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Should I ship a Cat Arena Shooter?
Arena Shooter + Cats
Only 7 developers shipped a Cat 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, Ultra Mega Cats, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×5.7 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 $7.7k against a market of $630. 17 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.6k (exactly $1,615) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.7k (exactly $7,661) |
| Top 25% | $23k (exactly $23,204) |
| Top 5% | $25k (exactly $25,179) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 85% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 35%, 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
- Cats
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Arena Shooter
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $4.99 or above; the middle game at $3.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 1,205 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.7k. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Arena Shooter with a different setting or mood, 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
NEKO ARENA 2021 · $27k 
Ultra Mega Cats 2025 · EA · $25k 
Pet the Cat 2026 · $23k 
Kitty's Last Adventure 2025 · $22k 
Owinka Shooter 2 2024 · $17k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | NEKO ARENA | older | $1.99 | 444 83% | 13k | $27k (exactly $26,507) | Neko Cloud |
| | Ultra Mega Cats | · EA | $11.99 | 70 74% | 2.1k | $25k (exactly $25,179) | Fallen Leaf, Unseen Silence, Black Drak… (Fallen Leaf, Unseen Silence, Black Drakkar Games) |
| | Pet the Cat | $4.99 | 155 83% | 4.7k | $23k (exactly $23,204) | MEWSTURBO | |
| | Kitty's Last Adventure | $4.99 | 144 97% | 4.3k | $22k (exactly $21,557) | Woum | |
| | Owinka Shooter 2 | older | $4.99 | 113 97% | 3.4k | $17k (exactly $16,916) | Owinka |
 | 9 Lives to Defend | $3.99 | 64 84% | 1.9k | $7.7k (exactly $7,661) | Goldarait | |
 | THE MEME HUNTER | older | $0.99 | 167 73% | 5.0k | $5.0k (exactly $4,960) | Performance Artist |
 | Shooty Skies Overdrive | older | $9.99 | 14 92% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Mighty Games |
 | Catnight | older | $4.99 | 21 76% | 630 | $3.1k (exactly $3,144) | Rubber Croc |
 | Action Ball | older | $6.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Rionix |
 | catgirl bloodhunt | $2.99 | 18 100% | 540 | $1.6k (exactly $1,615) | quiet4miu | |
 | Endless Furry Slayer | $0.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $148 (exactly $148) | Tegridy Made Games | |
 | Cat With Gun | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Anton Kastler |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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