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Should I ship an Arena Shooter Character Action Game?
Character Action Game + Arena Shooter
Only 4 developers shipped an Arena Shooter Character Action Game in the last 2 years. Over 4 years, 9 did: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×6.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $31k against a market of $1.5k. 19 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $2.2k (exactly $2,198) |
|---|---|
| Median | $31k (exactly $31,180) |
| Top 25% | $55k (exactly $54,845) |
| Top 5% | $3.2M (exactly $3,163,417) |
| Developers, 4 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 35 |
| Announced | 19 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 200% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 17%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Character Action Game
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Arena Shooter
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Character Action Game, Arena Shooter
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 4 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 97% positive over 222,941 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.2k. 19 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Character Action Game with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Sci-fiPoor odds
- + Action RPGPoor odds
- + ShooterPoor odds
- + Action-AdventurePoor odds
- + Female ProtagonistPoor odds
- + Spectacle fighterPoor odds
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + Beat 'em upPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + Action RoguelikePoor odds
- + RoguelikePoor odds
Comparable games
ULTRAKILL 2020 · EA · $192M 
I Am Your Beast 2024 · $3.2M 
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition 2017 · $949k 
REAVER 2023 · EA · $226k 
Saber Fight VR 2020 · $73k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ULTRAKILL | · EA older | $29.99 | 213,450 97% | 6.4M | $192M (exactly $192,040,965) | Arsi "Hakita" Patala |
| | I Am Your Beast | older | $19.99 | 5,275 97% | 158k | $3.2M (exactly $3,163,417) | Strange Scaffold |
| | Redeemer: Enhanced Edition | older | $11.99 | 2,637 87% | 79k | $949k (exactly $948,529) | Sobaka Studio |
| | REAVER | · EA older | $13.99 | 539 87% | 16k | $226k (exactly $226,218) | crunkz, Black Boat Games |
| | Saber Fight VR | older | $14.99 | 162 65% | 4.9k | $73k (exactly $72,851) | Saber Fight VR |
 | Cyberpunk SFX | $9.99 | 183 83% | 5.5k | $55k (exactly $54,845) | Whale Rock Games | |
 | Diatomic | older | $9.99 | 135 76% | 4.1k | $40k (exactly $40,460) | Diatomic Studios |
 | TEXNOPLAZM | · EA | $15.99 | 65 98% | 2.0k | $31k (exactly $31,180) | Mothership Loudspeakerz |
 | Call Of Unity | older | $1.99 | 260 75% | 7.8k | $16k (exactly $15,522) | RewindApp |
 | Soviet Hentai | older | $0.99 | 235 85% | 7.1k | $7.0k (exactly $6,980) | Guilty Pleasure Games |
 | VEX MAGE | $9.99 | 23 95% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | Nervous Systems | |
 | Extinction Rifts | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | QUByte Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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