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Should I ship an Archery Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Archery
Only 11 developers shipped an Archery Third-Person Shooter 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, Many Nights a Whisper, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $60 in the last 2 years and $60 over 4, against a market of $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 12 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $60 (exactly $60) |
| Top 25% | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 5% | $63k (exactly $62,700) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Archery
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Archery
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 6 games average 91% positive over 920 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
ScrewUp 2021 · $78k 
Many Nights a Whisper 2025 · $63k 
Warbox Sandbox 2022 · $59k 
Psionic Sentry : Infinite 2025 · EA · $32k 
Valand 2022 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ScrewUp | older | $9.99 | 259 68% | 7.8k | $78k (exactly $77,622) | 199 Cents STUDIO |
| | Many Nights a Whisper | $2.99 | 699 94% | 21k | $63k (exactly $62,700) | Deconstructeam, Selkie Harbour | |
| | Warbox Sandbox | older | $6.99 | 279 78% | 8.4k | $59k (exactly $58,506) | Madar Games |
| | Psionic Sentry : Infinite | · EA | $4.99 | 215 83% | 6.5k | $32k (exactly $32,186) | Roy, 響雨互動娛樂, HowlingRain |
| | Valand | older | $7.99 | 54 59% | 1.6k | $13k (exactly $12,944) | LOMS Studio |
 | Sherwood Extreme | older | $9.99 | 20 100% | 600 | $6.0k (exactly $5,994) | CAGE Studios |
 | Peaceful Gunner | older | $4.99 | 25 100% | 750 | $3.7k (exactly $3,742) | KomBits Game Studio |
 | Me Vs You | · EA older | $15.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | Amped Horizon |
 | Vivere Retro | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | Vidas Salavejus | |
 | The Legend of the War Axe | older | $1.99 | 9 88% | 270 | $537 (exactly $537) | PancakeGames |
 | Imprecision | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Morgan Houston, MM's Gaming Community L… (Morgan Houston, MM's Gaming Community LLC) | |
 | Entities | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Danilo Willian | |
 | Archerry Storm | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | OriGame Studios | |
 | Clash at the Crossroads | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Tevniyal Studios | |
 | Blood and Dust | · EA | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | PiggyNose Games |
 | Angels of Mars | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Tony McKormack | |
 | Core Defense 2099 | $24.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Core Volume Engine |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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