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Should I ship an Archery Strategy game?
Strategy + Archery
Of 28 developers who shipped an Archery Strategy game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 44 more are announced, ×3.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 13 developers shipped in the last year and 44 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) |
| Top 5% | $101k (exactly $100,999) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 28 |
| Released games | 77 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 45% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, 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
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Strategy, Archery; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, RPG, Adventure
- Price point
- $5.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 79% positive over 1,420 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 15 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 13 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.4 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Swords & Souls: Neverseen 2019 · $2.7M 
Zad Archery 2026 · $168k 
Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator 2021 · EA · $128k 
Swords & Souls Legacy Collection 2025 · $101k 
Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs 2024 · $75k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Swords & Souls: Neverseen | older | $14.99 | 6,077 93% | 182k | $2.7M (exactly $2,732,827) | SoulGame Studio |
| | Zad Archery | $6.99 | 803 73% | 24k | $168k (exactly $168,389) | Samharia Studios | |
| | Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator | · EA older | $9.99 | 426 84% | 13k | $128k (exactly $127,672) | Mutiny Software |
| | Swords & Souls Legacy Collection | $9.99 | 337 94% | 10k | $101k (exactly $100,999) | SoulGame Studio | |
| | Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs | older | $9.99 | 249 84% | 7.5k | $75k (exactly $74,625) | Object Software, ZOOM Platform Media, J… (Object Software, ZOOM Platform Media, Jordan Freeman Group) |
 | Winter Ember | older | $29.99 | 82 58% | 2.5k | $74k (exactly $73,775) | Sky Machine Studios |
 | Warbox Sandbox | older | $6.99 | 279 78% | 8.4k | $59k (exactly $58,506) | Madar Games |
 | 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 |
 | Dorts : A Darts Roguelike | $8.99 | 23 100% | 690 | $6.2k (exactly $6,203) | MovingPixels | |
 | South America Gold Rush | · EA | $9.99 | 9 44% | 270 | $2.7k (exactly $2,697) | Argo Games |
 | Aevalore | $4.99 | 16 81% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | Aevalore | |
 | Tactical Archer | $19.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $1.8k (exactly $1,799) | Dejevis | |
 | Village Defenders | $2.99 | 16 31% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Uberbax-Gaming | |
 | Hill Defender | · EA | $3.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $1.1k (exactly $1,077) | Jendimir |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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