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Should I ship an Auto Battler Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Auto Battler
Only 13 developers shipped an Auto Battler Arena 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, Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.2k, ×1.9 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $630; 1 in 20 cleared $12k, ×20 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 20 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $628 (exactly $628) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) |
| Top 5% | $13k (exactly $12,594) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 40 |
| Announced | 20 |
| 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 down 80% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Arena Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Auto Battler
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arena Shooter, Auto Battler
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 325 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Arena Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + IncrementalFair
- + DemonsFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Multiple EndingsFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + DeckbuildingPoor odds
- + Bullet HeavenPoor odds
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Boomer ShooterPoor odds
- + Dark FantasyPoor odds
- + On-Rails ShooterPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
Comparable games
Heretic's Fork 2023 · $928k 
Just King 2023 · $204k 
Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD 2024 · $63k 
Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights 2025 · $13k 
Endless waves survival 2025 · $12k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Heretic's Fork | older | $9.99 | 3,097 85% | 93k | $928k (exactly $928,171) | 9FingerGames |
| | Just King | older | $4.99 | 1,362 89% | 41k | $204k (exactly $203,891) | VISH |
| | Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD | older | $9.99 | 209 70% | 6.3k | $63k (exactly $62,637) | Mini Fun Games |
| | Cyber Clutch: Hot Import Nights | $19.99 | 21 61% | 630 | $13k (exactly $12,594) | Gunpowder Games, Focuspoint Studios | |
| | Endless waves survival | $1.99 | 202 79% | 6.1k | $12k (exactly $12,059) | Jeferson Belmiro | |
 | Centipede Gun | older | $2.99 | 115 91% | 3.5k | $10k (exactly $10,316) | Mateusk2m |
 | Cloud Keeper: Shrine of Dal | · EA | $6.99 | 28 100% | 840 | $5.9k (exactly $5,872) | Jetpackgone |
 | SuperTotalCarnage! | · EA older | $2.99 | 63 55% | 1.9k | $5.7k (exactly $5,651) | IndieGala |
 | Dungeon and Craft | older | $6.99 | 25 92% | 750 | $5.2k (exactly $5,242) | Musa GUNGOR |
 | Zombie Survivors | older | $1.99 | 63 61% | 1.9k | $3.8k (exactly $3,761) | WubsGames |
 | GRING×GRIND | $4.99 | 24 66% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Lola Fisher | |
 | Pulslink | $6.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | FatCoke | |
 | Space Disco Outlaw | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Passionately Chill LLC | |
 | AutoBlobber | $3.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Pancake Lab | |
 | Monkey Gang | $3.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Xijnim, Skyel | |
 | Intergalactic Cleaning Squad | $4.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $748 (exactly $748) | Rigid Games | |
 | SOVA NA SKAKALKE | $2.99 | 7 71% | 210 | $628 (exactly $628) | Quiet River |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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