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Should I ship a Top-Down Shooter Archery game?
Archery + Top-Down Shooter
Only 9 developers shipped a Top-Down Shooter Archery 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, Swamp Keeper, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360, ×0.8 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 800% on the market; 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $359 (exactly $359) |
| Top 25% | $809 (exactly $809) |
| Top 5% | $9.8k (exactly $9,815) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 27 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 4 / 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 up 800% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Archery
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
- Top-Down Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Archery, Top-Down Shooter
- 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 $10.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 86% positive over 350 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Archery with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + PlatformerPoor odds
- + HuntingPoor odds
- + NaturePoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + Open WorldPoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
Comparable games
HG Adventure 2023 · EA · $55k 
Valand 2022 · $13k 
Swamp Keeper 2025 · $9.8k 
Public Land Hunter 2023 · $4.0k 
Tetraphobia 2024 · EA · $3.6k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | HG Adventure | · EA older | $13.99 | 132 88% | 4.0k | $55k (exactly $55,400) | 皓际 |
| | Valand | older | $7.99 | 54 59% | 1.6k | $13k (exactly $12,944) | LOMS Studio |
| | Swamp Keeper | $3.99 | 82 96% | 2.5k | $9.8k (exactly $9,815) | Maetdol Games | |
| | Public Land Hunter | older | $3.99 | 33 96% | 990 | $4.0k (exactly $3,950) | Toft Games |
| | Tetraphobia | · EA older | $10.99 | 11 100% | 330 | $3.6k (exactly $3,627) | PolyPlant Games |
 | Frisbee For Fun | older | $3.99 | 20 90% | 600 | $2.4k (exactly $2,394) | Caio Flavio |
 | The Bow: Ultimate weapon | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Nomad Ukiki | |
 | Arrow Dungeon | $8.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $809 (exactly $809) | ParkDol | |
 | Abiko The Miko 2 | older | $7.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Nacks Soft |
 | GunBang | $3.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | 4Tins Studios | |
 | BUNNYBastion | $3.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $359 (exactly $359) | Last Wall Games | |
 | Quiver and Die | $0.99 | 4 25% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | Raphael Robatto | |
 | SnakeVib | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bob Barker | |
 | A Game About Leading A Crowds | $5.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Jacobdev | |
 | Invisible Archery | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Darksody |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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