
Way of the Hunter 2 2026 · EA · $1.6M 
All-In-One Sports VR 2023 · $420k 
Elven Assassin 2022 · $379k 
Unbridled: That Horse Game 2025 · EA · $365k 
The Axis Unseen 2024 · $232k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Way of the Hunter 2 | · EA | $34.99 | 1,534 73% | 46k | $1.6M (exactly $1,610,240) | Nine Rocks Games |
| | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
| | Elven Assassin | older | $19.99 | 632 84% | 19k | $379k (exactly $379,010) | Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o. |
| | 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 | |
 | Holopoint | older | $10.99 | 686 89% | 21k | $226k (exactly $226,174) | Alzan Studios, LLC |
 | Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator | · EA older | $9.99 | 426 84% | 13k | $128k (exactly $127,672) | Mutiny Software |
 | Warbox Sandbox | older | $6.99 | 279 78% | 8.4k | $59k (exactly $58,506) | Madar Games |
 | VR SUPER SPORTS | older | $12.99 | 115 56% | 3.5k | $45k (exactly $44,816) | SAT-BOX |
 | Throbbin Hood 🏹🔞 | $14.99 | 99 80% | 3.0k | $45k (exactly $44,520) | BanzaiProject | |
 | Dorts : A Darts Roguelike | $8.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $6.2k (exactly $6,203) | MovingPixels | |
 | Ashen Arrows | $17.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $5.4k (exactly $5,397) | Rusty Pipes Games | |
 | Accolade Sports Collection (QUByte Classics) | $19.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | QUByte Interactive | |
 | Tactical Archer | $19.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Dejevis | |
 | Bow Course - Archery Golf | · EA | $11.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | Korpi Games Oy |
 | Polygon In | $7.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Infinity Requiem Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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