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Should I ship an Archery Tactical game?
Tactical + Archery
Only 9 developers shipped an Archery Tactical 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, Robin Hood: Sherwood Defenders, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 15 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $90 against a market of $630. 15 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 25% | $898 (exactly $898) |
| Top 5% | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, 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
- Tactical, Archery
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 63% positive over 599 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Budget Cuts Ultimate 2023 · $66k 
Call Of The Mighty Warriors 2019 · $44k 
Paladin Duty - Knights and Blades 2020 · $15k 
Valand 2022 · $13k 
The Hermit Chronicles 2023 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Budget Cuts Ultimate | older | $19.99 | 110 88% | 3.3k | $66k (exactly $65,967) | Neat Corporation |
| | Call Of The Mighty Warriors | older | $4.99 | 292 59% | 8.8k | $44k (exactly $43,712) | Jaison Robson Gusava, SC Jogos |
| | Paladin Duty - Knights and Blades | older | $9.99 | 50 38% | 1.5k | $15k (exactly $14,985) | Sabrina Aridi |
| | Valand | older | $7.99 | 54 59% | 1.6k | $13k (exactly $12,944) | LOMS Studio |
| | The Hermit Chronicles | older | $9.99 | 39 64% | 1.2k | $12k (exactly $11,688) | WinterTent Studio |
 | Robin Hood: Sherwood Defenders | $11.99 | 25 44% | 750 | $9.0k (exactly $8,992) | MeanAstronauts | |
 | Tiny Archers VR | older | $19.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $2.4k (exactly $2,399) | 1DER Entertainment |
 | Cutie Bear | older | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | Seiren-publishing |
 | Wolf Attack | older | $9.99 | 6 83% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | TOMATOVR |
 | Archery RED | · EA older | $9.99 | 6 66% | 180 | $1.8k (exactly $1,798) | Simplicity Games |
 | Village Defenders | $2.99 | 16 31% | 480 | $1.4k (exactly $1,435) | Uberbax-Gaming | |
 | The Deepwoods | $5.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Whiteleopard Studios | |
 | Dawnhelm Defense | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | DeckTronic | |
 | Kings Archer VR | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | OTTO Games | |
 | Total Defense: Three Kingdoms | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | JinDai | |
 | Battlement | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Henkdg | |
 | Medieval Siege | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Mind Inside Games | |
 | Splatapult | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Recoil Mojo |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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